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Question:  Hello, there are lots of side folders for "Stamped" receivers.. But I cannot find a side f

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Answer:  does our website company make those stocks? ... no

Does anyone? I don't know of any s  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: Sam Wilson, 02/16/2007
Answered by: Bubba,
Question:  How much is the Polish under fold? What is the finish?

Thanks
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Answer:  ?? next time ask about a specific one, maybe even include a builders name then at least we could poi  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: David, 02/13/2007
Answered by: Bubba,
Question:  I'm new to building the AK. My question is do you need to remove the barrel from the trunion before
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Answer:  woah, I would NOT recomend that, Use rivets and do it the correct way. It's your life, your eyes, fa  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: Jim, 02/13/2007
Answered by: AK47 Dood,
Question:  DOSE THE NEWER WASA10 AK47 HAVE THE DIMPLESON THE MAG WELL? IF THEY DON'T IS THERE A FIX FOR IT?

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Answer:  none of the WASR-10s have dimples.

It is VERY difficult to add dimples after the rifl  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: woody, 02/08/2007
Answered by: AK47 Dood,
Question:  I purchased a Saiga Hunter AK in California years ago before they were ultimately banned. It is the
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Answer:  Question One: sorry no, most people mod the Saiga it's se;f to work with existing spare parts.. not   .. Read full reply
Submitted by: Allan Pell, 02/08/2007
Answered by: AK47 Dood,
Question:  I have a Romanian AK. What are the fittings for on the - LEFT side of the receiver? (I named the w

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Answer:  Sounds like you are asking about the scope mount rail. A scope mount fits onto that then locks into   .. Read full reply
Submitted by: Anthony Gray, 02/07/2007
Answered by: AK47 Dood,
Question:  Which is the best recommomened ak : a maadi, norinco, or a SAR1?

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Answer:  depends..

which is better a hummer, corvette or a motorcycle?? Kind of difficult to   .. Read full reply
Submitted by: Cody Williamson, 02/06/2007
Answered by: AK47 Dood,
Question:  I'm looking to buy my first AK-47. I know nothing about the types except to say I want a traditiona
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Answer:  You can start low with a WASR-10
Or I'd suggest a US made Polish or Yugo

Both   .. Read full reply
Submitted by: adrian porter, 02/06/2007
Answered by: AK47 Dood,
Question:  What is opinion of the Hungarian SA-85 Ak rifles? Do you know where I could buy one. Thank you
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Answer:  Real nice rifles I don't own one, but I would. I have shot many of them. They are also used to build  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: Craig Chelin, 02/06/2007
Answered by: AK47 Dood,
Question:  Bought a Bulgarian 75 round drum for my AK47. It had some dummy rounds(plastic?) inside. Threw them
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Answer:  WTH?? those aren't 'dummy rounds' those are part of the drum, like all magazines they are a part cal  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: watson, 02/06/2007
Answered by: AK47 Dood,
Question:  I recently bought a romanian wsar and was going to buy an expensive high powered scope for it. After

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Answer:  I wouldn't buy the type on the receiver cover they are junk. They type on the rail are the strongest  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: Shortexistence, 02/05/2007
Answered by: AK47 Dood,
Question:  With all the AK parts drying up because of importation restrictions, what parts should you keep in s
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Answer:  Well parts kits are still cheap IMHO, so buying parts kits is the way to go. You'll have every part   .. Read full reply
Submitted by: Bob Hall, 02/05/2007
Answered by: AK47 Dood,
Question:  i am finding alot of differant polish under folders on-line , what in your opinion is the most relia
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Answer:  I think all the .223 AKs are liable for problems, thats my opinion take it or leave it.

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Submitted by: jeff deforest, 02/04/2007
Answered by: Bubba,
Question:  My Romanian AK47 WASR10 has a problem with the trigger.After going
through about 5 or 6 round
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Answer:  easiest safest way is to simply buy a new US made trigger. I use US made triggers in all my AK47
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Submitted by: Elbert Brock, 02/03/2007
Answered by: AK47 Dood,
Question:  a friend of mine waants to buy an AK47 what is a better buy between the two money and reliability
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Answer:  where can you buy a Russian one? DO you mean a Saiga? A VEPR? they are better than WASrs or SARs sur  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: Tony Gutierrez, 02/01/2007
Answered by: AK47 Dood,
Question:  I was wondering, i have a romanian semi-auto ak47, is it possible for me to convert that to fully au
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Answer:  You bet you can, It's fast and easy.
Here is how. You take it down to the local police depart  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: cody, 01/28/2007
Answered by: Bubba,
Question:  I'm building a Romanian AK-47. Do I have to stick with Romanina magazines or do I have other choices
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Answer:  Other magazines will fit, but make sre you are OK with other US poarts so you don't have to worry ab  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: ignacio estrada, 01/19/2007
Answered by: Bubba,
Question:  how do I go about changing my saiga AK47 from regular stock to a pistol grip with folding stock and
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Answer:  You'll need to move the trigger, and keep the number of US parts good for 922r.

