Just picked one of these up today…
It is pretty nice. I broke it down tonight to clean it, and the only thing I found wrong was some surface rust on the front sight base/gas block. Took some Kroil to it, and it came right off. It has some of the nicest engraving that I have seen on an AK.
Came with two 30-rd magazines and a cleaning rod. One of the mags was completely clean, but the other was coated in cosmoline. Now, I have always heard of this stuff, and have even seen some on surplus guns at the gun show, but have never handled or cleaned anything coated in it. Again, the Kroil came in handy, but getting the inside of the mag cleaned out was a bit of a chore. Still fun though.
The plan is to send this gun out for conversion to take a side-folding stock once I choose a builder. Thinking about Jayson Cotter at Investment Grade Firearms in AZ, or Troy Sellars at In Range down in TN. Any other recommendations would be appreciated.
Ah yes, another 5-6 month Form 1 wait...
It is pretty nice. I broke it down tonight to clean it, and the only thing I found wrong was some surface rust on the front sight base/gas block. Took some Kroil to it, and it came right off. It has some of the nicest engraving that I have seen on an AK.
Came with two 30-rd magazines and a cleaning rod. One of the mags was completely clean, but the other was coated in cosmoline. Now, I have always heard of this stuff, and have even seen some on surplus guns at the gun show, but have never handled or cleaned anything coated in it. Again, the Kroil came in handy, but getting the inside of the mag cleaned out was a bit of a chore. Still fun though.
The plan is to send this gun out for conversion to take a side-folding stock once I choose a builder. Thinking about Jayson Cotter at Investment Grade Firearms in AZ, or Troy Sellars at In Range down in TN. Any other recommendations would be appreciated.
Ah yes, another 5-6 month Form 1 wait...