Best place to buy an AK47 straight pull.

[Quarters]

I'm looking to buy one of these to shoot at Bisley. Any ideas where to get one and what calibre to go for? Thanks.

[DanTheMan]

If you keep your eye on the club sales boards / internet forums and classifieds like guntrader/gunstar then you should get one in 7.62x39 for around £200 - mine cost that last year then I spent another £100 on some bakelite mags, drum mag and wood furniture.
loads of shops advertise them for around £595 (russmilitary have the new Romanian ones in at that price), ammo is very very cheap at £15 per 100 or a couple of hundred for a 1400rd crate :)

If you get a Saiga then knock up a bullet guide so you can use genuine AK mags (tenner each)

Best £300 I have spent

[Sandgroper]

Second hand or if you want new http://www.rusmilitary.com/html/firearms_ak101.htm

Go for the 223 version, but they're getting more and more expensive. I got mine from Rusmilitary for about £400 in 2006(?), now £685. PX'd it 4 years later for £300 (along with the extras I acquired).

If you happen to find one with a 1 in 7 twist try 62gn ammunition first. I'm pretty sure all the new ones are now 1 in 12.

HTH.

[meles meles]

£15 / 100 ? From where ? We're paying almost double that...

[murphwiz]

Blimey!
Wish I could find one that cheap!

[ovenpaa]

Last I looked 7,62x39 was approaching thirty quid/100. It was a lot cheaper once upon a time and I still remember buying 54R of GBP13/100 however it was not pleasant to shoot.

[DanTheMan]

£15 / 100 ? From where ? We're paying almost double that...

Andy Allwood in Bracknell - 15 mins from Bisley.

Its all coming in from the Netherlands, and there it's 115 EUR per 1000 rds (£93) over the counter without a trade discount so you are getting ripped off somewhere

[Dangermouse]

http://www.guntrader.co.uk/Guns-For-Sal ... 7170758121

Just been listed on GT,

DM

[Doz]

Crikey, if that's what they're going for I might put mine up!

[Gaz]

I know a man with a 5.56 AK straight-pull, he's having a whale of a time trying to sort out a handload that shoots without tumbling. I think it originated from Izhmash originally, no idea where he bought it from over here though.