Arsenal AKs

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$1000 for custom AR but not the AK to fight with?

Just don't know... The AK is just so bass ass a low range 10-50yds and I am faster with it. But the AR has a match barrel that will reach out way farther and ammo is lighter. House to House AK for sure. Out in the open AR.
Depends, not sure.
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Like I have said I love the AK. But it is a crude gun I would only pay so much for. Just like I love machetes but they are not worth what a German kitchen knife is.

So I did a little reading about these glorious Arsenals, They have a lot of hyped up marketing and a big fan club, But the reality of them seems just like you average AK-47 with a big marketing plain. Same old AK stuff canted sights, crooked parts, poor finishes.
Personally I just cannot see spending $1200. on a gun you have to bring home and beat with a rubber mallet and bend parts with vice grips. Buying an AK (Especially ordering one with out see it..) is a crap shoot. Arsenal is no different.

The reviews for Arsenal(real reviews and not marking and fan boy hype) are the same as any other AK.


http://www.akfiles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36161
That was until I recently purchased three Arsenal rifles. Two of the three, a 106UR and a 107UR, both have canted sights. The other, a 106CR, was very unreliable. To their credit, they replaced it on the fourth trip back.

I would not say that Arsenal has poor QC. I'd say that they don't have QC at all. No, I'm not joking.They're just modifying rifles and putting them out the door. If any consideration whatsoever was given to QC, there is no way that so many rifles with problems could have made it out. They do have some very cool models, but they need to get their act together. I sure hope they do.

http://www.m4carbine.net/archive/ind.../t-106687.html
I'd have no problem with the wear. What I would have a problem with was the noticeable crookedness that was apparent on the 2 SLR-107 samples I looked over at the lgs. It was like looking at a strung bow. The barrels and stocks on both curved to the left.

http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_4_64/13...ht__SGL21.html
My SGL21 had a canted front sight and gas block. Called Arsenal and they basicly told me there is nothing they would do about it

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=448813
My friend bought a new Arsenal AK for ~$900 a while back. We took it to the range and spent the next two hours trying to get it on paper. I finally told him to get it over to the 10 yard range and see where the heck it was hitting.

Turns out the front sight was so far off, it was almost hitting the target next to it. I think there was a recall on that particular model.

http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=93872
I just picked up another AK, this time a Arsenal SLR 107f. The front sight is canted. This does not shock me (had this problem on another Arsenal before) but its getting old. I could see this on a Romanian gun, but for the kind of money Arsenal asks for their rifles they ought to be able to put a front sight on straight.