I gave up and got a ZPAP85 lol. A 5.56, CHF chrome lined 10" barrel, nickel-chrome molly bolt carrier assembly, krinkov style AK that comes with a quad rail and adjustable brace for almost the same price as the stock PSAK74 was a no brainer. I'm honestly really impressed by the lack of wear on your rifle though.

All these nerds acting like Arsenal is a gift from god. Bro we get the arsenal 5.45 rifles are great, but I didn’t buy one when they were cheap and I’m not spending $3k on one, no shot, I can get a much better rifle for that money. I don’t care who makes the damn gun just as long as it works like it should, and psa definitely needs some more work on their 74’s, but heres to hoping that someone can make an affordable 74 type rifle.

@LarpingSupply

3 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY! I will always support AMERICAN company’s when I can. I will ALWAYS support entry level company’s that spread the joy of this hobby. Yes there is issues. But I have no problem finding them at this price point ESPECIALLY with their incredible Customer Service. I was buying this expecting it to kick a SLRs ass. I was buying it to have for a fun gun and support an American company doing wonderful things for the 2A community.

@TheRealZJE313

2 жыл бұрын

Dude u could have gotten a bulgarians are Russian made for that price.

@LarpingSupply

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheRealZJE313 Theres $1k Bulgarians? News to me

@TheRealZJE313

2 жыл бұрын

@@LarpingSupply yes Down hear in TX there is a Dealer that is at the FORTH WORTH GUN that has a table full of AKs and he has them going for 3,000

@MrJbedo

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheRealZJE313 thats still not 800 to 1000 dollars though

I shoulda made videos. Mines north of 5k rounds at this point. Did replace the firing pin. Its been incredibly accurate, to the point ar friends complimented it. Not sure what ammo it likes the best, I just run whatever I can. 99% of the shooting has been suppressed, oss 556k. The wear gt complained about is normal. Never got any worse. Its not that bad to begin with.

My SLR107 looks just like that, without the flashlight and I used an RTM grip and a US Palm pistol grip.

Mine has some strange wear that is mostly finish wear but in areas I have not ever seen as being characterized as "common" or typical especially only having mine at 1K. The bolt face and chamber face has a lot of strange finish wear markings that some are thinking is caused by headspace issues. Interestingly a few guys who have had firing pin issues have mentioned a plume of smoking coming out of the gun when the primer was punctured and had a piece of the primer get stuck in the channel. I experienced a plume of smoke that at first seemed odd because it was almost like I fired a black powder gun or something but nothing seemed to happen. I didn't really know what to think of that incident so I just assumed it could have been oil from the mag burning or something as it still had some factory oil on it. But I think the strangest wear was in the ejector channel there is some material missing from the bolt face. Some guys said I was being too nitpicky but I would rather send it in and get fixed now than experience some potentially dangerous failure in the future. I am currently at 23 days into the repair which they average to be about 15, so either there is a lot of issues with my particular gun or they are just backed up with a lot of repairs. I have been pretty happy with it besides this but I will check it out when it gets back and decide what to do with it afterwards.

Whoo Zenico pimped out on a PSA Ak74 that's like throwing a turbocharger in a Cadillac. But god damn that's still nice.

The 750 pack makes sense you can load 25 mag of 30 rds evenly

I bought 2 of these on the initial release. Both have been rebarreled twice. The first time was because the extractor on both was slamming into the barrel cutout. I belive that time they rebarreled, rebolted and replaced the front trunion of the rifles. The second time was almost immediately from getting them back. I took them to the range to test fire them and if successful zero them. While zeroing, I would go to clear the rifle and the rifle was pulling the casing but leaving the projectile in the chamber. It did it to both of them. The gunsmith said that they probably cut the chamber slightly out of spec. I believe that time they rebarreled and rebolted. Got them back from that time and after putting only 160 rounds through the rifles the trunion on one was wearing a lot more than the other. I just sold it. At that point I was tired of putting money down the barrel of these rifles just to have to continue to send them in. I will say the customer service was always nice to me and helpful. I have some of their ak 47's nowhere near any issues like this. Though 2 of the 3 did have firing pin issues right off the bat, but easily fixed.

@LarpingSupply

3 жыл бұрын

That’s HORRIFIC. Sounds to me like the timing of the barrel and mounting of the trunnion had some pretty serious tolerance stacking issues. After the first issue I feel like it would be more logical to send you a new rifle as replacing press fits parts all those time definitely isn’t logical on a AK platform and %100 could have just compounded the issues. I’m sad to hear about your experiences. I suppose my example is just lucky?

@PrezUSMC

3 жыл бұрын

@@LarpingSupply its possible that I am the outlier. As I stated their 47's I've not really had many issues, except firing pin. They sent me a new one and so far so good on those

@stevensegui10

3 жыл бұрын

What number rifle do you have? They had to change my barrel

According to other ak professionals like Jim Fuller for instance has noted that the issue is in the front trunnion, you can see that your PSA has a brr on the cam and isn't wearing how a well made trunnion should. If you watch Garand Thumbs review on his PSA AK-74 he covers everything in detail

@joshr9730

2 жыл бұрын

Wear on the front right trunnion lug is normal , actually, because the bolt slides across that surface as it locks/unlocks. The problem that several PSA rifles are having is that it wears in extremely fast compared to rifles from elsewhere. If it wears to a smooth shoulder and stops, everything is fine. The worry is that it will continue to wear and affect headspace.

