Al Thompson wrote:

At 11:20 PM 4/7/98 -0500, Igor Chudov @ home wrote:

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Judging by their construction, there is not a lot of costs and they should be a lot cheaper than AR-15s (against which I have almost nothing).

So, the question is, it is realistic to expect that AK s will be manufactured here? Will the control freaks be able to stop it?

Two major problems. There is VERY little domestic manufacture of 7.62x39 ammo, and most of what is already out there is not reloadable. Even if AK clones became widespread, all the feds would have to do would be to ban the import of the ammo.

Secondly, while it would certainly be possible for a manufacturing facility to construct an AK from raw materials, if "push comes to shove," it would be much faster and cheaper for people to "reconstruct" the Sten parts they have laying around. This has the added advantage that ammo is readily available for those.

While 7.62x39 might become hard to find, the common US military and NATO calibers (7.62NATO, 5.56, and 9mm) will be widely available.

Al, you can make AKs in .223. There is no problem with that. So your objection is valid, but not insurmountable. - Igor.