More pictures

 

 

Its not a Tula Handguard. The amount of layered material I can see above the palmswell is an excellent indicator that it had been refurbished at some point in time; the palmswells have merely been rounded off.

 

Thank you for the clarification. I was wondering if it was a Tula or a sanded/refurb Izzy.

 

I’ll take it.

 

Man, decent build overall, but it's a shame that Atlantic had them paint the entire gun, and the wrong color paint too. Not a deal breaker for a refurb though I guess.

The paint kind of looks like Colt grey in the pics, lol.

 

Thats due to the camera/flash. Its totally black in person. Not Russian/Arsenal paint black, but closer to what WBP uses or my FB Radom Beryl. The sheen/texture is very similar.

Here is a quick photo I just took with my cellphone with it next to my WBP Fox.

 

Here it is with a Beryl and SAM7R with factory Bulgarian Arsenal paint for comparison.

 

Here it is with a Beryl and SAM7R with factory Bulgarian Arsenal paint for comparison.

Now your just showing off...lol..super noice😋

 

Awesome! Ordered one of these on Saturday. Thanks for sharing 👍

 

Took the plunge did ya? My wallet is still hurting from buying a Russian.

 

beautiful

 

I didn't specify any preferred year when I ordered, but I was pleased to get a 1963 since I have a 69 Izzy and a 70 Tula kit already.

 

Thats probably one of the highest matching builds from atlantic ive seen. Only parts that are missing are auto sear, hammer retarder, and LHG. Solid overall. Definitely sanded. My only gripe is all the refinishing on them, but still a great rifle. Enjoy it

 

The kit most likely had a numbers matching auto sear and retarder prior to being built, but Atlantic probably does not want to sell a 100% built rifle with the 3rd pin items included, even separately in a baggy.

 

Is that the Russian Paint from IntMilCo? That looks nice, much nicer than the Hungarian that I tried that paint on a few years ago. I am definitely not a painter, unless it rattles in the can.

And man, the numbers on the trunnion are razor sharp. Sweet looking rifle.

I'm in the early stages of (finally) building my '69 Tula kit. I've put it off for 5 years. May the Good Lord Kalashnikov help me and keep my hand steady on the drill press.

 

Atlantic did not use Russian paint on these builds. Its some form of black-teflon paint finish. Atlantic has offered a version with Russian paint, but it was built on a Childers CG3 receiver, while these have the CG1 receiver. The CG3 model with Russian paint has been out of stock for awhile.

 

Beautiful rifle.

 

Awesome build.

 

Maybe one of the resident sling experts could let me know if this sling might be of the correct vintage for a 63. I looked through my box of slings and surprisingly found one with gray painted metal with flat rivets, but the stamp is not really legible. All the other Russian slings I have are the common 70's-90's yellow chromate galvanized metal with domed rivets type slings.

 

Maybe one of the resident sling experts could let me know if this sling might be of the correct vintage for a 63. I looked through my box of slings and surprisingly found one with gray painted metal with flat rivets, but the stamp is not really legible. All the other Russian slings I have are the common 70's-90's yellow chromate galvanized metal with domed rivets type slings.

Yes that would be the right style for 63. The galvanized tab with flat rivets type ran from about 1953-1966, and then came the zinc plated round rivet style. These early ones were sometimes painted and sometimes not, with different colors being used, usually green or silver. I made a post on this thread about a couple of mine:

https://www.theakforum.net/threads/russian-slings-1965-2015.246497/?post_id=3164099#post-3164099

 

Thats Crazy.