AK-47s, Milled or Stamped?

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Yournamehere

it's the AK design, and it's hard to fuck it up.

You'd be surprised. I once read a message board post by a former Iranian militiaman who was issued a North Korean-made AKM (which they called the Type 68) during the Iran-Iraq War. According to him, it was total shit. Apparently, after Iran received the first shipment of Type 68 AKMs that they bought from the DPRK, they actually refused further shipments in the future due to the terrible quality.

Originally Posted by Yournamehere

Long story short, I think I'm gonna save for this Bulgarian.

I'm really not a fan of the Bulgarians, though at least they're not as crappy as some other stuff out there (contrary to what you've said, I've had bad experiences with just about everything Century Arms makes, though maybe their QC has improved since I last shot one of their AKs).

But I still think your best bet is to find a pre-89 Chinese AK with a stamped receiver. In my opinion, they were the very best AKs (besides the Maadis and SA-85Ms) that anyone ever sold in the United States.