AK47 Receivers

AK47 Receiver Examples

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AK47 Receivers
Bulgarian AK47 Receivers	top of page
	SLR-106 FR Stamped Receiver
	SA M5 Milled Receiver
	SA95 milled AK47
	Bulgarian Milled Single Tang AK47 Receiver
Chinese MAK-90 Receivers	top of page
	Stamped vs Milled Notice the rivets on the stamped receiver that hold the barrel trunnion and rear trunnion in the receiver. The milled receiver lacks rivets as it is one piece of steel. Notice the milled out spot on the front of it.
	MAK-90 Sporter 7.62x39 Stamped Receiver AKM
	The only MAK-90 rifles with a threaded barrel are the stamped receiver rifles imported early in 1990. They were pre ban rifles that were still in customs when the ban went into effect and had to be modified to meet post ban rifle specs, I.E. thumbhole stocks added, bayonet lug ground down, and some but not all had the muzzle nut tack welded on. Here is a picture of pre ban rifle that was caught in customs and changed to post ban specs, notice how it has been re-stamped. The other picture is of a rifle with the original model name ground off and restamped MAK-90 Sporter.
	All of the early imported MAK-90 rifles had the original model number ground off the barrel trunnion and re-stamped MAK-90. Looking close you can see the grinder marks on this rifle.
	A very few of these early imports had under folding stocks still attached and folded. A tang was welded onto the rear of the receiver to attach the thumbhole stock. With the thumbhole stock attached it prevented the under folding stock from being unfolded. The stamped receiver MAK-90 rifles came with thumbhole stocks colored from light to dark. The MAK-90 rifles were imported with some rifles stamped "sporter" on the left side of the receiver.
	Some of the rifles imported in early 1990 didn't have the 2 digit date of import stamped on them. But most Chinese rifles imported had (x=serial numbers) 90,91,92,93,94 prefix or suffix. This was done with a dash, space, or just stamped as part of the serial number. Prefixes were marked as follows 91-xxxxxx,91(space)xxxxxx,or 91xxxxxx. Suffixes were the same xxxxxx-91,xxxxxx(space)91,xxxxxx91.
	There was also a Poly Tech stamped receiver rifle imported that was stamped MAK-90 and imported by KBI. This blows the notion that only Kengs Firearms Specialties(KFS) imported Poly Tech rifles. It had a 16" barrel with the threads turned off the end and bayonet lug ground down. Notice the ground down spot that is re-stamped "MAK-90 SPORTER".
	AKS 762 SP 7.62x39 Stamped Receiver AKM Imported by KFS Atlanta, GA
	NHM-86
	NHM-90 7.62x39 Stamped Receiver AKM Quite a lot of the NHM-90 rifles imported had under folding stock receivers. The holes in each side of the receiver were covered by a steel plate that were held on by a rivet. A long rivet passed through the receiver and held the plates on. The rear of the receiver was closed up and a tang was added to attach the thumbhole stock.
	MAK-91 The MAK-90 has a 16" barrel and the MAK-91 has a 19" heavy barrel. Measured between the gas block and front sight the barrel of the MAK-91 is .685" in diameter which is the largest diameter barrel on any post ban AK type rifle imported. Both came with a dark brown Chinese thumbhole stock with black recoil pad and white line spacer. They are both stamped 386 in a oval on the trunnion which is the same factory that Poly Tech rifles were mfg. in. The MAK-91 has NM stamped under the factory stamp and serial number as you can see in the picture about serial numbers.
	The stamping NATIONAL MATCH is also on the side of the receiver On the right side of the receiver are 3 Chinese letters which translate as "precision degree gun".

