Can you make the 'Red Dawn' AK?

Zane Zackerly · 07-20-2007, 12:56 PM

I should point out up front that I'm not ready to make a decision right this minute, but this is one firearm I've always wanted.

Arsenal Inc was supposed to introduce their AKM some time this year. Supposedly they are not going to introduce it anytime soon according to one post on K-VAR's forum.

Can you manufacture the AK in the pic? If so, how much? I think other members might be interested in the 'Red Dawn' AK as well.

dinkydow · 07-20-2007, 01:51 PM

Yes..I have done those.

Laminated furniture? 7.62x39mm? Only thing I am short of is the new steel mags. Price? depends on whose receiver, FCG and "extras"..... like bayonet, sling, scope siderail bracket, etc. Might even be able to offer laminated "fat" PG's

Std would be Gun Kote(TM) over park finish.

Zane Zackerly · 07-20-2007, 02:05 PM

Ballpark...are we talking about a thousand dollar weapon or five hundred (or what)?

Extras...even magazine...not necessary, as long as it has enough US-made parts to make any mag legal.

dinkydow · 07-20-2007, 03:38 PM

Time for PM's.......

WetKnife · 07-20-2007, 08:44 PM

I'm in !

dinkydow · 07-20-2007, 09:53 PM

Looks like I need to build a few of those.....

flopshot · 07-20-2007, 10:05 PM

nice concept,,, but,, when i can afford a "dink build" it WILL be unique.
not something i can do myself. (ok,, not like i can even build a romy g to the level our resident builder can,,,,)

but,,,, i'm looking at a dink built FAL or VZ down the road.

Sanders · 07-21-2007, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by flopshot

i'm looking at a dink built FAL or VZ down the road.

Been entertaining the idea of the Dinky built FAL, myself.

My NM Thugs-group built FAL (those who run the FAL Files know what I'm talking about) runs like a bat out of hell, and is as ugly as one, too.

Now I want a show piece.

WolfsburgBob · 07-24-2007, 09:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sanders

Been entertaining the idea of the Dinky built FAL, myself.

My NM Thugs-group built FAL (those who run the FAL Files know what I'm talking about) runs like a bat out of hell, and is as ugly as one, too.

Now I want a show piece.

Thugs?....Chas Echo and the Bug?,...ect, ect?

century?

Sanders · 07-25-2007, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by WolfsburgBob

Thugs?....Chas Echo and the Bug?,...ect, ect?

century?

You got it, but the V instead of the Bug.

Zane Zackerly · 07-23-2007, 10:23 AM

BTW, what parts kit are you using to build these AK's?

Pogo · 07-23-2007, 07:05 PM

What makes that a "Red Dawn" AK? I watched the movie, and noticed there were some AKs in it. What's different about the one in the picture Zane posted and any other AK?

Zane Zackerly · 07-24-2007, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pogo

What makes that a "Red Dawn" AK? I watched the movie, and noticed there were some AKs in it. What's different about the one in the picture Zane posted and any other AK?

Just that it's a true AKM clone with laminated stock and painted finish...none of the other ways people make them, with polymer stocks, parkerizing, bluing, etc.

dinkydow · 07-23-2007, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Zane Zackerly

BTW, what parts kit are you using to build these AK's?

In the past I have used Polish kits, Hungarian kits and Romanian kits to build them . The choices have become much narrower and unless someone furnishes their own kit... or wants to spend lots of $$ for Polish kit these days it would be on Romanian kits.

flopshot · 07-23-2007, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dinkydow

In the past I have used Polish kits, Hungarian kits and Romanian kits to build them . The choices have become much narrower and unless someone furnishes their own kit... or wants to spend lots of $$ for Polish kit these days it would be on Romanian kits.

makes sense. after all,, it's an AK. if you're building a movie replica why not use the least expensive way out. buff out the "G" and you're golden.

07-20-2007, 12:56 PM	#1
Zane Zackerly The Mad Messenger Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great State of Insanity Posts: 4,222	'Red Dawn' AKM's NOW for sale. I should point out up front that I'm not ready to make a decision right this minute, but this is one firearm I've always wanted. Arsenal Inc was supposed to introduce their AKM some time this year. Supposedly they are not going to introduce it anytime soon according to one post on K-VAR's forum. Can you manufacture the AK in the pic? If so, how much? I think other members might be interested in the 'Red Dawn' AK as well.

07-20-2007, 01:51 PM	#2
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,463	Yes..I have done those. Laminated furniture? 7.62x39mm? Only thing I am short of is the new steel mags. Price? depends on whose receiver, FCG and "extras"..... like bayonet, sling, scope siderail bracket, etc. Might even be able to offer laminated "fat" PG's Std would be Gun Kote(TM) over park finish. __________________ Our forefathers would have already been shooting...by now. "Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt." "Violence of action means the unrestricted use of speed,strength, surprise and aggression to achieve total dominance against your enemy...any fighting technique is useless unless you totally commit to violence of action." Burning huts in commy vills worldwide since 1968

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Pogo Mystic Knight of the Sea Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great Swamp Posts: 81,967	What makes that a "Red Dawn" AK? I watched the movie, and noticed there were some AKs in it. What's different about the one in the picture Zane posted and any other AK? __________________ .................................................. ....................................… *We have met the enemy, and he is us!*

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07-20-2007, 02:05 PM	#3
Zane Zackerly The Mad Messenger Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great State of Insanity Posts: 4,222	Ballpark...are we talking about a thousand dollar weapon or five hundred (or what)? Extras...even magazine...not necessary, as long as it has enough US-made parts to make any mag legal.

07-20-2007, 03:38 PM	#4
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,463	Time for PM's.......

07-20-2007, 08:44 PM	#5
WetKnife February 16 1966- October 23 2008 - US Navy veteran Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Long Island , New York Posts: 8,169	I'm in !

07-20-2007, 09:53 PM	#6
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,463	Looks like I need to build a few of those.....

07-20-2007, 10:05 PM	#7
flopshot Constitutional bigot Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,812	nice concept,,, but,, when i can afford a "dink build" it WILL be unique. not something i can do myself. (ok,, not like i can even build a romy g to the level our resident builder can,,,,) but,,,, i'm looking at a dink built FAL or VZ down the road.

07-23-2007, 10:23 AM	#11
Zane Zackerly The Mad Messenger Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great State of Insanity Posts: 4,222	BTW, what parts kit are you using to build these AK's?