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    AK identification guide

    This purpose of this thread is to help classify and identify the various varieties of AK out there. In no way will this be the end-all for identifying these types of guns, and you can consider it a work in progress. My end goal is making an interactive web page to condense all the information Ive learned. Im going to try to use all original images, and not steal images off the internet. Corrections to any mistakes are gladly welcomed.

    Romanian WASR-10 most affordable of the AK variants
    Yugoslavian M-64 uses thicker 1.5mm sheet metal instead of standard 1mm
    Bulgarian SLR-95, SLR-96, SLR-105, SA M-7
    Egyptian MAADI considered closest thing you can get to a russian AK. made with actual russian equipment
    Polish Tantal -commonly have sidefolding stocks
    Chinese
    *norinco MAK-90
    *polytech
    Hungarian AMD-65 Very distinctive front hand grip and side folder stock. Factory shorter barrel. Designed for paratroopers and tank crews. different gas system and shorter gas tube. very common not to use any wood at all in the rifle.
    East German - distinctive 'east german folding stock'
    Finnish
    *Valmet rk-62
    *Sako
    Israeli
    *IMI Galil fires 5.56 and some 7.62 nato
    Russian
    *Krinkov famous 'shorty' 'pistol' Ak
    *Saiga Izmash - wide variety of calibers, from shotguns, to .223, 7.62x39, 308


    The reciever, as far as the ATF is concerned, is the entire gun. It is the only part of the gun that must be transferred through an FFL dealer. There are two main types of recievers; milled and stamped. Milled recievers start out as a solid block of metal and undergo time consuming machining processes to make a heavy, strong, and rigid reciever. Stamped recievers are a flat piece of metal that get bent into the shape of the reciever. They come in two varieties, the most common is the 1mm thick sheet metal, the less common is the 1.5 or 1.6 mm thick. Thicker recievers are obviously stronger and more rigid. Milled recievers are the most desireable. In an effort to reduce weight, milled recievers have rectangular shaped portions of metal machined out.

    How to quickly identify type of reciever:
    Last edited by Modulistic; 01-14-2010 at 01:59 AM.

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