	BWK-92 5.56x45 Stamped Receiver AKM The BWK-92 was mfg. in China by Norinco and imported B-west. Unlike the B-west rifles with Chinese parts and US mfg. receivers that had heat treating problems they are 100% made in China.
	Norinco Hunter Type 1 The Hunter rifle has a milled receiver that is marked with a 386 in a oval. This is the same factory stamp as the Poly Tech rifles and denotes that they were made in factory #386 located in Shenzhen,China. The barrel is 20" long and doesn't have threads on the end for a muzzle brake. This rifle is while not a exact copy of the Valmet Hunter M-88 is copied from it.
	Norinco Hunter Type 2 It has a L shaped notched rear sight that can be flipped from the shorter 100 meter notch to the taller part of the L that has a 300 meter notch. The rear sight is in the same position as standard AK-47 rifle.
	Poly Tech Post Ban Rifles 7.62x39 Stamped Receiver AKM Besides the above mentioned Poly Tech MAK-90 Sporter there was also a rifle imported by Kengs Firearms Specialties (KFS). These rifles have all the standard type Poly Tech markings with the addition of two letters "sp" stamped on the left side of the receiver above the mag well. The "sp" is a silver color because it was stamped on the receiver after the rifle was imported. They have 16" barrels that are threaded with a muzzle nut tack welded on. They have Choate black plastic thumbhole stocks and hand guards.
The "sp" rifles are pre ban rifles that were not released from customs before the 1989 ban went into effect. Kengs filed a law suit to have the rifles released from customs in 1989. It was in court and the rifles sat in customs for 7 years. In 1996 Kengs won the law suit to have the rifles released from customs. But part of the court order was that the rifles were now post ban and had to be modified to post ban specs to be released from customs. This confirmed the precedence that the import date of rifles is not when they come into this country but when released from customs. The bayonet lugs were ground down, muzzle nuts tack welded, and Choate thumbhole stock set applied.
	Sile Post Ban rifles 7.62x39 Stamped Receiver AKM Post ban rifles were imported by Sile in New York, New York. They were pre ban 56S rifles modified to post ban configuration by the bayonet lug being ground down, some not all had muzzle nuts tack welded on, and thumbhole stocks attached. The fixed stock model had the number 7 stamped on each side of the model number 56S.
	The under folding stock rifles had a tang welded on the back of the receiver and a thumbhole stock added. They had a 1 stamped in front of the 56S-1 model number.
	ACC/Intrac MAK-90 rifles 7.62x39 Stamped Receiver AKM As you can see from the picture ACC/Intrac did import a small number of MAK-90 rifles. Until a fellow AK-47.net member sent me these pictures I had only seen Romanian and Egyptian rifles that were imported by ACC/Intrac. They have 16" barrels with the threads turned off
	Compasseco MAK-90 7.62x39 Stamped Receiver AKM Compasseco Inc. is a big importer of Chinese air rifles/pistols. They imported some stamped receiver MAK-90 Sporter rifles in 1994. They have square cut receivers and unthreaded barrels. They have Chinese light colored thumbhole stocks.
	MAK90 Stamped slant cut receiver
	MAK90 Stamped straight cut receiver
	MAK90 Milled slant cut, single tang receiver
Egyptian Maadi Receivers	top of page
	Maadi ARM 7.62x39 Stamped Receiver AKM

	Maadi Stamped straight cut AKM receiver
Finnish - Valmet Receiver	top of page

German AK47 Receivers	top of page
	7.62x39 Stamped Receiver AKM
Hungarian AK47 Receivers	top of page
	SA 85 M 7.62x39 Stamped Receiver AKM Well made stamped AK47 receiver
India - NSAS Receiver	top of page
	The version of the AK47 used in India, the NSAS
Israeli Galil Receiver	top of page
	IMI Galil 7.62x51(.308) Milled Receiver AKM The Israeli version of the AK47, the Galil has a unique milled receiver
	Galil 7.62x39 Milled Receiver AKM
Korean Daewoo Receivers	top of page
	More like an AR than an AK ..
Polish AK Receivers	top of page
	Polish PKMS 7.62x39 Stamped Receiver AKM Underfolder
	Polish PKMS 7.62x39 Stamped Receiver AKM Underfolder
	Mini Beryl

Romanian AK47 Receivers	top of page
	WUM-1 The first Romanian rifle imported. The WUM-1 rifles imported after the first ones had the standard square back on the receiver. The 16" barrels are threaded 14x1mmLH with a muzzle nut screwed on and tack welded. All have a standard Soviet type side rail for mounting optical devices riveted on the side of the receiver.
	CUR2 5.45x39 Stamped Receiver The first AK rifle chambered for the 5.45x39mm cartridge was imported in 1997 and was the Romanian model CUR2. All Romanian rifles chambered for the 5.45x39mm cartridge are semi auto versions of the AK-74 except for the muzzle brake
	WASR-2 7.62x39 Stamped Receiver
	WASR-10 / 63 UF 7.62x39 stamped receiver AKM under folder
	ROMAK-3 Crude 7.62x54R Stamped Receiver
	ROMAK-3 Well Built 7.62x54R Stamped Receiver
	PAR-1 7.62x39 Stamped Receiver Pump Action rifle
	PAR-1 pump action AK variant 7.62x39 Stamped Receiver Pump Action rifle
	SAR-1 7.62x39 Stamped Receiver
	SAR-3 5.56x45 Stamped Receiver
Russian AK47 Receivers	top of page
	VEPR
	Saiga 410 Shotgun
	Saiga 7.62x39
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US Made AK Receivers	top of page
	Ewbank Gen 2 AKM Receiver
	Global Trades
	No Dak AK Receivers
	NDS
	Ohio Ordinance Works

	Ohio Rapid Fire Milled Receiver
Yugoslavian AK Receivers	top of page
	Yugoslav RPK 7.62x39 Stamped Receiver AKM