Hello everyone,
recently Italy and some other countries of Europe, have been overflooded with these "new branded" AKs - "SDM Beijing". SDM stands for Sino Defense Manufacture. Pretty cheap and of course made in China. They do look about the same as the old Norinco but marked differently. Their catalogue includes copies of the Russian versions, from the AKM to the latter 100 serie. They are commercialized both in .223 and 7,62x39 depending by the model.
Of course they also sell a Chinese AK47 variant. Pretty the same as the export Norinco (no spike bayonet) both with fixed wooden stock and underfolder. Has anyone clue about quality of these rifles? I ask this because I've heard that Chinese production has not really a standard. I've heard that the Chinese AKs supplied in Africa have different standard in quality than the ones on other markets. Price is around 570€/USD.
recently Italy and some other countries of Europe, have been overflooded with these "new branded" AKs - "SDM Beijing". SDM stands for Sino Defense Manufacture. Pretty cheap and of course made in China. They do look about the same as the old Norinco but marked differently. Their catalogue includes copies of the Russian versions, from the AKM to the latter 100 serie. They are commercialized both in .223 and 7,62x39 depending by the model.
Of course they also sell a Chinese AK47 variant. Pretty the same as the export Norinco (no spike bayonet) both with fixed wooden stock and underfolder. Has anyone clue about quality of these rifles? I ask this because I've heard that Chinese production has not really a standard. I've heard that the Chinese AKs supplied in Africa have different standard in quality than the ones on other markets. Price is around 570€/USD.