Question for AK experts

[James]

I'm pretty familiar with manufacturer's marks on AKs. The most common one I've seen is the "double circle 10" from Bulgaria. Today, however, I encountered one with two marks - the Izhevsk "Arrow in Triangle" and the Bulgarian "double circle ten". The date on the receiver is 1960.

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7738/russ1.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=russ1.jpg) http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7023/bulg1.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bulg1.jpg)



Does anyone know why a receiver might have both marks, side by side? Did Izhevsk supply receivers to the former WP states at one time? I'm more curious than anything else.

[cmhm20]

I'm pretty familiar with manufacturer's marks on AKs. The most common one I've seen is the "double circle 10" from Bulgaria. Today, however, I encountered one with two marks - the Izhevsk "Arrow in Triangle" and the Bulgarian "double circle ten". The date on the receiver is 1960.

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7738/russ1.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=russ1.jpg) http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7023/bulg1.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bulg1.jpg)



Does anyone know why a receiver might have both marks, side by side? Did Izhevsk supply receivers to the former WP states at one time? I'm more curious than anything else.


The Bulgarian AK wasn't a "pirate copy" but made under Soviet licence. I found in my documentation two different images of Bulgarian AK's with similar markings as yours, that kinda supports your theory that the Soviets first provided them with receivers.

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72950

[James]

Спасибо моего друга.

[edi213009]

are parts interchangeable between milled receiver Aks and AKM-s?

[James]

I think that stuff like the bolt and operating rod are, but I don't know about the smaller parts in the lower receiver.

[cmhm20]

Спасибо моего друга

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