I've got an AKM (2001 SAR-1 from Century). I lucked out on that one... beautiful matching furniture, a straight FSB and after years of use, zero problems. The only thing that can stop it from firing is an empty mag!
I wish I had bought a few more of those SAR-1 rifles, especially when they were so inexpensive. What scared me away from buying more was the "Century Crapshoot". Who knew if they would send a good one or one built by a drunken monkey?
Interesting thing is that the SAR-1 receiver is genuine Romanian military and, although it doesn't have the evil third pin, the receiver DOES have a Y shaped indent where the hole for the pin would be. Supposedly (don't know if it's true), I once read that the Romanian military issues semi-auto only rifles to new soldiers and full auto only after they reach some milestone. I guess my receiver was meant for one of the semi-auto versions.
I've also got a nice Norinco which is an AK-47 rather than an AKM (wide front sight). It's got the bayonet lug for those drive-by knifeings. I have a "satin" (not shiny) chrome plated blade bayonet with a dark red-brown bakelite handle from North Korea. It looks bad-ass snapped onto the rifle.
Although I prefer Kalashnikov rifles, I have more AR-15's. One is a Colt 6520 clone (thin 16 inch barrel and skinny carbine style handguards) built with Bushmaster parts. One is a "real" Colt 6520 and one is a "Vietnam style" with a Bushmaster lower, a Colt SP-1 upper with no forward assist, triangular handguards, a duckbill flash hider, 20 inch barrel and an SP-1 style short stock (not collapsible). The Bushmaster lower is wrong for an "M16E1 lookalike", but I had it in the closet, so I put it to use. That one my younger son (25 y.o.) now "owns".
Oh well, gotta go. I have laser diodes to press into copper heatsink housings!
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