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  1. That would be a good argument for sticking with the stamped version and saving a few hundred dollars https://armsofamerica.com/wbp-polish-mini-jack-ak47-7-62x39-pistol/ or the 5.56 version for even less: https://armsofamerica.com/wbp-5-56-223-polish-mini-jack-ak47-pistol/
  2. Could be, but there is quite a bit of threading in there. Also, WBP has a very simple solution for a hinge https://atlanticfirearms.com/wbp-folding-stock-adapter, but I realize there is no substitute for having the hinge cut into the back of the receiver like an AK-100 series.
  3. AoA is selling a new milled Mini Jack that has a certain appeal for running suppressed and possibly doing a Form 1 on later. Suppressed with a brace, it makes for a clean design, with threading at the rear of the receiver to accept a tube for a brace. Atlantic has a video here of the non-tactical version in which you can see the attachment point better. For those not in the know, AoA is the importer for Wytwórnia Broni Jacek Popiński (WBP). So AoA stamps its filth on the side of the receiver. For running courses of fire, this might make a good replacement for my M92, about which I have no complaints. As I move into historical builds to replace my ZPAPs, e.g., Yugo M70AB/AB2 replacing the ZPAP M70, I'm segregating the types into historicals and practical, fun shooters. The M92 sort of rides the line in that it did not exist prior to 1992, and M92 build kits are nigh impossible to find. So I could make a good argument for just building it into whatever I want. But I suspect the milled Mini Jack would be slightly less bulky, being slab-sided and having smaller handguards, and probably would be no heavier--possibly even lighter. With the milled receiver and FB barrel it should not be unusually inaccurate.
  4. Welcome. Also, you might need some long guns.
  5. That's 5.56x45 for the uninitiated. https://youtu.be/Nf8lviTCZhQ This is good news for anyone who might want an AK-101/2 clone given it's going to be cheaper than building one equally as correct.
  6. And now I'm wrong, per KUSA at SHOT Show 2022. The KR-104 allegedly also will be available as a pistol starting in February. So SBR at your leisure. They claim to be working with SB Tactical on a brace bundle for it as well. https://youtu.be/Xww0RvX8goM KUSA can be pretty nimble here perhaps because nothing is imported.
  7. The ZPAP M70, ZPAP M90, and ZPAP M92 all have exhibited excellent quality for AK-pattern firearms. To diversify, though, with Poland under represented in my safe, I'd look at a Mini Jack (WBP) https://armsofamerica.com/wbp-5-56-223-polish-mini-jack-ak47-pistol/ or, for more money, a Beryl. https://armsofamerica.com/fb-radom-mini-beryl-pistol-223-5-56/ Acquaintances have said the WBP is a better value, with quality on part with that of the FB. Nitrided barrel, though. It's also worth noting WBP and FB often share parts. WBP is a commercial manufacturer but appears to be a subcontractor for FB, which is a military contractor.
  8. For reference, 12.25" is historically correct in that Kalashnikov Concern built the AK-104 as the "carbine" version of the 16.1" AK-103. With regard to the AK-100 series, Kalashnikov USA's mission appears to be to make the most accurate representations of AK-100s since the SGL-21s that were done by Arsenal. The problem for US consumers is that, in being true to the original design, the KR-104 is SBR-only. That will limit sales, but since it's basically the same rifle as the KR-103, most will opt just to buy that instead and perhaps Form 1 it later down to 12.25", swapping out the FSB and GB for the KR-104 GBC. Unfortunately, I committed to my AK-104-like build a few months before the KR-103 SFS became available. My build uses an AKM receiver (with 100-series cut for the hinged rear trunnion) and front trunnion, which is a downer, but the parts are of good quality (WBP). So in a sense it's like a PSAK-103/4 but, I hope, of better quality in the end. I have a hankering to buy or build an AK-102 and to build it more like a true AK-100-series--bump rivet and all. If KUSA made either a KR-102 or KR-101, I probably would pounce. As it stands, I'm looking at rescuing one of those poor Saiga .223 sporters for absurd money or just building from scratch. As of this moment, I think the latter would be much cheaper and would allow me to get the receiver to more accurately match that of a true AK-102.
  9. True to AK-104 form, it is only available as an SBR. So if you don't want to wait, putting a GBC on KR-103 would be faster for those who want to decide what to do about the barrel later. https://kalashnikov-usa.com/product/kr-104-sbr-7-62x39mm-short-barrel-rifle/
  10. At least it's (allegedly) a true Khyber Pass contraption, whereas in the domestic AK market "Khyber Pass" has come to mean thing I made from what was in the parts bin.
