What 7.62x39 rifle

[knutty]

Keep in mind the sporter VEPR will not work with military mags unless you install a bullet guide.

Take a look at the new SLR 107 fixed stock model, they are going for $850 but well worth the extra $100 over what you were thinking. If you can't swing the extra $$$, then go with the WASR all day long.

 

[Fizzerpilot]

I am aware of the mag incompatibility, however the mod is cheap

 

[Fizzerpilot]

I've just read so many reports of soft BCGs in the WASR rifles... and that BCG swap isn't plug and play

 

[Psode27]

I am aware of the mag incompatibility, however the mod is cheap

While I have personally not done this, keep your eyes peeled for the next AK build party. I'd be willing to bet someone here can oversee your modification. There are some very knowledgeable people who lurk around here.

 

[MohawkSlim]

A properly made 1mm AK receiver is not going to break, so all the 1.5mm receiver gives you is more weight. Any quality non US made AK is going to "take a licking, and keep on ticking".

^This right here.

I've had people push me toward $1200 AKs. "It has a milled receiver." I didn't realize the stamped receivers were so garbage.

If you want an AK to do AK stuff.... get one for $600 and then buy another case or two of ammo.

 

[TheWabbit]

I've just read so many reports of soft BCGs in the WASR rifles... and that BCG swap isn't plug and play

I haven't read any issues like that with the WASR. The RAS47 and C39 have the trunnion and bolt problems due to cutting corners on manufacturing and heat treatment.

 

[ACC]

I hear a lot of trash talking the RAS-47 but I have one that I run suppressed and unsuppressed and it has not failed me yet.

 

[Fizzerpilot]

A plethora of photos and reports of soft BCGs in the Century rifles... reading those reports, turned me away.

 

[Clay]

I would find another $100 and get the new fixed stock Arsenal SLR107-11 for $850

Arsenal SLR-107R 7.62x39...

or a WASR

 

[Fizzerpilot]

The deal is done... delivery is Monday on the VEPR

 

[teddy12b]

I would find another $100 and get the new fixed stock Arsenal SLR107-11 for $850

Arsenal SLR-107R 7.62x39...

or a WASR

I'm no ak expert, but what's all the excitement about this new ak from arsenal? I get that it's cheaper, but is it as good as the other arsenal aks?

 

[Clay]

I'm no ak expert, but what's all the excitement about this new ak from arsenal? I get that it's cheaper, but is it as good as the other arsenal aks?

same rifle, just fixed stock, and 14mm threads on the front. Basically the same configuration as a Vepr, but converted and with all the things an AK should (cleaning rod, accessory lugs on gas block, pistol grip, stock, etc) but for the same money as an unconverted Vepr.

 

[TheWabbit]

same rifle, just fixed stock, and 14mm threads on the front. Basically the same configuration as a Vepr, but converted and with all the things an AK should (cleaning rod, accessory lugs on gas block, pistol grip, stock, etc) but for the same money as an unconverted Vepr.

But did they fix the paint problem?

 

[oldpink]

Why not go against the grain and instead get a Ruger Mini-Thirty, or go way outside the mainstream and get a CZ 527 or Ruger M77 Hawkeye?

 

[Bigtanker]

Should have got one of these.

 

[Vigilant]

In x39, if you have the jack, a Sig 556R! The Beemer of the x39's (as long as it's Gen2,Sig has a new habit of function testing first Gen stuff at the consumer level?)

 

[Clay]

But did they fix the paint problem?

there is no paint problem.

I've said this before, that is the same paint they (Arsenal Bulgaria) put on all their rifles. Military, civilian, etc. It's paint, get any paint hot enough it will burn off.

 

[xdmstu]

Why not go against the grain and instead get a Ruger Mini-Thirty, or go way outside the mainstream and get a CZ 527 or Ruger M77 Hawkeye?

I'll also vote for the Ruger Mini-30. I am not having any of the reported trouble with cheap Russian ammo. It has been shooting Wolf and Tula without an FTF.



Good luck with your VEPR.

 

[walleyepw]

Ruger Mini 30. would be my first choice.

 

[Fizzerpilot]

The VEPR arrives tomorrow... it was $749 shipped. I've got plenty of cash for firearms, but I try to keep a healthy reserve for my motorsports. My cycles are pretty important to me as well. I think I will like the VEPR, it's something different than the run of the mill military rifle, and I can burn some cheap ammunition in it as well.

My initial goal was to be around $600, so $750 was an upgrade. Luckily my bike looks like it will be ready for spring with minimal tweaks.