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gun702
hi
how do you tell if a ak47 has a milled rec or stamped rec.
thanks gun702
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  • gun702
    I'm looking to buy an ak-47 and i have narrowed my choices down to a romanian or egyptian maadi. I was wondering if one is better than the other?
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  • MFI
    Google it .. Your answer comes right up ..[:(!]
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  • Don McManus
    Milled Receiver:

    http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=212740355

    Stamped Receiver:

    http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=212567593

    Milled refers to shaping the receiver from solid stock by milling away material.

    Stamped refers to shaping the receiver from sheet metal with a press.
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  • beantownshootah
    quote:Originally posted by gun702
    hi
    how do you tell if a ak47 has a milled rec or stamped rec.
    thanks gun702

    Stamped receiver guns will have receivers made from thick sheet metal.

    Milled receiver guns will have receivers made from blocks of steel with milling marks usually visible on the insides. The sides of the receivers will usually have large rectangular lightening cuts usually making it easy to tell just from a picture. See here:

    http://www.ak-47.us/AK-47Receivers.php
    Receiver.jpg

    Milled receiver guns are generally much heavier than stamped so if you have any experience with these you could literally tell just by holding the gun blindfolded!

    Without getting into which are which, one could also tell just by knowing who made the gun. EG, all the Romanian AKs have stamped receivers, etc.

    Edit: For Don above, being nit-picky about this, technically a VZ-58 isn't actually an AK. The parts won't interchange with an actual Kalashnikov and the internal design is somewhat different. But for purposes of this question, these VZs do have milled-TYPE receivers, and the same general principles apply.

    Why do I say "type"? Well, as another example, the true Israeli Galils are built on milled receivers, but I know as a fact that the CAI rebuild "Golani" Galil-clone rifles are built on CAST receivers (supposedly made by Caspian) that look like they've been milled. I suspect that the same is true of these Century-built VZ-58 guns.
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  • 1988z01
    quote:Originally posted by MFI
    Google it .. Your answer comes right up ..[:(!]


    Ouch! [B)] A little on the rough side don't ya think. I'm not the brightest crayon in the box, but I come here to get good advice from people who have developed a pretty good reputation for helping folks.
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  • gun702
    hi
    thanks for the information,i can tell now by the long milled out slot on the sides it's a milled one.is there more value for the milled ak mac 90 then the stamped one's?
    thanks again gun702
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  • nmyers
    In general, folks are willing to pay more for a rifle with a milled receiver.

    But, it depends upon what the rifle is. As there is no such thing as a "AK MAC 90", we have no idea of what you own. You may want to post photos if you want any more information.

    Neal
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  • beantownshootah
    quote:Originally posted by nmyers
    In general, folks are willing to pay more for a rifle with a milled receiver.

    But, it depends upon what the rifle is. As there is no such thing as a "AK MAC 90", we have no idea of what you own. You may want to post photos if you want any more information.



    He's probably talking about a Chinese made (Norinco) MAK-90.

    These came in both stamped and milled receiver varieties, and as you suggest, all else being equal, the milled ones will probably be worth a bit more.

    How much exactly one might be worth is going to depend on condition and features (thumbhole stock? bayonet lug ground off? etc).
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