


If you have increased the value, desirability and appeal of your toy, you will not only sell it more quickly, you’ll sell it for more than you invested. Like many of us, if you get into a financial bind, you probably sell the toys first. The same holds true for complete post-ban imported Bulgarian AK rifles. That makes your post-ban Maadi worth more than you think. Plus, the original Maadi AK factory team (not some minimum wage worker of a large gun importer and distributor) assembled it. If you have an interesting AK that was assembled in the original country as a complete firearm, such as an Egyptian Maadi, it is worth the money and effort just to say you own one because these always have been considered the most authentic and closest to the Soviet AK-47s. Imported AKs are quickly drying up because people are snatching them up and the BATFE continues to restrict the importation of even partial parts kits. Pre-ban rifles are easily $1,000 or more.Įven the rather crude Romanian WASR no-bans go for well more than $500 at retail gun shops. If you own a post-ban AK, for which you paid $200 to $250 years ago, and you add $350 to it for conversion, you still have a good, solid investment since no-ban rifles easily sell for $750 to $1,000, depending on the specifics. To help you decide, you should research online how much pre-ban and no-ban AKs sell for these days. You may ask yourself if this is way too much time and money to invest on a post-ban AK-47. You will be spending a considerable amount of time taking it apart and working on it. You will be spending several hundred dollars to accomplish the conversion. That is a good question to think about before you start.

In other words, we really know better, so do not be alarmed into thinking we have been programmed by the anti-gun crowd. We certainly do not consider the semi-auto AK-47 an assault rifle because that term defines a rifle capable of fully automatic fire. We refer to semi-automatic assault rifles (SAW) and assault weapons ban (AWB) because that is how the 1994 gun ban defined the semi-auto AK-47s, as well as other semi-auto rifles. Hopefully, you are like Clint Eastwood from one of the “Dirt Harry” movies: “A man has got to know his limitations!” Enough said. Some may get involved and find they have bitten off more than they can chew. Others may hit a snag along the way and need help. You should have at least some mechanical aptitude to begin the conversion.