You could probably grind the diameter of the pin at the bottom instead of cutting off the top. And the reason your not getting tight groups could be that you beat your Zenitco furniture on. That’s putting a lord of pressure on the barrel. Just my thoughts. Carry on.

Barnaul is the same as wolf. Wolf is just the importer. Mine wont run without the firing pin jamming on anything but wolf

@AString95

2 жыл бұрын

Depends on the ammo. 122 grain wolf is made by Tula.

What pistol grip is that?

Mine is number 0152 and I haven’t had any problems with mine either , but I only have around 800 rounds in

@LarpingSupply

3 жыл бұрын

Time will tell. I’m happy you are enjoying it and ecstatic seeing low cost options becoming more viable in the AK World. Let’s hope PSA keeps rolling updates to the platform and production line! I’m excited and hopeful to hear back from you with multiple thousand rounds.

@LarpingSupply

3 жыл бұрын

Also what ammo where you using? What group sizes did that ammo reflect?

@ozzyosbourne826

3 жыл бұрын

@@LarpingSupply I was using wolf black box the Bernal , looks just like the corrosive, but it’s not, but I am getting under 3 Moa all day long at 100 yards

@LarpingSupply

3 жыл бұрын

@@ozzyosbourne826 My barrel gets the same with Wolf and I wasn’t impressed TBH. My 103 with Tula was insane at like 1.5-2 I want to test Bernal badly.

@ozzyosbourne826

3 жыл бұрын

@@LarpingSupply I have never tried any match ammo only wolf

Very nice looking gun. However if I wanted a 5.45 with those features I'd have just bought a 5.45 Galil Ace and been done with it.

@LarpingSupply

3 жыл бұрын

True but 5.45 isn’t a platform for logic 😅

@MrJbedo

2 жыл бұрын

A galil ace will never look as good as an ak though 🤷‍♂️

@bronzeguy9839

2 жыл бұрын

Function over form. Would rather it shoot accurately and reliably than it looking cool.

@kaweka260

2 жыл бұрын

Have you ran RAS through it? Someone else mentioned they’ve had issues with that ammo through theirs

If it’s not too much trouble I’m having trouble finding which muzzle brake fits my PSA 47 I bought the DTK-1L, but it looks like they sent me the DTK-1. Am I buying the right one? ( I bought the DTK-1L just to clarify again )

@LarpingSupply

2 жыл бұрын

TBQH I can’t remember the nomenclatures thread pitch off the top of my head. But remember this is mostly modeled off a Bulgarian not a Russian 74 so ensure your thread pitch is correct.

To avoid issues I buy AKs from Atlantic or K-var *_already_* modified at the factory to avoid just this type of thing: - spending more more than necessary like over $2,000 total USD. - having a warranty or guarantee so that if there is a probable with the gun in anyway, I spend no money getting it worked on. - buying Russian AKs so to have a gun that loves Russian ammo. - to avoid technical work on the rifle that at best just cost me more money to fix my mistake, & at worst having a piece of junk that looks like a Frankenstein gun that will miss a target or jam when you need it to work.

@67_PowerStroke

2 жыл бұрын

This makes no sense. None of it. Especially the part about Russian AK's loving Russian ammo.... Russian is notorious about being all over the place with their loads. Its just shitty ammo. Golden Tiger is the standard.

@sweetcostarica

2 жыл бұрын

@@67_PowerStroke No problem. You do you and I'll do me. By the way the most accurate ammo out of my Glock 43X is Wolf 9 mm.

@__Ryan_

11 ай бұрын

@@67_PowerStrokegolden tiger is Russian ammo

started zenit coing my psa 104, what kind of trouble should I expect installing the handguard?

@67_PowerStroke

2 жыл бұрын

I too am thinking about going with the B10 and a wooden upper handguard.

@strelets534

2 жыл бұрын

@@67_PowerStroke wood does not belong on a 100 series rifle

@67_PowerStroke

2 жыл бұрын

@@strelets534 It does on my 104. All black with a sunburst / orange wooden upper handguard :) Sexy AF.

How much does it weigh in at?

@MrJbedo

2 жыл бұрын

I've weighed mine minus s couple attachments but all zenitcoed out. With no mag/ammo its pretty north of 9lbs.

3800 dollars and you didn't go the custom route?

@LarpingSupply

3 жыл бұрын

Oh I mean if I wanted another custom Ak I’d go that routeZ I just wanted to see and support a Domestic AK

@jadedclone6728

3 жыл бұрын

@@LarpingSupply I see I see.

Ain't no way 3800..I could have gotten a real Bulgarian or RUSSIAN-MADE AK74 for that much

@LarpingSupply

2 жыл бұрын

You are an idiot if you think you can get a Bulgarian and then add the Zenitco Furniture and optics for close to that. The gun was only $1k and there is t a bulgy for half that

@TheRealZJE313

2 жыл бұрын

@@LarpingSupply al that optic Zenitco furniture is bullshit shit if yo AK is wearing out only after a few thousand rounds..

@LarpingSupply

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheRealZJE313 If you are using an AK for anything other then a range toy you are kinda tarded.

@TheRealZJE313

2 жыл бұрын

@@LarpingSupply ok I just know that for 3800 I would have gotten a real well made AK Russian or Bulgarian and would have been done with it.and wouldn't be having all the problems you're having for wear

@LarpingSupply

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheRealZJE313 K

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Front sights on backwards. Lol

That looks disgusting. I bet he browses reddit