[Greentimber]

Thought you guys would like to see the most beautiful weapon ever made again. I have an assload more pics on my other computer I'll try to get on here at some point.


This gun has been my dream weapon since I left Afghanistan without my baby, a 1948/1949. I am one step closer with the aquisition of the grip panels from wildman.

 

[Buzgun]

Damn , Greentimber , that thing is TIGHT AS HELL !!--
too bad you could not mail it home a piece at a time !! :hail:

 

[ohsonofa]

was that rifle all original? Where is it now?

 

[timkel]

Strip it for parts and bring them home.
At least get the grips, top cover, gas tube and bolt/carrier.
The wood is not original.

 

[WarBaby]

Strip it for parts and bring them home.
At least get the grips, top cover, gas tube and bolt/carrier.
The wood is not original.

He is already home - he said he left her behind in Afghanistan.

 

[Greentimber]

The wood was original. It was serialized to the gun.

The paperwork was being done to save this one when I left Astan.

 

[Templar]

Beatutiful weapon man, beautiful.

When you get your clone done up you'll definitely be the only kid on your block with one!

 

[Fireman]

:shock: :hail: :hail: :hail:

Just awesome. At least you got to hold it. Did you shoot it?

 

[JOHNO]

Where are you going to find a reciever?

 

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[Fireman]

Where are you going to find a reciever?

Think he could bend a flat,then trim out the trunnion area? Not sure how much would have to be modded to make it work?

 

[Dutchkma]

Front trunion/receiver mating area looks a lot like a Saiga 12.

 

[Templar]

Ted Marshall and Chamberlain are working on receivers right now for them.

And no, they won't be cheap. :twisted:

 

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[Templar]

Yes, Type I.

MFG between 1948-1951/52. Then the Type II which is all milled, although Isevhsk built Type I's and Type II's side by side for about a year or two. The Type II is all milled. The Type III, which is what most of us think of as "the" AK-47, came out around 1952/53 and was manufactured up unti labout 1959/60 in Russia.


Link and pic of a Type II, with a PBS on it.

http://www.kalashnikov.guns.ru/models/ka59.html

 

[cdngunplumber]

sweet lord jesus :shock: that is a damn fine peice of history right there

 

[Buzgun]

Greentimber : You have to tell us the story of how you got hold of that one ! , and what other Rare Russkie Gat's you saw !!!!!


How common are the Russian type 1,s.,2's, 3's -- fixed stock vs. underfolders over there --- We want details !!!!!! :grin:

 

[henry-krinkle]

Damn I wish I started collecting AK's sooner.....

 

[Q-gunner2]

If I were you I would have got everything but the reciever shipped back to the states, then stick to US made mags just so it could be as original as possible... or build it on a pre-89 reciever.

 

[Speedfreak]

type 1

:hail: :shock: