AK-47s, Milled or Stamped?

Nyles · #1 12-04-2009, 12:46 PM

I can't comment on which AK to buy, since my experience with them is only full auto military versions, but I shot a Bulgarian built for export in 5.56mm and it impressed the hell out of me.

MT2008 · #2 12-05-2009, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Nyles

I can't comment on which AK to buy, since my experience with them is only full auto military versions, but I shot a Bulgarian built for export in 5.56mm and it impressed the hell out of me.

We've been giving a lot of export-model Bulgarian AKs to both the Iraqis and Afghans lately. Not sure why they chose that standard, but I've seen a lot of them in pictures from both theaters.

Excalibur · #3 12-05-2009, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by MT2008

We've been giving a lot of export-model Bulgarian AKs to both the Iraqis and Afghans lately. Not sure why they chose that standard, but I've seen a lot of them in pictures from both theaters.

I thought a lot of the Iraqis are getting M16A4s. I saw videos of them handing over their AKs for M16s.

MT2008 · #4 12-05-2009, 06:18 PM

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I thought a lot of the Iraqis are getting M16A4s. I saw videos of them handing over their AKs for M16s.

Yeah, we've been selling them M16s and M4s, but the majority of Iraqis are still using AKs. The Iraqi Army is too big for all of them to have ARs right now. Steve posted data on this, but I think we've sold them something like 50,000 M16s and M4s so far. And they have WAY more personnel than that.