Thursday, October 30, 2014

The AK 47 My Weapon of Choice

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The Zastava M-70 is an assault rifle developed and produced in Yugoslavia, nowadays Kragujevac, Serbia by Zastava Arms company. The design of the M-70 was based on modified Soviet AK-47 and AKM assault rifles and it became the standard issue weapon in the Yugoslav People’s Army in 1970. The M-70 is an air-cooled, magazine-fed, selective fire rifle. This weapon is also available as a modern sporting rifle in the US without select fire capabilities.“

This above sounds like someone is trying to say something interesting, but he failed in that. It is simply dry facts about something that meant lot for us in those times, thing that saved many lives, and took many too.

Of course nobody calls it M70, type A, B or whatever type there was. Not too many people call it AK, few call it Kalashnikov, or simply shorter and more familiar name:“Kalash“. Like we were talking about kids nickname or your favourite uncles name.

Favourite name was „gipsy woman“ or „gipsy lady“.

In the beginning of the war, all kind of weapons were in use. Some of those artefacts were used more to instil fear in enemy then to harm someone.

So in one period it was normal to see guy with his grandpa hunting rifle, two belts of bullets for bird hunting on his waist, and even green hat on his head with bird feather on it.

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10 comments:

  1. I wish there were more people who had AKs in the US. My concern would be finding ammo or spare parts if you ran out or were separated from your stash. Also beware of junk AKs. Arsenal is my recommendation if you want a solid AK that will last for a lifetime.

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    1. The 7.62x39 is almost down to the price I paid in 2007 whch was $179. I believe the last I saw it was $199.

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  2. Brock,

    I still owe you big for pointing out those Hungarian AMD-65's for $399 a while back. Loving that system...

    Daniel

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    1. Great. I have had a Bulgarian AK for many years and do you know what needs to be done to make the mag insert easier?

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    2. Brock Hone the sides back and latch catch with an oil stone until all your mags fit. This will have the benefit of removing any mill burrs. Take your time and test fit often as it won't take much polishing to relive your mag well or the latch/catch.---Ray

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    3. it won't take much polishing to relive your mag well or the latch/catch

      Thanks and I shall. My America Stone should do it.

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  3. While not the most accurate arm in the world(mine shoots minute of pop can at 75 yards) they are tough, reliable and drop deer like nobodys business. Every household should own at least one.

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    1. & you don''t have to worry about cleaning them if you don't have the time or Glocks for that matter.

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  4. Thats true. Glocks seem to be the AK of the semi auto pistol world.

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    1. I imagine you've seen the Glock Torture Test.
      http://www.namsouth.com/viewtopic.php?t=1492&highlight=glock

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