I always end up finding myself back to this video over the years. Still my favorite ASMR video of all time, and came out before anyone knew what ASMR even was.
Thats a nice Rifle. It looks almost brand new. That model has not been imported into the US for a long time. I had one in .223. I wish I had hung on to it. Rare breed. I have a couple of Romanian AKs imported and assembled by Century Arms. And I have one Polish AK thats a home build. They are not banned, but they can no longer be imported. Thanks for sharing the vid. Its pretty cool to see folks in other countries enjoying AKs as much as me here in Arizona.
The Type 56 is actually better than most eastern european and russian stamped AKs. The receivers are thicker and the barrels are heavier. They can sustain more punishment than the Russian stamped AKs.
Dude we have same taste , I have 1 just like your ak , and 1 1911 45acp officer model , I bought 1911 in1995 n ak 3 years ago brand new from an old lady for 400 us , her husband was Vietnam vet , when they ban the import from china he went out n bought it n keep it in the safe , he die so she sold it to me , he bought 198$ , still in the box , just lucky me , I have the same riffle when I was service in Vietnam , love it , some collector offer 2000 but I want to keep it for my son ,
That's a good AK. The under folding model is called Type 56S-1. I believe the name is printed on the receiver just below the rear sight. The military version is called Type 56-1. Have you got Swiss SG-90 and StG-57? If I were living in Swiss, I would buy them both. Maybe two of each. One for shooting and one to keep looking pretty.
sir i just want to ask about the a.k 47 norinco, because here in the Philippines the a.k 47 norinco in the gun store is converted into semi automatic. I want to buy. Is it possible if we want to convert it into fully automatic? I know you know more about a.k 47.
They banned the importation of norinco firearms. Purchase and ownership is legal. I recently bought a Mak-90 straight cut reciever, great shooter. I do love my izmash saiga 308 though. Beast.
Those others you mention are "kits". The quality is based on the person assembling them. I'd rather pay more and have one of the pre-'98 ban rifles completed on a military assembly line than a put together with mixed parts. Only thing that needs to be remembered on older rifles is the milled receiver versus the stamped receiver. The furniture is different IE AKS vs. AKM
original swiss sigs are the finest quality rifles around,heavy,but very well made,as for the norinco,dont let the made in china fool you,these are very well made AKs,thicker barrels with tiny serations along the length to act like a radiator and aid in cooling,the reciever is 1.5mm thick as opposed to 1mm which is typical of most stamped AKs,very stark contrast when comparing AK vs SIG550,im a purest myself(keep the wood),nice vid,nice gun
Because a WASR, like a Saiga AK including most currently available AK's today are NOT standard AK pattern rifles. Meaning surplus AK parts do not fit and are not interchangeable on them. Only Poly Techs, Maadi's, and Mak90's are AK standard in complete form and from the military factory arsenals. That's why!
Thanks for the review in English. Your English is great. I'm impressed, because I don't know any other languages. It's refreshing to see a review of a gun from outside the USA. Everybody thinks the US is filled with gun-crazed lunatics, but guns exist in every country. It's just that fewer and fewer governments allow citizens to have them (yet criminals continue to have them somehow).
The folder is not "just for fun". It was designed for troops traveling in troop carriers and airplanes with limited space, not as an option for firing the weapon in that configuration.
the wood, stamped receiver (if type 56 akm), circle sight. Differences between akm and type 56 akm. Finish is different, dust covers are different styles, circle sight, vented gas tube, gas tube is larger, circular front sight, akm bolt is blued. The milled versions look like type 3 milled ak-47s exactly, except for their circular front sight.
the stock isnt meant to be folded while firing it is just for transportation use for example an armoured personnel carrier you need as much space as you can get inside one of those
& The FULL rifle is banned, however it is still possible to get Norinco brand rifles made from kits. There only have to be a certain quota of parts replaced with american-made parts (& any part counts towards this)....Norincos are also all over the underground market...only problem is you'd pay 1,200-1,500 usd for one in NYC...but think of the savings, no backgound check, no tax stamp nothing..just cash & carry lol...
