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No I didn't. Thanks.

Thanks for all the replies.

Just realized the Yugo SKS ad said "stripper clips" instead of "clips".

Are the Russian and Yugoslav SKSs generally good quality? I don't really care about the removeable clips. Or am I asking the equivalent of "How much is a used double?"

Thanks again for all the help.

Here is a guy who teaches how to build your own;

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/03/...o-build-ak-47s/

If you like 'quality' and American Made vs. the crude made banana wood AK's:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=401509996

AmarilloMike,
Do you mean "stripper clips" instead of detachable magazines?

Over time the words "clip" and "magazine" have been conflated and are often used interchangeably. A clip is a device to load a magazine. It lacks both a follower and spring. In the world of cars it's comparable to tire and wheel - close but not the same.

have to like the :

NOT FOR SALE IN KOMRADE CUOMO'S MARXIST STATE OF NEW YORK OR WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW in that listing !

I went with a RRA for my AR-better trigger.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=405141364

Here's my favorite AK. It was built from an AMD65 kit which is a short barrel tankers model. Since the barrel in only 11 inches long it's registered as an SBR. With a folding stock and short barrel it makes for a nice compact package.
Jim

I'm planning to wait until we elect a gun friendly government before I buy one of these. I figure the prices will plummet!...Geo

Doug thanks for the lead. Right now I still have my heart set on an AK.

George I laughed out loud. We may not live long enough though. I own a small business that is incorporated. I kept thinking I would use the corporation to buy a machine gun so I wouldn't have to go through the Class III licensing gauntlet. Waited too long and PA24's president slammed the door on me with an executive order.

I have decided it is the AK47 that I want, not the SKS.

Jim I think what I want is a cold war manufactured AK47 that has been converted to semi-auto. Is that what you have there? And then converted to a tanker's model?

Steve I did think that "clip" and "magazine" meant the same thing. Thank you for setting that straight for me. But I meant stripper clip in that post that I wrote "stripper clip." I didn't realize that "clip" and "stripper clip" meant the same thing.

Thanks again everybody,

Mike

Mike:
It would be illegal to "convert" a full auto AK, using the original receiver, to a semi-auto no matter how you did it. The BATF's position is "once a machinegun always a machine gun". My AK started it's new life as a parts kit that was at that time all complete except for the receiver.
A new semi-auto receiver was purchased and enough new American made parts were used to qualify as a legal and register-able as semi-auto.
I took this one step further and registered it with the BATF as a Short Barrel Rifle(SBR) before it was converted. The envelope you see in the case contains a copy of the paperwork which must be with this gun at all times. This also means it stayed in the gunsmiths' possession until the paperwork was approved.
AK kits are drying up and nearly impossible to obtain today with an original barrel since the BATF arbitrarily decided that original barrels could no longer be imported a few years ago.
IMO: Everyone should have one of these or an AR15 readily available as insurance.

As an aside: When the NFA Act was passed in 1934 the Federal Government realized even then that they couldn't outlaw this type of firearm due to the 2nd Amendment.
So what they did was require a $200 Treasury tax stamp when these were initially registered and every time they were transferred. $200 was a LOT of money in 1934 and the intent was to make it too expensive for ordinary citizens to own one. This stamp to this day is still the most expensive one in use in the United States.
Jim