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Posted: 3/7/2022 6:40:09 PM EDT
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Hey folks, A family friend died recently and left my dad in charge of disposing of his gun collection for his wife. I was wondering if any of you could help ID this based on these two pictures alone? AK 1 AK 2 The serial number ends in 2001 so I wonder if that approximates a rough import date. My dad has it labeled as Romanian AK so suspect there are some markings that indicate that (he knows guns but wouldn't have just guessed). Any help is appreciated. I don't have any more pictures or additional information unfortunately. Our friend has over 140 guns and counting and it's taken weeks just to get a few pictures of each, rough models and serial numbers. Family friends are going to take their pick of some of these at fair prices before we attempt to sell off the lot to a broker or dealer. And this one looked kind of interesting to me. Thanks in advance |
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As stated, a Romy SAR 1. Imported in the late 90's/early 2K's. I just scored one from a local shop for $799, but that was cheap. Barrel is not threaded, but can be (CNC Warrior sells the kit - see below). But you'll also need the spring and detent to retain the slant brake. AK 47 14x1LH Barrel Threading Kit These can also have canted gas blocks & front sights. You may want to check it out prior to buying it. But they are a pretty solid factory built AKM with CL barrel & correct receiver dimples. Here's mine after threading the barrel and adding some Romy furniture. 
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Well guys I appreciate all the help. A dealer came by last week and appraised the whole lot and gave us individual prices on a handful of guns like this one that we set aside. He said $500!!! So of course i jumped on it. Gun looks really nice. I'll try to take a few better pictures because I know everyone like a good bargain story. Sights look good to me. I've seen some bad canted sights over the years. Thanks for everyone's help. |
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Originally Posted By teddypewtholay: Well guys I appreciate all the help. A dealer came by last week and appraised the whole lot and gave us individual prices on a handful of guns like this one that we set aside. He said $500!!! So of course i jumped on it. Gun looks really nice. I'll try to take a few better pictures because I know everyone like a good bargain story. Sights look good to me. I've seen some bad canted sights over the years. Thanks for everyone's help. I'm assuming the "dealers appraisal" was based off of what he would pay for them? Not actual value. |
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Originally Posted By dump1567: I'm assuming the "dealers appraisal" was based off of what he would pay for them? Not actual value. Yep exactly. He generally paid 60-70 percent of his retail. This was a particularly good deal I thought. Some of his others were a tad high so I think it mostly evened out. |
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Mine came with a mismatched stock which I switched out for a set from Ironwood. The but stock snd upper hand guard were brown and the lower hand guard was red like the stock set in OP's pic. Does anybody here know what that red wood is? Man, I remember reading about the SAR-1 and MAADI MISR on the old pre David Thornton AK-47.net. I decided to go with the SAR. I ordered it in December of 99 and picked it up the 2nd or 3rd of January. It would not have been there for me in time for the Y2K. :( |
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