I had a couple norincos in the past. Wish I hung on to them. Never had issue besides 1 nhm91 didn't like hollowpoints. Easy fix though. All ran smooth. Not banned here in the u.s. Just can't import them. now the ones they sell today here are crap or too much money for a good quality one and I would still take my old maadi or norincos over them. Had to drop in because your post said not airsoft...yaaay I hate looking up shit and its airsoft
They actually cost much less to produce, consider the fact that a romanian costs 650 euros in Italy, but it costs less than 400 USD in the USA, I think that the production costs varies between 150 and 350 euros, depending on the place where it is produced.
I'm from Switzerland. pistols and riffles are handled the same way. As long as it's single action only you can get it with a permit (no criminal background, takes around a week to get). When you get the permition you can go to the store and buy one gun of choice (you can buy up to three if you apply for it on the permition slip IF you buy them at the same store). There are no laws concerning riffle length, folding stock...
thanks. well it's pretty easy to get guns in Switzerland. you just have to have the right documents. you need an official background check paper (you gotta have a clean one), you then send your record document together with a copy of your ID plus the filled yout weapon-buying-permit document to the state police. a few days later you will receive your papers that will enable you to walk in any Swiss gun store and buy a gun.
The type56 was made very high quality during 1950s 1960s, but during the war chinese defense Vietnam during 1970s, the Chinese army found the type56 is not good as the Russian ak47, because the weather in Vietnam is too wet, the type56 get rusted more easy than the ak47, but it only happened in the early model, for civilian use, I don't think that will be a problem
yeah but yugos, some bulgys and hungarian amd-65s are like that too. yet nobody calls them copies. Also my mak-90 can accept standard akm/ ak-47 bolt carriers and bolts with proper headspace, standard furniture, standard mags, and standard dust covers. minor fitting is required on furniture but it's like that with ak's. the only surplus parts that i couldn't really put on would be akm gas blocks and fronts sights (minus the yugos) i can add surplus ak-47 gas blocks/ fsb. it has a heavy barrel.
with a special permit, yes. but if stored you have to store the bolt assembly and the riffle seperately ina gun safe. Plus you are not allowed to shoot it. so it's really just for collecting.
@sylvaticalexpro The Type 56 is just a Chinese copy of the Russian AK. Mechanically, there are no differences (except the once seen here is the sport model i.e. semi-auto, whereas the Russian AK is select-fire). There are minor differences, such as a hooded front sight, and most Type 56s do not have a threaded muzzle, although mine does). Technically, the Type 56 is a variant of the AK, so really there should be zero mechanical differences between the two. Same mechanical = same shooting.
Considering the look and the thickness I'm pretty sure it's not milled, but stamped. Chinese AKM copy. Nice rifle though. I'm buying one myself in a few days, I'll throw an underfolder on it - originally it had a fixed stock.
@failedgovexperiment actually it is not the amount of us parts that it needs to have but the limited amount of forign parts. an "assault rifle" cannot have more than 10 foreign made parts.
the chinese ones are fully enclosed. and that is unusual for them to have anything at the end of the barrel like that. Sometimes they have standard akm slant brakes though. most ak's have front sights like a U the chinese is like an O
That's is a beautiful gun. Norinco mak90's (also called type 56) are some of the best ak's you can get for the price. Your gun is a stamped receiver though not milled. The polytech's are the milled ones.
why do people always say it is a copy or imitation, but never call a wasr that? it is an akm/ak-47 under a different name pretty much. it is just made in china rather than russia.
@semiautoriflelover dude I wouldn't doubt it. That's the one thing I've seen that says "made in china" that isn't cheap and sucks balls. It is a fuckin workhorse.
ive searched ak 47, akm and type 56 pictures, they all have circular front sights. I noticed that the tye 56 has a suppressor looking tube at the end of the barrel and sometimes comes with a bayonet.
ak47=the second ak made (the first one was the ak46) type 56= an imitation of the ak47 that was (and I still think it is) the most used ak in the world.
