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Originally Posted by Excalibur
Well, I used to think all AKs are alike and I still have trouble telling the difference between some.
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There's a difference between that and boldly claiming, "This is a AK-47, not a Chinese Type 56 because the freedom fighters historically used the original AK-47" when the pics show an obvious Chinese version.
Per my original post, I must clarify that in the early days of film, some armorers (NOT MOST) would try to fix their Chinese guns to look more Russian. I replaced a lot of my smooth sided foregrips with AKM forearms and even popped the .75" front sight off and temporarily replaced them (with roll pins) with the .5" AKM style front sights. When the AK74s were hot, I took a Type 84S and replaced the entire front sight end with the cut parts from an AK74. Back in the 1980s, the muzzle brake alone was over $100.00.
