Harrisracing
Well-Known Member
I recently purchased a Romanian RPK from an online dealer for a VERY good sale price of $500. I took it to sherbourne this weekend to test it out and particularly to test out the 40 rd poly mag that came with it. I'm a BIG AK aficionado and I could tell that I was going to like this gun.
Wood is finished in CAI's typical "dirty" simple wood finish which is some sort of oil on a marginally finished laminate stock. Not the best by any stretch of the imagination, but Romanian AK's aren't necessarily put on a pedastal by the AK crowd to start with. The bluing is good, the barrel is the long chrome-lined barrel which looked new and the sights were RPK sights and were not canted at all. My only issue with the rifle is that there was no bipod attachment/collar present, but given the price I did NOT complain. I did, however purchase a bipod for it, but have not attached it yet.
The rifle was slightly off to the right, and was shooting low. I found that it shot better with the sight leaf at the 300m mark, but was still a few inches high at 100 yds there. It would have been perfect at a 250m setting (had there been one). I'm SURE this has something to do with the fact that the gun did not have a bipod on it up near the front.
Anyway, as with ALL of the AK's I own, zero FTF at all. Perfect running and actually surprisingly smooth operation from this AK variant. Tula FMJ made a 4" in group through the iron sights and honestly I have pretty bad vision when it comes to iron-sight shooting. PLENTY accurate enough for my taste!
The 40 round mag works perfectly and boy was it fun to dump a mag. I can tell you that this rifle with the heavier barrel handles sustained fire heat far better than my standard AK's.
I hope you enjoyed this review as much as I enjoy this rifle!
Patrick
Wood is finished in CAI's typical "dirty" simple wood finish which is some sort of oil on a marginally finished laminate stock. Not the best by any stretch of the imagination, but Romanian AK's aren't necessarily put on a pedastal by the AK crowd to start with. The bluing is good, the barrel is the long chrome-lined barrel which looked new and the sights were RPK sights and were not canted at all. My only issue with the rifle is that there was no bipod attachment/collar present, but given the price I did NOT complain. I did, however purchase a bipod for it, but have not attached it yet.
The rifle was slightly off to the right, and was shooting low. I found that it shot better with the sight leaf at the 300m mark, but was still a few inches high at 100 yds there. It would have been perfect at a 250m setting (had there been one). I'm SURE this has something to do with the fact that the gun did not have a bipod on it up near the front.
Anyway, as with ALL of the AK's I own, zero FTF at all. Perfect running and actually surprisingly smooth operation from this AK variant. Tula FMJ made a 4" in group through the iron sights and honestly I have pretty bad vision when it comes to iron-sight shooting. PLENTY accurate enough for my taste!
The 40 round mag works perfectly and boy was it fun to dump a mag. I can tell you that this rifle with the heavier barrel handles sustained fire heat far better than my standard AK's.
I hope you enjoyed this review as much as I enjoy this rifle!
Patrick