I ordered a couple of them (I guess they're milled by ATM and assembled, then repackaged and sold by Century,) from a wholesale site for 650 a pop. I figured if they sucked, they sucked. For that price, a milled AK is impressive and since apparently Century only repackaged them I thought I'd give it a try.

The finish is impressive, and the wood on both matched (though I don't think that's the norm,) and I added a walnut pistol grip on the one pictured. There are tooling marks on the lightening cuts (doesn't bother me,) but overall I was incredibly impressed. Both I received were in perfect shape, no sight cant or metal gouges. Finish is even and not splotchy, and is a generally well done park job. Mags seed fine in both with some wobble, but nothing out of spec.

Went out to some isolated property and did some camping/shooting and put her through the paces. With windchill it was zero or less (3 degrees when I got up there.) Had a blast, got some fun training in. The AK seemed to work with every type of ammo (including JHP.) I shot about 400-500 rounds, most of it South African. No malfunctions, and it has the typical pleasant recoil you expect out of a milled AK.

For 650-750, you will be hard pressed to find a better deal.

Glad they are working for you.  I was ready to pull the trigger on one of these myself but went in another direction (Wise Lite milled M70).  I still might pick one up someday if they are still around then.

Is the barrel chrome lined or a US made non-chrome lined?

I'm assuming it's a Green Mountain, but I'm basing this on nothing other than assumption.

Its a shame that there aren't any chrome line US made AK barrels.

I agree, but none of  my many Yugos are and it's never caused me any grief.

i was under the impression that lancaster was using chromelined US made barrels??

Who is ATM?  Where are the markings placed on the receiver?  I wonder if the receivers are heat treated at all?  Didn't ORF manufacture milled receivers some time back that were not heat treated and deforming somewhere?

One theory:  http://www.abouttimemachining.com/worksamples.htm





Seems plausible.
 
 

Must be, they have a picture of the receiver on the site and it has the left side covered with a billboard marking.



I used to have two Bulgarian receivered SLR-100s but I sold/traded them.  I would be tempted to get one of these if the price is right and they aren't going to deform at the ejector, etc.

AK looks great, like it used to be long time ago:

+ 1000 ! I love the milled old-school look!

If its an AK milled, thats  the one I want .

How does this one compare to the pricier sam-7 from arsenal?

These are the 2 that I picked up last month from J&G Sales up in Prescott. Both run great and look great. I agree, for the price they're pretty hard to beat. Milled AK's of any kind are getting more and more difficult to find. Especially at any kind of a decent price.

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I wasn't aware that anyone was making a chrome lined US barrel. Thats great news.






 

They stopped using them and are now selling stainless barrels some others posted.

Double tap...sorry.




 

I wonder why the chrome lined barrel void hasn't been filled by the US barrel makers? With all of the crap AK ammo out there, a chrome lined barrel certainly would be desirable feature.
 

I think that would be a great rifle for the price. That milled look is awsome, the AK as it should be. I paid that much for the reciever on this one.

You guys got some real nice milled AKs,old school,the way to go .

finish wise, worlds apart.  the arsenal is much better.   functional wise?  if this rifle is done right, the same, as is most AKs.

Thanks for the info!

Hello, new member here, Just wondering what kind of accuracy you guys are getting with the Polish 1960 as comparied with others with a stamped receiver. I am thinking of getting one too.