I have a type 56 just like yours. Had it since early 90s. Left it in VA when I moved to CA. When I go back to VA everyonce in a while, I take it out and shoot it. Mine starts to slam fire after about 90 rounds and shoots 2-3 rounds at a time. Does yours do this?
***** This does occure from time to time. The Chinese trigger system is probably the smoothest you can get, out of any ak...This is another bonus you get out of chi-com ak's....they are simply the highest quality ak's you can get...People that never shot one just dont understand this?
Nothing more, and in fact I bought my own type 56S today ;) I'll have to look around for a set of chinese wooden furniture since the former owner sold everything and put some horrible american rails and stock on it...
Certain arms an ammo by Norinco has been banned since 1993. In 2003 more items that weren't covered under the previous ban were added to the list. The official story is that Norinco tried to sell prohibited arms to undercover FBI agents. It's also said that they do business with Iran which they deny. But I guess it's more of a we-don't-want-the-us-to-be-flooded-with-cheap-chinese-weapons-and-ammunition kind of a situation...
I've always used the sights on the barrel to distinguish between a Type 56 and an AK-47. Full circle sights? You probably have a Type 56. Semi-circlular would be an AK-47.
if you keep it you have to keep shooting the mandatory shooting events. however before it's completely yours, you have to send it in to disable burst and fully auto capabilities.
@TabCrusher you get them when you enter your military service.once you're done you can either keep it (costs you a tiny bit of money) or you can give it back.
@esh325 one of my friends father was using type 56 during that war, that is what his father told him, as i said, that only happened in the early models(1950s - 1960s), after the war, the factory changed metal or something i do not know, but not get rusted that easy anymore.... or maybe they dont clean the gun very often.... BTW, i am a type 56 lover too, you know during the chairman mao's time, everything made very high quality, not like now
Greetings from the US. I have a Type 56s. I'd like to have a folder but they're banned from import and you never find anyone selling theirs lol. How common do you see the blued bolt type 56's in Switzerland?
@TheQ3XXX the 550 is better IMO. it's easier to operate the select fire lever (for right and left hand shooters), the bolt assembly stays open after the last shot has been fired, overall more durable finish, easy diopter switching for different ranges (waaaay better to aim with), 2 ways of setting the gass nosle, integrated bi-pod... i don't think we have to talk about precission ;) it' as accurate as a sniper riffle and as mobile as a regular infantry weapon (ok, its a bit heavier hehe)
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Norinco ammunition and arms were banned from importation into the US in 1993 because U.S. Customs agents conducted a sting against Atlanta based importers of Norinco firearms. According to an affidavit signed by two of the undercover agents involved in the investigation dubbed "Operation Dragon Fire", representatives from Norinco offered to sell urban gangs shoulder-held missile launchers capable of downing a large commercial airliner. The prohibition did not apply to sporting shotguns or shotgun ammunition. Our firearm importation laws have changed so much that even if the ban were lifted, these still would not be able to be imported like they were prior to 1993 because the receiver and barrel wouldn't be allowed, unless they were new production made solely for the civilian market, like the Zastava rifles currently being imported into the US. Unfortunately in the US we only have the ones that were in the country prior to the 1993 ban. Certain Russian arms are now banned as well because of the nonsense in Ukraine. However, there are still many other AK's still allowed that come from other countries...
Bei mir hatte ein solcher Norinco-AKS schon nach 100 Schuss einen Defekt. Beim Schiessen ist der Hammer seitlich verrutscht, hat sich im Gehäuse quergestellt und den Verschluss blockiert, während noch ein Schuss im Patronenlager war. Ausserdem kamen obwohl Halbautomat manchmal zwei Schuss auf einmal raus. Aber der Holzschaft sieht wenigstens schön aus :D
No. you can buy as many as you like but you need a permission for each purchase. Per permit you can purchase up to three weapons at the same time at the dealer's. But honestly who's going to buy 3 guns together every single time...
