fatty

as a lefty, the BAD lever is simply awesome.

post some pics! always wanted an M1A scout

That's a great deal

the banshee plate carrier is nice. really comfortable, but it gets pretty damn heavy with plates inside.

Yeah that AKOU video was troubling... brand new SLR107 with a host of problems, but I think someone mentioned it was some kind of batch problem? Thankfully, the SAM7R is parkerized under the paint and the vast majority are good to go. Mine is at least.

You got a good price on that - hope you enjoy the rifle. 1. front sight block can be corrected by drilling new holes with oversized pins - may or may not be worth it if the rifle is already zeroed. Is your gas block and front trunnion aligned straight? Sucks that yours came canted. Arsenal won't even fix those under warranty unless the rifle isn't able to be zeroed. 2. k-var.com or akfiles.com - you can find decent deals for various milled buttstocks. I've got a shorter polymer warsaw length stock on my sam7r. 3. bottom hand guard... unless you go for a rail I don't think you have any other options The magwells on most sam7r's are very tight. If I'm not mistaken they're spec'd for bulgarian mags, which fit perfectly - including the arsenal mags. That's one downside to AK's - surplus mags are not created the same and they all have slight dimensional variations. Eventually they'll wear in, but you may have to slightly modify metal surplus mags to fit properly. The mag release will also break in. You just need to shoot the snot out of it. good luck

Guide rods don't really affect 1911s so much, although I prefer a regular GI setup. I'd just keep using what you have

Check out the Springfield armory EMP4 in 9mm. Really nice package in the 1911 style (not true to 1911 specs). Take proprietary mags though, but not really a big deal.

I have an 09 legacy 3.0R and love it more than any other car I've had. Very smooth, quick, and hasn't had any major issues. Since it's a 6 cylinder it eats gas pretty good, but I don't drive a lot so it works out well. Subaru's are hard to beat if you want AWD

I usually try to stick with golden tiger or wolf. the periodic sales on RAS are tempting. I just hate ordering from PSA haha

is there such thing as 'bad' AK ammo? lol... thanks for the reminder - need to get more

That's weird. I've been there a dozen times and never experienced that.

That's my go to shop for powder and supplies now. Not the cheapest but really convenient.

this is a very expensive hobby lol

nice choice on the red dot - same one I have on my SAM7R. can't beat the price for an optic with a 30,000 hour battery life

looks really good. makes me wanna get one. it's a damn shame we can't have folding stocks!

that is the crappiest dust cover rail I've ever seen on an AK. I wonder what other junk that rifle had on it. from what I could tell... cartridge got stuck in the chamber and the extractor wasn't picking it up and was a possible double feed. bad magazine + maybe bad extractor (or a really dirty chamber for that round to get stuck)

Check out country-spirit.com They have 74 mags for around 30ea

You might be right about that. The space is pretty tight, but i'm sure there's a combination that could work well. I prefer the RS mounts to keep the center of balance. My SAM7 feels very front heavy as-is... didn't want to add anything more up front

RS regulate has a full rail option as well (same price). You can mount almost anything on it and it sits very close to the top cover. If you're referring to where it says it on the rifle, there should be a (10) "circle 10" stamp on the left side of the receiver toward the muzzle end.

If you're into optics I highly recommend RS regulate's side rail mounts. I use the newer forward mount with a PA micro and it allows a lower 1/3 cowitness

Yup. I've got a SAM7R-61. Same circle 10 factory right?

It's beautiful. Recoil must be so light compared to 762x39

In the 800 range I think

nice buy! post some pictures of that bad boy