when was the last time you seen one less than $1200
I bought mine for $325 in the mid 90’s
i bought poly techs for that ,actually thats about what i paid for my 86S in '89 , but current prices on thumbhole Maks are between $1200 - $1500 , i was toying with the idea of a bayo folder
My LGS had crates of them in his shop in 1992 priced at $159…they even had the underfolder holes stamped in the receivers along with the thumbhole stocks. I was a broke 21 y.o. newlywed, so I only bought one…no one had any idea what they would become (they were “junk Chinese” AK’s at the time). Went back a couple of weeks later and he had them marked down to $139 (along with crates of SKS’s for $89 and 1k round cases of Norinco 7.62 for $79). If only I had a time machine…
That ship sailed in 2008 when all AKs went north of $1,500.
I cant ever find a Arsenal SA-93. What can they be had for?
bulgies have always commanded top dollar ,even the ban eras , i havnt seen one in a very long time , i would guess if Maks are $1200 , then they would be the $1500 range maybe more given todays insane prices
If you can get a Mak 90 for $1200…BUY IT.
Current production Arsenals are selling for $1,900 - 2,200. Out of production variants will sell for much higher.
they are $1200 - 1500 on GB , i checked the SA93 they are 1800 to 2k
Didn’t see anything with a $1200 BIN. Lots of angle cut receivers too.
well they are there starting at 1200 , with higher BIN , i see them starting lower bidding up to 1200 , i think people are still trying to wrap their heads around them in that price range
i want another for a winter project , i was thinking another bayo folder , i had a Mak 90 for many years for a shooter and a few years ago did the conversion , the lumber was already seasoned for 15-20 years , last night i was thinking maybe a double folder , then started kicking myself for selling a Norinco orange bake grip i held onto for years , it brought $300 on GB , but would have been perfect for this , here is the mak with a Poly Tech Bayo folder , i call them the sisters
never did a slant cut stamped receiver , but did a slant cut milled on a Mak 91 National Match , it was challenging but i did it back when Kengs was selling complete sets of Legend furniture for $150 so i had a safty net , did not end up needing it , its pictured here with a Poly Tech National Match
Those Type 56 clones look nice! I know in reality (like Vietnam) that they were probably that color, but I am kinda fond of the blonde furniture like the imports used to have “back in the day”.
At $1,200 the entire AK pattern rifle loses it’s appeal because you can buy a quality AR for that. So unless a person is an AK collector, nobody is gonna be interested.
thank you
the bayo folder furniture was that blonde color new ,one is a actual Poly Tech , ive had those rifles since the mid 90’s ,but did the Mak conversion only a couple years ago , they were never colored , stained or sealed that is the natural aging of the chu wood
the national match rifles is the correct wine color and are also original Poly Tech finish , they were tinted and sealed at production
thats just it , iwas always an AK guy , it wasnt until maybe 6 years ago i finally started getting into AR’s , i actually owned a couple SP1 rifles back in the day and only kept them for a minute , regrettably for sure , but as a AK guy they didnt do anything for me ad the price of .223 back then was almost double what x39 was , even though i changed focus to AR primarily , i still have that AK itch that needs scratching , so it does sting a bit shelling out 1200 for a Mak when i remember buying “junk rifle Norinco and Poly Tech” for $350 -$450 (junk rifles are what people use to call Chicom AK’s)
ARs are great , but are money pits too , the difference is you pay a decent chunk for a base rifle then dump money playing Barbi dress up after that , luckily im out of that phase
I remember grabbing polytechs with that black dumbhole stock for $150 twenty years ago. At one time I had 32 AK pattern rifles, at $250-350 they were like crack…I coudln’t stop buying them. Then during the Great Obama Gun Sale they were going for more than $2,000 so I grabbed all less desirable ones and flipped them on GB and now I’m down to about a dozen.
i hear you , for me there are a couple id like to have back , but life happens and extravagances are what helps ypu climb back up , ive been collecting AKs since the 80’s , and i have never seen them for $150 , not even that WASR crap , i remember SKS rifles for that, i bought my 86s new in 89 as a getting out of the Navy present to myself ,it was stupid cheap , but not $150 , i seen one sell on GB for 5k and it was missing the fish lip FH , i had a couple others i bought while i was in , but they ended up getting sold , i managed to hold onto that 86s though
So I bought several Polytechs (I think Tennessee Guns), that had the black plastic / sorta Dragunov stock but were still square receivers. They were only $150 and it took them forever to finally sell out. They were fun to deban and at the time polytech furniture and parts were widely available.
I kept my GSAD Type 56, all my Arsenals, my Egyptian Maadi, my Polys and a Draco I SBR’d. Also have a few Bulgarians built on Nodaks.
noice
Yeah I bought my first AK, a Norinco stamped (but not a spiker), back in 1987 not long before I got out of the Army. It was $300. I recall there was a Hungarian right next to it for $400 but I cheaped out being a poor GI. Unfortunately that Norinco is long gone…sold it to a gun shop in the very early 90’s for party $$$ while in college. Might have even been '89.