@esh325 one of my friends father was using type 56 during that war, that is what his father told him, as i said, that only happened in the early models(1950s - 1960s), after the war, the factory changed metal or something i do not know, but not get rusted that easy anymore.... or maybe they dont clean the gun very often.... BTW, i am a type 56 lover too, you know during the chairman mao's time, everything made very high quality, not like now
@TabCrusher i believe that our Swiss standard riffle is way too good for the average soldier. they are too expensive. basically everyone is issued a sniper riffle without the scope.
i corrected it two days after i uploaded the video with annotations. but i also have them turned off because they are usually nothing more than annoying and are clustering up the screen.
I'm not an AK expert but here's my 2 cents. if it was a milled receiver it would have a lightning cut in front of the safety. that's a stamped receiver. it has rivets. what about the triangle mark? what does that say? also that "round thing on the end" is called a front hood sight. it also has a mag dimple for mag wobble. did the 56s1s have that? lol. no matter what this rifle is, it's a beauty. gorgeous furniture
i heard that swiss citizens are issued a sig 550 for free,if so at what age did you recieve yours,if they did that in the U.S. they would be sold for drugs
wow thats cool man thanks, i talked to a swiss girl who came to visit my sister for two weeks and she told me how the men had to join the army, after that could take their service weapon home. very cool, do they have places to shoot them?
@esh325 Don't know about shooting because you're not allowed to record videos in the range where I'm shooting the riffle. But one day I'll go to another one. And yes, I'm gonna make some other videos from some of my other guns.
When fully underfolded; does the stock has lateral play sidewards, that when you push it a bit, it would touch the sides of the woooden front handguard?
Correction: STAMPED receiver :)
Please make more videos
I always end up finding myself back to this video over the years.
Still my favorite ASMR video of all time, and came out before anyone knew what ASMR even was.
Thanks I guess ;)
Thats a nice Rifle. It looks almost brand new. That model has not been imported into the US for a long time. I had one in .223. I wish I had hung on to it. Rare breed. I have a couple of Romanian AKs imported and assembled by Century Arms. And I have one Polish AK thats a home build. They are not banned, but they can no longer be imported. Thanks for sharing the vid. Its pretty cool to see folks in other countries enjoying AKs as much as me here in Arizona.
And norinco firearms are among the best quality of any ak. I also own a norinco 213 tokarev clone which is a tac shooter if ive ever seen one.
The Type 56 is actually better than most eastern european and russian stamped AKs. The receivers are thicker and the barrels are heavier. They can sustain more punishment than the Russian stamped AKs.
Dude we have same taste , I have 1 just like your ak , and 1 1911 45acp officer model , I bought 1911 in1995 n ak 3 years ago brand new from an old lady for 400 us , her husband was Vietnam vet , when they ban the import from china he went out n bought it n keep it in the safe , he die so she sold it to me , he bought 198$ , still in the box , just lucky me , I have the same riffle when I was service in Vietnam , love it , some collector offer 2000 but I want to keep it for my son ,
the best ak on the market hands down
no way them russian ... surbian shit ... norinco builds the best ak and i aint talking semi auto .. full auto they r the best
type 56 hands down end of story
Norinco's are definitely up there in the best, but you can't argue against the Saiga or VEPR.
Serbians didnt chrome line their barrels....
That's a good AK. The under folding model is called Type 56S-1. I believe the name is printed on the receiver just below the rear sight. The military version is called Type 56-1. Have you got Swiss SG-90 and StG-57? If I were living in Swiss, I would buy them both. Maybe two of each. One for shooting and one to keep looking pretty.
Yes I'v got them all. My grandfather's K31, the '57 and my service riffle the Sig 550.
They are an awesome AK. One of the first things I noticed with mine was that sweet trigger.
Price
Ak 47 price
I love my Chinese ak47, it's a polytech instead of norinco, but it's practically the same. They probably are some of the best Ak47s ever made.
sir i just want to ask about the a.k 47 norinco, because here in the Philippines the a.k 47 norinco in the gun store is converted into semi automatic. I want to buy. Is it possible if we want to convert it into fully automatic? I know you know more about a.k 47.
