Anyone did a comparison of the Childers finished Polish receiver with an actual military Polish stub? Weld patterns, markings, hardness, finish etc? I am awfully curious.
It's kinda close. I'm really observant though, magwell dimples are not the Same but none of the other options are. The font for the selectors is correct for most years and looks better than engraving the markings. The spot welds are close.
A lot of people don't understand that if you take a sample of receivers from 1965 to 1990 somewhere along that line your going to find a font that matches and spotwelds that match. These things are not an exact science. The tips on the spot welders change over time then they sharpen them and they are smaller and the process restarts.
Same with the selector marks. There is at least three to four different fonts that I have noticed on polish alone.
The Izhmash Guns and Molot guns were pretty consistent, with using the same characters on for instance all the AKM's but the stamps were replaced at times. Same with the AK74's, as with the RPK, and RPK74
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