nagelmaker 0 Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 (edited) where can i get a book or online info about AK variants. like VEPR,WASR and MAADI or something like that. and what are the differance between the different country's guns. i used to keep up on surplus guns but the AK's have just cought my eye. and what are the best gun mag's that cover these guns Edited July 20, 2008 by backwater Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Agias 0 Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 (edited) I wouldn't rely on books for AK info, there are some parts in most book that are just nonsense. TheAKforum.net has a section for every country's AK's, i'd suggest you take a look around there for a general idea. Then if you're interrested you'll be researching for months and eventually it'll all make sense. Anything you wanna know about Hungarian AK's, ask me. My source is as reliable as you can possibly find. Edited July 20, 2008 by Agias Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kresk 10,063 Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 You might want to pick up a copy of 'Kalashnikov Rifles and Their Variations' by Joe Poyer, generally interesting/fairly informative. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Messiah Jones 2 Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 Another decent book is "The AK47 Story". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nagelmaker 0 Posted July 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 thanks for the info, why are the romainian ak's less desirable? what dose wasr and vepr stand for? thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Etek 32 Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 thanks for the info, why are the romainian ak's less desirable? what dose wasr and vepr stand for? thanks. WASR rifles are made from rejected military parts. Ask Dstorm over at www.akfiles.com Dstorm's Uncle was a Romanian Cugir AKM gunsmith. I went to Wikipedia and found lots of info on VEPR and WASR Quote Link to post Share on other sites
topmaul 42 Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 If you want to put an Ultimak rail on your Wasr (just got rid of mine) you will need barrel shims because the Wasr barrel is thinner than regular AKs. The receiver is thinner as well if you have a Wasr and a Saiga both stripped down you'll be able to tell that the Saiga is much heavier. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kwicko 8 Posted August 3, 2008 Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 thanks for the info, why are the romainian ak's less desirable? what dose wasr and vepr stand for? thanks. The one that sticks in my mind is that WASR stands for "What A Shitty Rifle". (It's only a joke, so if you have and love a WASR, please don't take offense.) I have no basis to make that conclusion, but I read that somewhere and it stuck with me. It didn't stop me from seriously looking at a WASR a few weeks ago, until I found a nicer-condition Norinco MAK-90 for the same price. And I've read plenty of people who bought WASR rifles and have been very happy with them. I tend to think of names like Vepr, Tigr, Dragunov, and the like as kind of "bastardized" or Russianized animal names - Viper, Tiger, Dragon. It helps that those are all animals with a hell of a bite. They're probably not right, but it's how they associate themselves in my mind... Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Havoc308 3 Posted August 3, 2008 Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 Vepr is a big hairy fugly Russian boar. Dragunov was the name of the chap that designed the SVD. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kwicko 8 Posted August 3, 2008 Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 Vepr is a big hairy fugly Russian boar. Dragunov was the name of the chap that designed the SVD. Yeah, but who wants to think of their rifle as a big ugly boar? And Dragunov might be the guy's name, but it's a very COOL name to have! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whitetrashrn 74 Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 I wouldn't rely on books for AK info, there are some parts in most book that are just nonsense. TheAKforum.net has a section for every country's AK's, i'd suggest you take a look around there for a general idea. Then if you're interrested you'll be researching for months and eventually it'll all make sense. Anything you wanna know about Hungarian AK's, ask me. My source is as reliable as you can possibly find. Can you point me in a direction to buy an AMD 65 barrel???????? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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