Charles Tesio Yes it's possible, I don't know if it's legal though.
thnx a lot sir
BallisticRedneck ن
They banned the importation of norinco firearms. Purchase and ownership is legal. I recently bought a Mak-90 straight cut reciever, great shooter. I do love my izmash saiga 308 though. Beast.
Those others you mention are "kits". The quality is based on the person assembling them. I'd rather pay more and have one of the pre-'98 ban rifles completed on a military assembly line than a put together with mixed parts.
Only thing that needs to be remembered on older rifles is the milled receiver versus the stamped receiver. The furniture is different IE AKS vs. AKM
original swiss sigs are the finest quality rifles around,heavy,but very well made,as for the norinco,dont let the made in china fool you,these are very well made AKs,thicker barrels with tiny serations along the length to act like a radiator and aid in cooling,the reciever is 1.5mm thick as opposed to 1mm which is typical of most stamped AKs,very stark contrast when comparing AK vs SIG550,im a purest myself(keep the wood),nice vid,nice gun
To think a gun is crappy just because its Chinese is completely ignorant. Norinco is great
Because a WASR, like a Saiga AK including most currently available AK's today are NOT standard AK pattern rifles. Meaning surplus AK parts do not fit and are not interchangeable on them. Only Poly Techs, Maadi's, and Mak90's are AK standard in complete form and from the military factory arsenals. That's why!
Thanks for the review in English. Your English is great. I'm impressed, because I don't know any other languages. It's refreshing to see a review of a gun from outside the USA. Everybody thinks the US is filled with gun-crazed lunatics, but guns exist in every country. It's just that fewer and fewer governments allow citizens to have them (yet criminals continue to have them somehow).
The folder is not "just for fun". It was designed for troops traveling in troop carriers and airplanes with limited space, not as an option for firing the weapon in that configuration.
And that's why they are the best guns. Working on the range, failing in a robbery.
the wood, stamped receiver (if type 56 akm), circle sight.
Differences between akm and type 56 akm. Finish is different, dust covers are different styles, circle sight, vented gas tube, gas tube is larger, circular front sight, akm bolt is blued.
The milled versions look like type 3 milled ak-47s exactly, except for their circular front sight.
the stock isnt meant to be folded while firing it is just for transportation use for example an armoured personnel carrier you need as much space as you can get inside one of those
& The FULL rifle is banned, however it is still possible to get Norinco brand rifles made from kits. There only have to be a certain quota of parts replaced with american-made parts (& any part counts towards this)....Norincos are also all over the underground market...only problem is you'd pay 1,200-1,500 usd for one in NYC...but think of the savings, no backgound check, no tax stamp nothing..just cash & carry lol...
I had a couple norincos in the past. Wish I hung on to them. Never had issue besides 1 nhm91 didn't like hollowpoints. Easy fix though. All ran smooth. Not banned here in the u.s. Just can't import them. now the ones they sell today here are crap or too much money for a good quality one and I would still take my old maadi or norincos over them. Had to drop in because your post said not airsoft...yaaay I hate looking up shit and its airsoft
They actually cost much less to produce, consider the fact that a romanian costs 650 euros in Italy, but it costs less than 400 USD in the USA, I think that the production costs varies between 150 and 350 euros, depending on the place where it is produced.
I'm from Switzerland. pistols and riffles are handled the same way. As long as it's single action only you can get it with a permit (no criminal background, takes around a week to get). When you get the permition you can go to the store and buy one gun of choice (you can buy up to three if you apply for it on the permition slip IF you buy them at the same store). There are no laws concerning riffle length, folding stock...
This didn’t age too well, unfortunately
thanks. well it's pretty easy to get guns in Switzerland. you just have to have the right documents. you need an official background check paper (you gotta have a clean one), you then send your record document together with a copy of your ID plus the filled yout weapon-buying-permit document to the state police. a few days later you will receive your papers that will enable you to walk in any Swiss gun store and buy a gun.
