The Czech's made the Sa vz.58... Easier to call it an AK-47. I was too busy
shooting people to notice the finer points.
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:26 PM, derf <derf247 at gmail.com> wrote:
> "The Navy Seals and the Military Defense Council of Finland, both
> selected Norinco of China to supply Chinese type 56 AK-47 rifles,
> which are virtually identical (except for select-fire components) to
> the Norinco MAK-90, & without the MAK-90's thumbhole stock).
>
> THAT SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING, as the GALIL AK's, F.E.G.'s from
> Hungary, Arsenal of Bulgaria, and Russian AK's were all tested against
> the Chinese Norinco, and the Norinco came out on top as the most
> rugged, and best value, despite the fact that it would have been
> easier for Finland and the Navy Seals to buy AK-47 variants from other
> Eastern European, or Russian sources.
>
> Finally, Norinco of China, Zastava of Yugoslavia, and Valmet/Sako of
> Finland all use at least 1.5mm steel for their stamped receivers on
> their AK variants, thus eliminating the need for a "mickey-mouse"
> anti-trip device (band-aid that does not solve the problem of too thin
> of receiver) found in the trigger groups of thinner 1mm steel
> receivers of Warsaw-Pact AKM's."
>
> Were the Czech guns you had AKs or VZ-58s? The VZ-58 is very similar
> to the AK, but not the same internally, and were made from 1958 thru
> about 1985, IIRC.
> I don't think the Czechs made AKs.
>
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Cheers!!
Jim
Then there was the mind reader who moved to Washington, D.C. and couldn't
find work.
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