Hands down my favorite rifle now.  The price was hard to swallow, but I think it was absolutely worth it.  I didn't have any intention to add anything besides an RS regulate side mount, so I was fine to accept that milled furniture is almost impossible to source.  The 6-port Arsenal muzzle brake looks nice too (perm attached by 2 pins at the factory) since it's the NJ compliant model).  Fit and finish is perfect...  The action is buttery smooth unlike any AK variant I've handled

 

 

Absolute huge difference moving up from my old 30+ year old WASR to the Arsenal (not that anything was wrong with the WASR)

 

She's a beauty. Is that a 15/30 magazine?

Thanks man.  It's a 15/20 from PK90.  Those mags fit on this rifle with no play whatsoever (front-back or side to side) compared to a few bulgarian poly 15/30's which flop around a bit. 

Hands down my favorite rifle now. The price was hard to swallow, but I think it was absolutely worth it. I didn't have any intention to add anything besides an RS regulate side mount, so I was fine to accept that milled furniture is almost impossible to source. The 6-port Arsenal muzzle brake looks nice too (perm attached by 2 pins at the factory) since it's the NJ compliant model). Fit and finish is perfect... The action is buttery smooth unlike any AK variant I've handled

 

 

Absolute huge difference moving up from my old 30+ year old WASR to the Arsenal (not that anything was wrong with the WASR)

 

She's a beauty....glad she came in without a hitch !

thanks!

Sweet rifle!

Congratulations - that's definitely a sweet looking rifle. I'm still trying to decide whether I want to grab one of these or go in a completely different direction and get a VZ 58 when they're back in stock.

Thanks

 

The VZ58 is pretty interesting - always thought it was an AK until I got a closer look at them (similar curved mags).  They have a bolt hold-open/release function which I think is nice

 

Too bad the mags aren't interchangeable with our aks

Nice upgrade

She's absolutely gorgeous!  I have major rifle envy.

thanks - post some pics of your saiga builds when you can

Nice dude! Lookin good. We should have a Milled shoot off soon :-)

Nice dude! Lookin good. We should have a Milled shoot off soon :-)

 

 

 

Thanks Drez - yeah man that sounds good to me!  shoots like butter

Nice! I just picked up a Wasr to mess with. Who had a NJ compliant in stock?

 

 

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I ordered mine from K-Var (great company to deal with btw).  The SAM7R-61N is the only rifle they're willing to ship to NJ

I ordered mine from K-Var (great company to deal with btw). The SAM7R-61N is the only rifle they're willing to ship to NJ

Online or local? Got an addy?

 

 

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K-var.com

I got the SAM7R-66 & just had the brake pinned & bayo lug removed

I got the SAM7R-66 & just had the brake pinned & bayo lug removed

 

how do you like the Arsenal quad rail?  it's a good deal with the -66 model

 

have you mounted an optic on it? if you did, can you co-witness?

I like the rail alot .....it is very smooth, not like most cheese grater rails..... I run gloves when I get the barrel hot but dont have to worry about melting polymer or bulging wood handguards.....

 

No optics as of yet but maybe during the rainy weeking ill prob put a krebs rear peep sight on that I've had for a while.

nicee i was looking into the krebs peep sight too.  

 

as for the heat transfer, I fired about 100-150 rounds over a course of 20-30 minutes and the k-var handguards (w/ heat shield) didnt even get warm which I thought was amazing.  

nicee i was looking into the krebs peep sight too.

 

as for the heat transfer, I fired about 100-150 rounds over a course of 20-30 minutes and the k-var handguards (w/ heat shield) didnt even get warm which I thought was amazing.

Good to hear ..... if it was to happen that would have done it

Are you running any optics ?

No not yet. Maybe in a few months.

nicee i was looking into the krebs peep sight too.

 

as for the heat transfer, I fired about 100-150 rounds over a course of 20-30 minutes and the k-var handguards (w/ heat shield) didnt even get warm which I thought was amazing.

If you're thinking about the Krebs peep sight, you may want to look at the Circle 10 AK u-notch sight since it combines the benefits of the Two Krebs sight designs (the peep and the rounded fast acquisition sights).

 

The only downside that I've noticed while using it is that I lose a little bit of accuracy past 100 yards since it's a bit harder (at least for me) to line things up neatly.

 

It works best for me at 100 yards or less

 

http://circle10ak.com/ironsights.shtml

 

 

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thanks i'll check out that link

No not yet. Maybe in a few months.

I kind of feel an AK should be shot with irons only. ......or ar least till I get more comfortable with them.

I agree, which is why I may look into it in a few months.  If I do get an optic, it'll likely be on a RS regulate side mount with a PA advanced micro 

Sounds good dude

You guys make me want to buy an AK so bad...