The type56 was made very high quality during 1950s 1960s, but during the war chinese defense Vietnam during 1970s, the Chinese army found the type56 is not good as the Russian ak47, because the weather in Vietnam is too wet, the type56 get rusted more easy than the ak47, but it only happened in the early model, for civilian use, I don't think that will be a problem
yeah but yugos, some bulgys and hungarian amd-65s are like that too. yet nobody calls them copies.
Also my mak-90 can accept standard akm/ ak-47 bolt carriers and bolts with proper headspace, standard furniture, standard mags, and standard dust covers. minor fitting is required on furniture but it's like that with ak's.
the only surplus parts that i couldn't really put on would be akm gas blocks and fronts sights (minus the yugos) i can add surplus ak-47 gas blocks/ fsb. it has a heavy barrel.
Beautiful, something the Chinese got right
with a special permit, yes. but if stored you have to store the bolt assembly and the riffle seperately ina gun safe. Plus you are not allowed to shoot it. so it's really just for collecting.
"This thing" is called a sight
I won't hit you for buying a Chinese 1911. We Americans are just jealous we can't get them for cheap anymore. ;)
@ybrik5 that's because Real Sword airsoft guns are made by the same factory that makes this rifle.
@sylvaticalexpro The Type 56 is just a Chinese copy of the Russian AK. Mechanically, there are no differences (except the once seen here is the sport model i.e. semi-auto, whereas the Russian AK is select-fire). There are minor differences, such as a hooded front sight, and most Type 56s do not have a threaded muzzle, although mine does). Technically, the Type 56 is a variant of the AK, so really there should be zero mechanical differences between the two. Same mechanical = same shooting.
I get crazy ASMR from this video. It's probably the only gun video that has that effect on me. XD
Thanks for the video 10 yr later:) Bought one legally for sports in NL. Nice gun. Also no threads on the barrel.
Considering the look and the thickness I'm pretty sure it's not milled, but stamped. Chinese AKM copy. Nice rifle though. I'm buying one myself in a few days, I'll throw an underfolder on it - originally it had a fixed stock.
I fired one today. Very nice weapon indeed, and surprisingly accurate...
@failedgovexperiment actually it is not the amount of us parts that it needs to have but the limited amount of forign parts. an "assault rifle" cannot have more than 10 foreign made parts.
We have the same AK's in America, they are called MAK-90 after a few conversions.
Yeah, I believe in the US they were imported with a wooden sportster stock, correct?
@@2mnyshp yes, they are called thumbhole stocks, we called them (humorously) butthole stock. I removed mines and put Hungarian furniture on it.
the chinese ones are fully enclosed. and that is unusual for them to have anything at the end of the barrel like that. Sometimes they have standard akm slant brakes though.
most ak's have front sights like a U the chinese is like an O
there's a bubble looking dimple there bud. it's a stamp pressed reciever :) it's a beautiful firearm
+Ethan Dean yep, true. I corrected my statement with annotations on the first day. Cheers!
Folding stock AK's makes me feel like I should put on a parachute and jump out of a plane for an invasion!
That's is a beautiful gun. Norinco mak90's (also called type 56) are some of the best ak's you can get for the price. Your gun is a stamped receiver though not milled. The polytech's are the milled ones.
why do people always say it is a copy or imitation, but never call a wasr that? it is an akm/ak-47 under a different name pretty much. it is just made in china rather than russia.
@semiautoriflelover dude I wouldn't doubt it. That's the one thing I've seen that says "made in china" that isn't cheap and sucks balls. It is a fuckin workhorse.
ive searched ak 47, akm and type 56 pictures, they all have circular front sights. I noticed that the tye 56 has a suppressor looking tube at the end of the barrel and sometimes comes with a bayonet.
ak47=the second ak made (the first one was the ak46)
type 56= an imitation of the ak47 that was (and I still think it is) the most used ak in the world.
I have a type 56 just like yours. Had it since early 90s. Left it in VA when I moved to CA. When I go back to VA everyonce in a while, I take it out and shoot it.
Mine starts to slam fire after about 90 rounds and shoots 2-3 rounds at a time. Does yours do this?
***** This does occure from time to time. The Chinese trigger system is probably the smoothest you can get, out of any ak...This is another bonus you get out of chi-com ak's....they are simply the highest quality ak's you can get...People that never shot one just dont understand this?
