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</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (Edge,)
</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (tman_ndsu08,)


Ever hear of the black market? You can simply buy a gun illegally.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
Dead Straight! It always pisses me off that those who want to pick up an ILLEGALLY imported and NOT LEGAL FOR SALE full auto AK-47 or M-16 could do so for less than half the cost of legal semi-automatic AR-15. It's been a few years since I checked, but the world market price for AK-47's was in the $180 range, AKM's (AK firing the 5.56nato) in the $330 range.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>

AK: Avtomat Kalashnikov (Kalashnikov's Assualtgun, more or less), extremely reliable
AK-47: Russian, milled reciever, 7.62x39mm Soviet, copied in a few countries, basic design nocked off in many more, including israel (Galil, 7.62x51mm and 5.56x45mm NATO). The first generation.
AKM: Russian, stamped reciever (lighter, easier for the soldier to carry, and cheaper, but that actually is not the main reason for it, it really is to make it lighter, because it is designed with soldiers in mind), 7.62x39mm Soviet, copied in many countries, and because the operating system itself is unchanged, often interchangably referred to simply as stamped AK's, or even just AK-47. second generation. Copies are often made in other calibers, including 5.56x45mm NATO.
AK-74: Russian, stamped, 5.45x39mm Soviet, copied in Romania and mabey others. Have really cool muzzle break that makes it more controllable in full auto fire, often copied and mounted on other AK's. Often referred to as simply to as AK's or 5.45x39mm AK-47s because again, the basic design is unchanged. And the name of this one was actually a couple years off from when it really went into service, they called it the 74 instead of the 79 because 74 mirrors 47 and the Americans had the potential to think it was just a typo if we got wind of it. third generation.
AK-10X(101,102,103,104,105): current generation, available in defferent configurations and three calibers (5.56 NATO, 7.62 and 5.45 Soviet), third digit designates caliber and barrel type.

Oh yeah, your prices are wrong. They are a lot cheaper than that, especially in Pakistan, where you can get local copies for 200$ or a used Russian AKM for about 225$ and a used, local copy can probably be negotiated to about 75$, then their is basically anywhere south of the sahara in Africa, where, if you spend more than 50$ on a Russian AKM (so its got a few dings, thats the beauty of it, sumbitch still works), you are an idiot.