Original AK vs a conversion

[rsideout]

How much difference is there in shooting an original milled receiver AK vs a semi, stamped or milled, that was converted. I've only shot a few converted full autos and I'm wondering how they differ from the original milled receiver guns. The AKs that I have shot have been rough. Are milled receiver guns smoother to shoot?

 

[Uncle Billy]

oh man, it's been several decades, 4, or close to it, that I fired a Soviet AKM in German as part of familiarize of enemy weapons orientation. fast forward to 1998 and got a chance to fire a NORINCO conversion, to me there was no difference. both were AKMs though

 

[DistalRadius]

Nah as long as it's got the rate reducer installed correctly either receiver type should be the same. I love the 7.62 AK but IMHO they just naturally run really rough in F/A. The 5.45 guns are much smoother.

 

[ferndog1]

There are no, or shouldn't be, any milled semi to select-fire conversions, the Polytech Legend milled receiver guns didn't come out until after '86.

I have a post May Polish milled receiver AK and an original Chinese preMay stamped rec, and have owned Norinco and Polytech f/a conversions, no performance difference what so ever. Although I much prefer the fixed stock over the folder.

As mentioned in another post, the 5.45x39 AK-74 is far smoother and easier to shoot than the 7.62 guns. There are a few .223 converted Norinco and Polytech AKs, but mags are hard to find, a few reliability issues have been reported with those guns.

 

[sniperdoc]

Ever seen that weird Russian dance where the guy jumps around kicking his legs out? That's what the FA AK shoots like.

 

[OldBesty]

Ever seen that weird Russian dance where the guy jumps around kicking his legs out? That's what the FA AK shoots like.

They shoot like Ted Striker?