How bout cleaning the cosmoline in the firing pin
nice gun! Did you have any range videos up on this one? Looks similar to lots of early 90's imports to USA
Nothing more, and in fact I bought my own type 56S today ;) I'll have to look around for a set of chinese wooden furniture since the former owner sold everything and put some horrible american rails and stock on it...
Certain arms an ammo by Norinco has been banned since 1993. In 2003 more items that weren't covered under the previous ban were added to the list. The official story is that Norinco tried to sell prohibited arms to undercover FBI agents. It's also said that they do business with Iran which they deny. But I guess it's more of a we-don't-want-the-us-to-be-flooded-with-cheap-chinese-weapons-and-ammunition kind of a situation...
I've always used the sights on the barrel to distinguish between a Type 56 and an AK-47.
Full circle sights? You probably have a Type 56.
Semi-circlular would be an AK-47.
This a great looking rifle, i love the furniture on it. I wouldn't change a thing.
if you keep it you have to keep shooting the mandatory shooting events. however before it's completely yours, you have to send it in to disable burst and fully auto capabilities.
@TabCrusher you get them when you enter your military service.once you're done you can either keep it (costs you a tiny bit of money) or you can give it back.
@recondobeard
you can buy them inert from norway for around 700 dollars all you need to do are to change the barrel an bolt then you are good to go
@esh325 one of my friends father was using type 56 during that war, that is what his father told him, as i said, that only happened in the early models(1950s - 1960s), after the war, the factory changed metal or something i do not know, but not get rusted that easy anymore.... or maybe they dont clean the gun very often.... BTW, i am a type 56 lover too, you know during the chairman mao's time, everything made very high quality, not like now
That's a stamped receiver you can tell by the dimples above the magwell
Greetings from the US.
I have a Type 56s. I'd like to have a folder but they're banned from import and you never find anyone selling theirs lol. How common do you see the blued bolt type 56's in Switzerland?
@Fr0st1989 the easiest way to tell is by the diagonal rivets on the front trunnion means its chinese if its horizontal its european
@TheQ3XXX the 550 is better IMO. it's easier to operate the select fire lever (for right and left hand shooters), the bolt assembly stays open after the last shot has been fired, overall more durable finish, easy diopter switching for different ranges (waaaay better to aim with), 2 ways of setting the gass nosle, integrated bi-pod... i don't think we have to talk about precission ;)
it' as accurate as a sniper riffle and as mobile as a regular infantry weapon (ok, its a bit heavier hehe)
you can always remove the stock. but it'll be a bit tricky since everything is assembled pretty tight!
As a offical representative of the soviet people i would like to make the following announcement AHEM "BULLSHIT!"
show the other side with the markings???
@BlackWatch88, I do know they have this one at Lagardere in La Chaux-de-Fonds, for Frs 650.-. And you can get the ammo there too.
@failedgovexperiment no, it's not illegal. but there's a ban on new norinco imports.
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Norinco ammunition and arms were banned from importation into the US in 1993 because U.S. Customs agents conducted a sting against Atlanta based importers of Norinco firearms. According to an affidavit signed by two of the undercover agents involved in the investigation dubbed "Operation Dragon Fire", representatives from Norinco offered to sell urban gangs shoulder-held missile launchers capable of downing a large commercial airliner. The prohibition did not apply to sporting shotguns or shotgun ammunition. Our firearm importation laws have changed so much that even if the ban were lifted, these still would not be able to be imported like they were prior to 1993 because the receiver and barrel wouldn't be allowed, unless they were new production made solely for the civilian market, like the Zastava rifles currently being imported into the US.
Unfortunately in the US we only have the ones that were in the country prior to the 1993 ban. Certain Russian arms are now banned as well because of the nonsense in Ukraine. However, there are still many other AK's still allowed that come from other countries...
I'm 3 days early, but happy 10 Year Anniversary on this video.
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It's crazy how time just flies, isn't it?
