On impulse, I decided that I needed to add an AK47 to the fleet, so that I would have a rifle chambered in 7.62X39. So I purchased this Century Arms RAS-47. It is a fairly new model and is 100% American made (AK47 fanboys will probably say that's not necessarily a good thing). Paid around $650.00 from Grab-A-Gun. It came with 2 MagPul P-Mag 30-round magazines. I purchased a couple of 20-round, and a couple of 10-round P-Mags also.
I have around 300 rounds through it over 2 range trips. There have been no malfunctions at all, and the factory iron sights were dead-nuts out of the box. Most of my shooting has been at 25 and 50, and some at 100 yards. My old eyes won't allow me to shoot accurately at long distances (100+yds.) with the small factory sights, so if I decide to keep the gun I will need to add a side mount and optic of some kind.
The AK purists and fanboys have been flaming on this rifle because it's not made in Russia and it has a cast trunion as opposed to a forged one, claiming that catastrophic failures are possible after 5000 rounds or so. I don't pay much attention to that, as Century has sold over 40,000 of these and I haven't been able to find any actual reports of them blowing up in my research. Besides, this gun will only see limited use at the range once in a while.
It's fun to shoot. The 7.62X39 packs a little more of a punch than my AR's chambered in 5.56. The recoil is very modest, in fact not much more than an AR.
I may or may not keep this gun. I'll decide once the novelty wears off. In the meantime, it's a fun and different range toy, and it does attract some attention at the range!
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Century Arms
I have around 300 rounds through it over 2 range trips. There have been no malfunctions at all, and the factory iron sights were dead-nuts out of the box. Most of my shooting has been at 25 and 50, and some at 100 yards. My old eyes won't allow me to shoot accurately at long distances (100+yds.) with the small factory sights, so if I decide to keep the gun I will need to add a side mount and optic of some kind.
The AK purists and fanboys have been flaming on this rifle because it's not made in Russia and it has a cast trunion as opposed to a forged one, claiming that catastrophic failures are possible after 5000 rounds or so. I don't pay much attention to that, as Century has sold over 40,000 of these and I haven't been able to find any actual reports of them blowing up in my research. Besides, this gun will only see limited use at the range once in a while.
It's fun to shoot. The 7.62X39 packs a little more of a punch than my AR's chambered in 5.56. The recoil is very modest, in fact not much more than an AR.
I may or may not keep this gun. I'll decide once the novelty wears off. In the meantime, it's a fun and different range toy, and it does attract some attention at the range!
Century Arms
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