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ATI AK??
5/13/2012 12:42:52 PM
My buddy is looking at purchasing an ATI AK 47 (non milled from the photo he sent me) and asked what I knew about it. My response––-not much. The parts look Bulgarian, but I could be waaayyyyy off here.
Just wondering if anyone has had any experience with the or know the scoop. The shop is asking $500 so I'm not looking to compare it to a SLR here. Thanks guys.
Just wondering if anyone has had any experience with the or know the scoop. The shop is asking $500 so I'm not looking to compare it to a SLR here. Thanks guys.
5/13/2012 7:53:04 PM
The ones I have seen have all been milled. I'm not saying that's all they make but that's what I've seen. I think the milled ones that I have seen are sold by ATI in Rochester NY but serviced by a PA company (whose name I can't remember right now). I don't recall what nationality of kits they are based on.
Sorry to be so vague, I'm just trying to share what I know (or think I know 
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)5/13/2012 8:43:48 PM
Xtreme Machining
Well the link above is it; matches the photos I saw exactly. Looks like they use Er Shaw barrels––-that's pretty good for a $500 AK... That said, I heard they used screws in the milled guns so I'd need to know if they actually rivet them now before I'd give him the green light.
More info is always appreciated though....
Well the link above is it; matches the photos I saw exactly. Looks like they use Er Shaw barrels––-that's pretty good for a $500 AK... That said, I heard they used screws in the milled guns so I'd need to know if they actually rivet them now before I'd give him the green light.
More info is always appreciated though....
5/13/2012 8:46:17 PM
ATI does make a stamped AK now. The SAT-47. Like their milled thing, it leaves someething to be desired. They had their own receiver made that appears to be made from a Tapco flat and isn't properly heat treated. They only heat treat the ejector and the axis pin holes, so the receiver is substandard for an AK. It will probably work fine and never fail, but it is substandard, the entire thing should be heat treated.
They are built from Russian parts kits.
They look nice, but for the price you can get a WASR that has a properly heat treated receiver and cold hammer forged foreign made chrome lined barrel. The ATI's just don't make sense to me. Over priced for what they deliver, IMHO.
They are built from Russian parts kits.
They look nice, but for the price you can get a WASR that has a properly heat treated receiver and cold hammer forged foreign made chrome lined barrel. The ATI's just don't make sense to me. Over priced for what they deliver, IMHO.
5/13/2012 10:25:57 PM
Originally Posted By dskeet:
They only heat treat the ejector and the axis pin holes, so the receiver is substandard for an AK. It will probably work fine and never fail, but it is substandard, the entire thing should be heat treated.
They only heat treat the ejector and the axis pin holes, so the receiver is substandard for an AK. It will probably work fine and never fail, but it is substandard, the entire thing should be heat treated.
Shoot 200-300 rounds through it and say that again. A receiver that isn't fully heat treated will stretch/warp with use and will fail
5/13/2012 10:33:35 PM
Originally Posted By TheGrandIllusion:
Shoot 200-300 rounds through it and say that again. A receiver that isn't fully heat treated will stretch/warp with use and will fail
Originally Posted By dskeet:
They only heat treat the ejector and the axis pin holes, so the receiver is substandard for an AK. It will probably work fine and never fail, but it is substandard, the entire thing should be heat treated.
They only heat treat the ejector and the axis pin holes, so the receiver is substandard for an AK. It will probably work fine and never fail, but it is substandard, the entire thing should be heat treated.
Shoot 200-300 rounds through it and say that again. A receiver that isn't fully heat treated will stretch/warp with use and will fail
Put thousands thru a krink with an old OOW works receiver. They are heat treated the same way, and it was just fine. Only reason I sold that rifle is because the Tula kits hit the market and their are better receiver options these days.
5/13/2012 10:42:38 PM
The price can't be beat, but I recently fondled one at a local gun shop and passed. Looked great on the wall but in the hands I couldn't do it. It was a NICE russian tula kit (except receiver and barrel), the furniture was beautiful. The "extreme machining" receiver looked strong enough, but several parts of the stamping were not as refined and correct as the Nodakspud/Coonan offering, dimples looked good but the selector stops looked stamped in. The rivets were hideous, the four swell neck rivets in the front trunnion were severely protruding, they definitely weren't counter sunk like they were supposed to be, you could still see the swell neck outside of the receiver. The barrel was blued while the rest of the AK was original russian enamel, and the receiver was parked. The tri-color scheme and rivets made me hand it back. A little more attention to detail for another $50 or $100 would have been more worth it in my opinion.