@@2mnyshp Indeed
I can't see any external difference between this real steel and the airsoft replica by Real Sword.
That gun is worth about 1,500 - 2,000 USD in the USA
That's is a stamped rifle and not milled. Look at all the rivets on the receiver.
yep, corrected with annotations the day I uploaded the vid!
Bei mir hatte ein solcher Norinco-AKS schon nach 100 Schuss einen Defekt. Beim Schiessen ist der Hammer seitlich verrutscht, hat sich im Gehäuse quergestellt und den Verschluss blockiert, während noch ein Schuss im Patronenlager war. Ausserdem kamen obwohl Halbautomat manchmal zwei Schuss auf einmal raus. Aber der Holzschaft sieht wenigstens schön aus :D
Krass! Das ist ja schon ein derber defekt. Hatte noch keinerlei Probleme dieser Art.
That is a nice AK. Too bad they dont sell those here in US. I shoot my Mosin Nagant, Yugo Mausser which I use military surplus ammos.
No. you can buy as many as you like but you need a permission for each purchase. Per permit you can purchase up to three weapons at the same time at the dealer's. But honestly who's going to buy 3 guns together every single time...
i dnt see why you would want to remove it. just fold it in when its not in use , but that helps you with the recoil
looks like your prepared in case shit goes down hill
best AK so far in human history..
SR Media yeah right! Russian made are way better even bulgarian.
It is a stamped receiver 1.6mm.
@esh325 one of my friends father was using type 56 during that war, that is what his father told him, as i said, that only happened in the early models(1950s - 1960s), after the war, the factory changed metal or something i do not know, but not get rusted that easy anymore.... or maybe they dont clean the gun very often.... BTW, i am a type 56 lover too, you know during the chairman mao's time, everything made very high quality, not like now
It's a stamped receiver. The rivets are a dead giveaway
Type 56-1 "sporter" version
@2mnyshp haha.....nice come back buddy...norincos are fun to shoot :)
yeah, it's corrected with annotations. i have them turned off too because they usually are pretty annoying
Just bought one a day ago, so happy. I see yours isn't threaded though, weird.
@aklbruce then why didd most ak-47 found in the hands of the vietmanese in the veitnam war, were not russian ak-47 s but chinese type 56 s?
Did you zero your rifle properly? Since you were talking about inacuracy
@TabCrusher i believe that our Swiss standard riffle is way too good for the average soldier. they are too expensive. basically everyone is issued a sniper riffle without the scope.
Their AK's are an exception.
Stamped receiver,you can tell by the rivets and mag dimple
Yes it is. I corrected it with annotations but TH-cam disabled them a few years ago.
i corrected it two days after i uploaded the video with annotations. but i also have them turned off because they are usually nothing more than annoying and are clustering up the screen.
I'm not an AK expert but here's my 2 cents. if it was a milled receiver it would have a lightning cut in front of the safety. that's a stamped receiver. it has rivets. what about the triangle mark? what does that say? also that "round thing on the end" is called a front hood sight. it also has a mag dimple for mag wobble. did the 56s1s have that? lol. no matter what this rifle is, it's a beauty. gorgeous furniture
It's a lower quality of Chinese 66 ak I have one of those and its factory mark says (313 56-1)
i heard that swiss citizens are issued a sig 550 for free,if so at what age did you recieve yours,if they did that in the U.S. they would be sold for drugs
The round thing is a hooded front sight.
larger gas block i meant not gas tube. like it looks different in size.
wow thats cool man thanks, i talked to a swiss girl who came to visit my sister for two weeks and she told me how the men had to join the army, after that could take their service weapon home. very cool, do they have places to shoot them?
@esh325 Don't know about shooting because you're not allowed to record videos in the range where I'm shooting the riffle. But one day I'll go to another one. And yes, I'm gonna make some other videos from some of my other guns.
@MrZimmer96 they are all kalashnikovs since its the name of the design / name of the man who came up with the initial design.
When fully underfolded; does the stock has lateral play sidewards, that when you push it a bit, it would touch the sides of the woooden front handguard?
disagree id say the polytech legend