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Wow, Gotta have that feather inlay.

Rommy G all the way! The WASR is the lowest end AK you will ever find IMO. My WASR needed extensive dremel work just to accept most AK mags. The pin retaining wire was installed wrong and a pin slid out the first time I shot it. the fit and finish is awefull and it groups about 8 MOA, And did I mention, TRIGGER SLAP from hell! I have built 4 Rommy Gs from kits and they are Excellent. 3 had like-new bores, and one looked like a new-unused gun when I got it, and is one of my favorite AKs in my arsenal. Aftermarket furniture fits like a glove. If it has a NDS reciever, I would buy it in

My wife doas a lot of shooting, and the other poster is right, LET HER CHOOSE! if you have a range that lets you try many different guns, take her there. What My Wife found: * Although she like to shoot them, she can not properly rack the slide on the springfield XD (too stiff). * The tough DA pull of a revolver makes her hand/wrist shake * she is most proficient with the Glock 19, but tends to "limpwrist" once in a while. She even shot it at a local GSSF shot and did good. * She prefers her Karr 9mm over everything, and carries it daily. I hate that gun with a passion, but tha

Although not widely used by home defense folks, I dont see the .45 GAP dead in the water yet. Contrary, I am seeing a lot of LE agencies using it for very real advantages. New York State Police, S. Carolina Hwy Patrol, Georgia State Police, Pennsylvinia State Police, Denver and a bunch of small departments across the country. A local SoCal PD really likes the cartridge. Even the officers that dont prefer Glocks like the round a great deal. Some of the Advantages that I have noticed are: * Good knock down round, like the .45 ACP, knocks down steel plates exactly the same. Also no noticibl

yep, the RG14, "the gun that almost did Ronald Reagan in". A $40 gun with a reputation for exploding after 50 rounds takes down the leader of the free world. That was the begining of the end for gun rights, as the initial legislation was to make the RG "Saturday Night Specials" illegal to sell; soon everything else was evil too. RGs are bad luck man!

My 4 worst: 1. RG industries .38 snub revolver (original 70s vintage saturday night special), but was free 2. Llama 9mm 1911 clone that cant even make it through a mag without a problem, but was very cheap 3) XD9 that I spent good money for but has mag locking problems, finish wore almost completely off after 1 year, and my wife can not rack the slide because the recoil spring is so stiff. 4) The Kimber that I spent way too much money for, continue to dump money into, and is no more reliable than gun #1.

Motopilot1, Im one step ahead on that one. I installed the mount before the conversion and got a 2" group after tweeking for about 25 rounds. After that, things opened up to 8" and I noticed that the mount came loose. Yep, I did exactly as you said; set and tacked the screws from the top of the mount. I also tested the muzzle brake before the conversion, and it realy tamed the beast (but its a loud one), Way better than those cheap fake brakes that bolt on around the FSB (forward projectiles). Deadeye, Check into the "scout rifle" concept, invented by the late-great rifleman Jeff Cooper. h

I handpicked this M44 from a big 5 before I got my C&R licence. The bore and chamber were excellent, but the upper handguard cracked when I took the gun apart to de-cosmoline. Even though I love old war rifles in their original configurations, this $60 M44 was calling to me to give it a second life. SOOO.... a new stock, scope/mount, barrel threading and Smith Muzzle brake, Bayonet removal, Harris bipod, Duracoat desert camo, and a Huber Ball-bearing trigger and the M44 gets a second life as kickass little boar rifle.

Ive had my eye on the blond Bulgarian RPK set from K-Var for a while now, just an awesome looking set. Dont forget your USA FCG, piston, and muzzle device for federal compliance and your bullet button or Raddlock mag release for Kali compliance. INSTALL THE RADDLOCK BEFORE YOU INSTALL THE PISTOL GRIP, you are commiting a felony in the PRK otherwise. Too bad you cant go "authentic" with a 75 round drum (in Kalifornia), but the 10/30 mags from Cold War Shooters work good and will keep your build from looking goofy (10 round double stack mags in a RPK would look goofy). Ohh, and dont forg

scratch my first post, I just remembered the company name: "Inter Ordinance".

I cant remember if it is Ohio Ordanance or Ohio Rapid Fire, But I heard a rumor from SHOT last year that they were planning to manufacture and release 100% USA made AKs sometime this year. I also think this is the same outfit were the owners (Germans) were temperarily deported for illegaly importing parts, so who knows?

I use Tap Magic. Never had any problems. When you are at Home Depot, Spend $15 for a pipe cutter tool (the kind you turn around the pipe). Buy one with the slimmest profile you can find so you can cut the sleeve closer to the FSB. Use this to cut back your front sight sleeve. It is the cleanest and best looking method and only takes a couple of minutes. It also prevents you from cutting into the barrel (like the dremel method does). When you get to the end of the cut, the sleeve just pops off the gun and looks like it was never there. MAKE SURE you use a thread allignment tool for thr

I have shot several of these type of brakes off the ends of SKS's and Mosin M44, we are tlking downrange man! The bolt-on concept is good for looks only. If a bolt-on brake were made to the tolerances needed to make it function properly, it would not allign with the bore perfectly, and get hit with bullets leaving the muzzle. The ones that stay on the barrel are built with a large hole diameter, so do not even function as a muzzle brake; just a heavy peice of metal hanging off your muzzle for looks. The look cheap IMHO anyway. Do a search in the SKS and Mosin forums and you will not

I have done the crayon thing on numerous firearms. Here is some Saiga lettering pics. I offer the following pointers for crayon use; 1. put on crayon when the gun is cold only (otherwise the color will wipe off while cleaning) 2. make sure the crayon has a sharp point so it can gut down in the stampings, a dull crayon will not do this. 3. clean up with hoppes and a clean towel 4. as a last step, use a hair dryer to set the crayon into the lettering. I agree with dumping the green.

My PRK legal Saigas! #1 = Ace folding stock & block, G2 FCG, USA pistol grip, Fusion handguard, ported gas tube, Dinzag bullet guide, pin retaining plate, Dingag handguard retainer, Phantom flash hider, 10/30 mag from Cold War Shooters, Duracoat WWII-green paint, an AK bullet button to make it all a Kali legal fixed mag build. 7 points toward federal compliance! #2 = Factory stock cut 2 1/4 inches (for proper eye relief with PSOP scope) with a limbsaver slip-on recoil pad, G2 FCG made to work with factory configuration, UTG quad-rail handguard, pin retainer plate, ported gas tube,