  11. West meets East. I have considered a Zastava M77, which was a .308. Instead I built the LMT battle rifle and got a PSL-54C for the DMR role. If questionable sources on the Internet are to be believed, Yugoslavia was into NATO-spec before being into NATO rounds was cool in the East Bloc, and the Yugo M90, which was not able to get properly adopted by their military before Yugoslavia fell apart, was designed from the outset as a 5.56x45 rather than 5.45x39. Allegedly, Yugoslavia was a producer of NATO-spec ammo back in the '70s. I've been happy enough with the quality of both the M70 and M90 (both ZPAPs) to again consider an M77, especially if I can build from kit.
  12. "Semantics" in this case is the difference between what I posted and what others said I posted. There's a difference. In that regard I'll concede nothing. Also, your "Everyone agrees..." refers to a mob arbitrarily deciding what I posted. No thanks. That said, since I have no emotional attachment to my original question, which is the topic of this thread, I'm willing to put any discussion of that on 168-hour turnaround.
  13. Except that I did not make such a declaration. I asked a question; others incorrectly inferred my interrogative was a declarative.
  14. You can't go wrong with a Cricket for a child that age. There is no substitute for easing young children into shooting rifles to prevent lifelong problems with anticipating and the like. Wish I had been given one and taught at that age instead of being subject to self-righteous lectures on the evils of firearm ownership.
  15. False. I asked two questions and specifically made it a point not to make a claim against a particular manufacturer.
  16. Agreed that is does not appear there is a manufacturer in TN that would have direct cause to oppose the building of handguns by individuals, even if manufacturers in general likely would prefer a protection scheme in favor of their products. Also, I missed the part about the rumor. Is there one?
  17. I like their 300yd range, but Barrington is a hike for me. Pelham has a 600yd range.
  18. I have acquaintances in TN and have been considering property northeast or ESE of Knoxville. A non-fudd range would be nice for 3-gun and other practical shooting. Up here I am able to regularly take defensive carbine courses that include DFH for completing CoFs when failures are induced in the carbine. Sig is nearby as well for far more expensive courses. My most recent pistol acquisition is a CZ P10C. The jury is still out on whether it can unseat my H&K VP9 as best-in-safe. Having pieced together a few ARs, including most of what will turn out to be an LMT MLKMWSB-MARS but with a 20" barrel to fulfill the DMR role, I have moved on to AK building. I have a build thread on Weapons Guild for an AK-103/4 Khyber Pass/apocalypse variant for what admittedly is an odd choice for a first build. Next up either will be a Yugo M70B1 or AB2 to replace my ZPAP or a Romanian md.63, since among my manufactured AK-pattern firearms I do not really have a representative AKM. An AMD-65 (TGI) is the closest one I have right now. I would like to do either matching. Stamped M70 kits have dried up, though, and I don't have the skills for a re-weld. I shoot primarily at a range that has 8 utility bays for action shooting, but the rifle range tops out at 150 yards.
  19. In reality, I was just asking if anyone had heard anything about this. There is no conspiracy.
  20. This is the first time this issue, which is specific to TN, has come up. I have acquaintances in TN and joined to keep up with what's going on. I belong to a regional forum that covers my area, and we have a few people plugged into the political machine and firearm manufacturing apparatus in NH who know what is going on behind the scenes with regard to firearm bills here. So I figured someone on this site might have an inside line on what is on the horizon for firearm laws in TN and what role the manufacturers in the state are playing in getting those bills passed or voted down.
  21. I have not even suggested lobbying against anyone. The "goal" merely is to gain information. If i get corroboration, I'm going to look into it further another way. Seems that there should be a money trail between the company and politicians who support bans and/or firearm prohibition organizations, though that might not be apparent or discernible at this point.
  22. My info is on very good authority, but without corroboration I'm not going to impugn the manufacturer. That said, it does not at all surprise me that any firearm manufacturer would support banning home-built firearms and to that end would lobby as clandestinely as possible. A more specific related question is whether anyone is aware of particular pistol frames--excluding Glock or Sig Sauer--that are commonly knocked off either by 3D printing or a 3rd party company? This would have to do with claims of patent infringement by manufacturers as bases for supporting a ban on home-built firearms.
  23. Has anyone with an ear to the ground heard anything about a firearm manufacturer in the state lobbying for a state or federal ban on home-built firearms, perhaps making use of the bogus term "ghost guns"?

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