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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/

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.

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.

Welcome. Also, you might need some long guns.

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.

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.

Mine, too.

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.

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.

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/

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.

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.

"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.

Except that I did not make such a declaration. I asked a question; others incorrectly inferred my interrogative was a declarative.

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.