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Reply #9: To clarify: Not actually an AK-47. [View All]

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TheWraith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-28-09 11:46 AM
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9. To clarify: Not actually an AK-47.
The name "AK-47" means "Automatic Rifle Kalashnikov, model of 1947." The "AK-47s" that you see in the US are stripped down semi-automatic knockoffs of the original design, sort of like the difference between a real Rolex and a knockoff. Being fully automatic, the very few real AKs in the US are collectors items, and you'd likely pay $15 to $20 thousand dollars for one.

Anyway I second the posters who noted the irony of giving away a knockoff of a Russian gun. As far as I'm aware none of the AK knockoffs are made in the US.
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