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There's really only one model. How they are configured is the difference you see in all the pictures and threads. Essentially they come into the country in a "sporter" configuration. Meaning the trigger group is moved back to accommodate the traditional straight stock. Once you "convert" it by replacing the trigger group with a standard AK trigger group, add a pistol grip, and an AK stock you can add just about anything AK related to it. There's a few details in addition to what I mentioned like a trigger guard, sometimes you have to cut pistol grip nut holes, and some filing on the mag catch is needed..   One caveat are the Vepr 12's that are coming in. Rumor is that they are no longer making Saiga 12's and are going to the Vepr 12's exclusively. They're all already converted and ready to go as is. They don't use Saiga mags but there are more and more companies bringing them to market so it is almost a non-issue. The Vepr 12 is a better gun overall and the price on unconverted Saiga's has gotten stupid and a converted Saiga will cost more than a Vepr and give you less features.

Don't know why the Chinese (now twice), the French, Russians, and the US keep getting sucked into the Pit of Despair, but it looks like China wants another go. Now if NK and Vietnam kick up, then the already angered Japanese get on board this could get interesting fast. Oh Don't forget the Taiwanese, Philippines, and just about everyone else in the Asian theatre that China has been strong arming and it just might bring China to it's knees. This could get interesting depending on China's level of arrogance. http://chinadailymai...vietnam-border/

[quote name="Oh Shoot" post="1152657" timestamp="1401237634"]?? Private handgun sale to 18 year old is legit here. - OS[/quote] Yeah, I'm used to FFL rules where it's 21.

Correction, you changed it to handgun and over 18, so no. They would have to be 21. However, if you change the parameters to the op's scenario then my former answer stands.

[quote name="DaveTN" post="1152632" timestamp="1401232496"]So… you sell a handgun to a 16 year old from Alabama and he kills some kids in a school shooting. It’s traced back to you. Your defense is going to be “I asked him if he was over 18 and if he was a Tennessee resident and he said yes; that is all I am required to do” ??[/quote] Yes. That is the law unless there was reason to believe otherwise. That is the only defense the law requires and as such is all the law can request. It is a legal defense to the exact scenario you made up and any other unreasonable obscure hypothetical scenario you will make up. Don't know why you try to make these things so complicated. You come up with hypothetical's that are so out of the norm, just to try and make some moral dilemma statement.

Technically you would have been legally cleared since you asked if he where a TN resident and he responded yes. There is no requirement to "prove" residence in a FTF sales. Even not producing a TN license did not disqualify the sale since there is no legal requirement to prove residence by either parties in a FTF. That is only required during an FFL transfer.   That being said, I'd probably have walked away for the same reason you did. It's not worth the risk and playing lawyer on the internet while I'm at work is a lot less consequential than with LE on the side of the road or a judge at the arraignment. ;)

Love them. Had several MSAR's over the years and loved them. I dream of one day finding and being able to buy (at the same time) an RFB. I also like the Bullpup Unlimited stock for the 870. There are also a couple Kushnapup stocked Saiga 12's here. I liked the idea but all my Saiga's were converted.

IMO, while they are cool, AR pistols essentially get turned into an expensive to shoot .22 mag as far as effectiveness goes. A few more accessories but it's more a novelty than usable weapon for anything other than range use. AK pistols, in x39, don't lose hardly any velocity and maintain their effectiveness across the entire useable range of a standard barrel length AK. As to the brace buffers tube issue, don't think it's an issue due to what OS spoke to above.

Hi-powers get priced like 1911's. It's all on the details. If you want to shoot it without getting bit, there are hammers that will fix that.

[quote name="TLRMADE" post="1151332" timestamp="1400806476"]Thanks for putting it together for me! We need to go to Charlie's sometime and shoot it. I went last Sunday and everybody around me was like holy crap that things loud!!!!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk[/quote] Yeah, I can bring the M92 and together make it sound like artillery going off.

Yeah, you did good picking all the parts. Very nice!

Well he is military, LE, and NRA .....

They look decent except for the butt-stock. It just looks wrong. Like it has too much angle. Maybe it's just me though. I would have to look at them closer to find out if the barrel is any good. That seems to be the issue with American made AK's. At that price they have been known to take .308 rifle barrels and turn them down for the AK profile. Just like they tried to do back with the Tantal debacle where they were using .223 pattern barrels instead of 5.45 barrels.     All that said, I've read a few very positive reviews so maybe Century figured it out.