Then   .. Read full reply
Submitted by: bill, 01/18/2007
Answered by: AK47 Dood,
Question:  I have a PolyTech post-ban AKS w/ 1-piece black polymer Dragunov-type stock incorporating pistol gri

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Answer:  You can get an underfolder stock for it or a side foolder. Both will require modifications to some d  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: Roger Plowman, 01/17/2007
Answered by: AK47 Dood,
Question:  What type of Kninkov kit fit the milled receiver?
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Answer:  I didn't know there were milled Krinks.. please tell me more about it  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: Leland Dunlap SFC US Army Retired, 01/16/2007
Answered by: AK47 Dood,
Question:  i have a ak 74 romak 992 do you know where i could find a clip or how to change the recever
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Answer:  Impact Global Arms
520-318-0578

Is one of our sponsors and they have a bunch   .. Read full reply
Submitted by: gideon, 01/15/2007
Answered by: Bubba,
Question:  I'm interested in adding your underfolder stock on my WASR-10. It looks like the reciever will need

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Answer:  #1 what a waste of time

#2 yea and no

the safety slides under the stoc  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: Paul, 01/13/2007
Answered by: AK47 Dood,
Question:  Dear Sir's, I have one of the very early Sile's of New York Imported Norinco Type-56S-1 AK Rifle's,

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Answer:  Good question, I have no idea, but maybe someone else will see this who does know  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: Paul E. Truitt Jr., 01/09/2007
Answered by: AK47 Dood,
Question:  I Have Bulgarian AK 47 i would like to buy all the Parts from you to transfer it into your Styl Tact

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Answer:  Horn's Custom Rifles
Gunsmithing, Manufacturing and Sales
Flagstaff, AZ 86004
9  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: Flavian, 01/09/2007
Answered by: AK47 Dood,
Question:  What improvements would you recommend for the wasr-3 223

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Answer:  I use AK74 mags, thats easy, and they looks cool

Do you have the bayo lug? Add one an  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: Brent Mitchem, 01/08/2007
Answered by: AK47 Dood,
Question:  How do you adjust the front sites on a
romanian ak-47? ,is there a tool I need to
get?

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Answer:  We get this questiona lot so I made a video

How to use the AK47 sight tool - v  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: Don DeLoach, 01/06/2007
Answered by: AK47 dood,
Question:  How thick is the reciever on a GP WASR-10 AK 47 by Century International Arms.
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Answer:  It should be 1mm  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: wesley, 01/04/2007
Answered by: Bubba,
Question:  Is is possible to date the Romanian AK 47 wasr 10? I was told at the gun shop that it was new. I was
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Answer:  Well it's a gun made from old and new parts

On most AKs you can look for as date code  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: Gary, 01/03/2007
Answered by: AK47 dood,
Question:  will a receiver flat fit a ak vz-58 if so what one is recomended.
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Answer:  No the vz58 is quite different so you'll need to get a special receiver for it.

There  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: gary mowry, 01/03/2007
Answered by: AK47 dood,
Question:  whats the difference between stamped and milled and how do i tell which one my rifle is.
http

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Answer:  Here is some info on AK47 receivers
www.ak-47.us  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: patrick, 12/31/2006
Answered by: AK47 dood,
Question:  My question concerns the authenticity of a AK bayonet. Seeing that there were so many country makes

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Answer:  sounds romanian to me but how about a picture?

or at least some idea of what the stra  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: John McCutcheon, Jr., 12/30/2006
Answered by: AK47 dood,
Question:  I have a Maadi AK and am looking to upgrade the sights a little bit. I saw that Vulcan Arms makes an
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Answer:  ugg, I think you can't find one because no one really conciders them as an option anymore
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Submitted by: Bryan, 12/30/2006
Answered by: AK47 dood,
Question:  I was wondering what it would take for me to purchase a Automatic rifle,such as.and Ar-15, AK47 or t
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Answer:  You need to be 21, can't be a felon, crazy, etc, fill out the application, pass an FBI background, s  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: Zachary, 12/30/2006
Answered by: Bubba,
Question:  What's the differences between an AK47 and a SKS?

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Answer:  Mostly the AK47 is full auto and the SKS is semi-auto (one trigger pull per bullet)
The SKS i  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: Richard Wright, 12/29/2006
Answered by: AK47 dood,
Question:  The upper handguard on my WASR10 is not coming off. I was told that it came off with a twist while h
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Answer:  You are correct, but it's probably just sticking

Put the metal part in a vice. Use th  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: kevin p breaux, 12/27/2006
Answered by: AK47 dood,
Question:  I'm starting to build up a small collection of guns and a friend of mine has a Romarm SA/CUGIR AK I'
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Answer:  $250 is less than he paid I'm sure. about what it's worth, so I don't think you are getting ripped o  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: Jonathan St. George, 12/26/2006
Answered by: AK47 dood,
Question:  I went through the old posts and read the comment about Wolf ammo not jamming. I must totally disag
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Answer:  Others make HP 7.52x39 not just Wolf
Wolf is OK for most AKs, You said you have a Romanian..   .. Read full reply
Submitted by: Dan, 12/22/2006
Answered by: Bubba,
Question:  Hello
I have a AK 47, it has no markings except AK 47s made in china, thats it, could y

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Answer:  Nope I can not help.
What if I asked you to tell me about a car made in Japan? Could you tel  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: ikegai, 12/16/2006
Answered by: Pete,
Question:  I got an AK47 today and would like to know when it was made by Ewbank. The serial # 006010 is under
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Answer:  www.gunchat.net />
Posted here for more help  .. Read full reply
Submitted by: Terry Peters, 12/11/2006
Answered by: Bubba,

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