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"Hello Ben,

If you've already recieved this, please disregard. Not certain I sent it correctly earlier.

Hope all is well. Since you are so well versed in trading, I wanted to see if I could get some advice from you. I had a Springfield Black Stainless 1911 (used but in good shape) on the site for sale but ended up not needing to sell it and closed the thread. As I was going through all the listings , I developed an interest in acquiring an AK and know very little about them. Can you give me advice on what I should look for? I would want something to throw in the car and shoot when opportunity presented itself? I would likely want to trade the Springer for it. Any idea what you would value it for in a trade? I appreciate any suggestions you have.

Best,
Marck"

Hey Marck,
How have you been?

Sorry it took so long to get back to you - it was a long day with work and classes.

I looked up your 1911 and thought that your asking price was fair, $700 for that model seems like a good deal. In trade I would not value it any less - possibly a little bit more.

If you're going to do a trade for an AK - I would do one FTF - as a dealer will try and give you $400-500 for the 1911, which would obviously not benefit you. If you can't find anyone that would trade an AK + cash/ammo/accessories, then I'd put the Springer back up for sale and purchase an AK after it sells.

I'm by no means an AK expert, but I'll tell you what I know..I've had a couple different variants consisting of Romanians and Yugoslavians...there are MANY other variants...
http://www.ar15.com/forums/board.html?b=4

Romanians are the best bang for the buck in my opinion - I had a couple WASR 10s and one was finicky with Wolf ammunition - however this wasn't the case with all of them.

USMC_0311 is selling a WASR10 here:
http://ingunowners.com/forums/firear...ns_3_guns.html
I've dealt w/ him - he's good to go

Currently I have a Romanian SAR1 - I have been very pleased with this model...If you'd like to get something with a little more finer machining I would go with a Yugo Underfolder.

A positive about having an underfolder/sidefolder is that it can allow you to throw it into something like a soft tennis racket case for the vehicle.

When buying one make sure the sights aren't canted too bad - as some are horrible. I would throw a mag into the gun and see if it wobbles a lot - if it does I'd look for another - (this can be solved by getting an AK with a milled receiver - these usually have "dimples" to eliminate mag wobble, compared to the "stamped" receivers)...

Stay away from any promags - in my experience they don't make quality products. The steel mags are the way to go and you shouldn't have to spend more that $16/mag in very good condition. If you want the best get the bulgarian polymer waffle mags, but they are a little bit more $, somewhere in the $20-30 range last time I checked.

Some links to check out:

Many people really like henderson defense and lancaster ak47s:
http://shop.hendersondefense.biz/main.sc
http://www.lancasterarms.com/

Mags:
http://www.copesdistributing.net/index.php?cPath=32_34
http://cdnninvestments.com/ak471.html

Hope that helps!

Ben

Thanks Karl.

You can contact me at: karlsgunbunker@ameritech.net
I have several Dealer Flyers and Catalogs I can send you by e-mail.
Karl

Yes,
What are you looking for?
I may be able to get it for you at a better price.
Karl