[quote name="Oh Shoot" post="1149632" timestamp="1400304088"]Looks very much like my: I'll swap ya even, and go so far as to pay shipping both ways. :) - OS[/quote] Very tempting, but I'll have to pass. ;) So, how'd it shoot? Very very well. The ragged hole in the center is the first 13 at 20 yards. The two low right ones were the first two in the mag as I was figuring out the sight picture. All the other holes were when I moved the target back and had fun rapid firing, double tapping, and just running rounds through the mags and gun to break them in and function check. It's a keeper. This is definitely a case where the gun makes me look better. I don't usually shoot single ragged holes at anything over 5 feet. :)

Wanted to try one of these for awhile now after having several P99's in the past. I believe the P99's didn't take off due to their odd (for US market) trigger and S&W importing them in anemic numbers and cost. The later two I think S&W influenced to keep the P99 from competing with their (at the time) new M&P series. Along comes the PPQ in which Walther addressed all the aforementioned issues. Cost is competitive being they took S&W out as the middle man and the trigger is the best factory trigger I've eve pulled. It is short, smooooth, and the reset is very short and resets with an definitive and audible click. The legendary Walther ergo's are even better on this gun than the P99. I like the ambi slide release that is very HK'esk as is the paddle mag release that I love. Not a big fan of the M2 version and I'm glad Walther brought these back after not selling them in the US in 2013. Picked up two extended 17 rnd mags to go with the 2 factory 15 rnd mags. Anyway here it is.

Bad design ;). They hope that spring tension combined with hole size will hold them. Eventually that tension will wear the hole and they will walk. Sometimes the pin holes are a slightly larger than they need to be and the issue shows up sooner.    KNS pins work well and you don't have to worry about it.

Yeah, those were smoking deals. They've gone up quite a bit ... and rightly so. Wish I'd have had a bunch of extra money laying around then and I would've bought several.

  Don't really know about groups as I don't shoot that way, ;) but i can tell you with the Primary Arms 1-6 ACSS 300 scope, I can hit anything I want to within 2"-3". I don't really do well with stock sights either. I usually run a TWS Dogleg Rail with a Kel-tec peep sight on the rear and with the increased sight radius and better sight picture you can hit anything you can see. It makes a tremendous difference.

Looks good. Here are a few I've done. I personally like the combination of Minwax Gunstock (color) with a Tru-Oil finish. One little tip for AK stocks - stick them in the oven at about 200 deg for a bit, occasionally taking them out and wiping the oil, finish, and cosmoline off. The Com-Bloc countries were very liberal in the application of cosmoline and other oils on their stocks. Not to make them look good, but how else would that cheap Euro birch/Laminate/Pine last for 50+ years? ;) Even if it looks unfinished or dry it will still make a big difference in how even the finish goes on and it will also keep it from coming off in your hands the first time you shoot it and get it hot. After the oven a little conditioner works really well. Also DO NOT use steel wool to buff in between applications. You will end up with little slivers up steel in you gun that you won't see until it starts to rust. Ask me how I know. ;) Mak90 - Minwax Gunstock (3 light coats), Tru-oil (2 Coats) light sand between coats. It was actually a little darker and redder. The hadngaurds were actually old Wasr handguards that were nearly black with cosmoline, oil, and dirt. Pictures wash out some of the color. Vepr Wood with several heavy coats of Minwax Gunstock. It has a redder color than the pictures shows. Look much better in person. Here is an M92 with handguards done in a similar manner. They were unfinished when I got it new.

The .22 is a bit overpriced. That is standard velocity stuff and may have issues in semi-autos. Not bad given the environment we are in, but on the high side for what it is. If it were hi-velocity mini-mags then it would be ok, but not for that.

Yep and we allowed 5000 children to be killed in TN, so far this year. Glad we got our priorities straight. :- At least snakes are useful enough to need protection.

Even with out of focus pictures that thing is nice! :) Would love to see some better pictures of the details.

While that is true, they are at times hard to come by and prices can reflect that.

No. Two have the FDE bottoms and the other 4 are standard 17 rnd mags. They are just pricey and hard to come by at times.

Well ended up with this in a trade. It's an M&P9 VTac. The sights are a bit different but I think I like them. They are as fast as they claim and the sight picture is very good. The trigger is better than any M&P's I had in the past, even with the APEX kits installed. Reset is short and definitive. Wasn't sure I'd like the color as I'm pretty simple and prefer plain old black, but I think I like it. Oh, and the biggest bonus is that is came with 6 mags. These things have been hard to find.