Someone wants to sell me a Poly Tech AK-47 wood furniture, spike bayonet very nice condition for 800.00 should I jump on it?All advice appreciated!!

Yes that is a good price. Those are the good ones. Once B-West started to make there own receivers it went down hill from there!

Ok is the Bwest stamp the importer stamp? Because I hear bad things about Bwest recievers being soft. Perhaps somebody can elaborate further on Bwest AK's.

a more realistic price would be around 650-700 dollar range, if this is a imported chinese AK by BWEST, and not one built here on their own receiver, from a parts kit. 800 is a laughable price for a stamped AK, if it was a milled receiver then 800 would be a good price......and don't get suckered in the "pre-ban" buzz word......yes it is pre-ban, but it certinly isn't worth 800 bucks for a used stamped AK, that who knows how many round were fired through it......and please don't fall for that "only 200 rounds fired through it"......that is equivalent to the, "she only drove it to church on sundays", used cars salesmen pitch they say about some beater they want to pass off with a ridiculous price on it.

Definately, words of good advice there, 16r40. IMHO, those are the backseat of Chi-Com's to me. Not the worst, but not worth the $ being asked. Just my .02. Ken from Pa.

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Originally Posted by 16r40
800 is a laughable price for a stamped AK, if it was a milled receiver then 800 would be a good price......and don't get suckered in the "pre-ban" buzz word......yes it is pre-ban, but it certinly isn't worth 800 bucks for a used stamped AK,

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Thanks for the info,I will give more thought to buying.

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Originally Posted by Glock Holliday
I don't agree.

People pay over $800 dollars for Polytech rifles like mine(circle 386) every day.
If it makes a person happy to buy a no longer obtainable chicom rifle...well I say buy it.

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However I would try to beat up the guy on the price a little using the B-west ain't as good argument.

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I agree with Glock Holiday on this one...

If the rifle is an original, Chinese made semi-auto copy of the Type 56, then $800 is not out of line if the rifle is in exceptional condition... There weren't a lot of the original ones imported, and some were marked with the B-West name as importer...

If the rifle is a Chinese Type 56 parts kit built up on a B-West manufactured receiver, then I, personally, wouldn't touch it...

Way back when, I actually ordered a B-West marked Poly-Tech rifle thinking that it was a B-West marked rifle and not a B-West manufactured receiver with Chinese parts on it. I never got around to testing the receiver for softness because it was seriously out of spec in several dimensions. There may have been some good ones, but the one that I received wasn't one of them (although the Poly-Tech parts were all nice and new). I sent it back to the distrubutor for a refund, which is something that I've almost never done...

For what it's worth, recognizing that this is my opinion and all...



Forrest

I think the price can depend alot on your AO.

Where I live there is no way you will score a rifle like Glock Hollidays for less than $900 w/o the box and accessories. In my neck of the woods they're pretty much all running $900-$950, no matter what model. Milled and stamped are the same price. Other places, it is different. You might get it for $650. The cheapest one I have seen recently was an 84S for $600. You could still see the green paint in all the depressions where some retard had painted it.

B-West was an importer first in Tucson, than when the ban came in they tried to build there own using kits & thier own receivers and were lousy at it. Which is what gave them a bad name. They were an importer first so if is marked B-West Tucson, not Made by B-West which is what you have to do inorder to sell a kit assembly with a US receiver, it a chinese made weapon like any other
chinese made weapon.
If you go to GunBroker online Auction a creditable auction site and type in search box Polytech you'll see several aks priced over a 1,000.00 the going rate. These are collector items, but not everyone is into collecting.
They will hold there value. It all depends on what you want, a shooter or collector. A chevy will get you to the same place as a cadillac.
Also didn't Kengs win a lawsuit becoming the only importer of the Polytechs?

Some rifles are good investments. Period.



Try and find a Russian first gen .308 Vepr now.

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Originally Posted by Glock Holliday
Well sometimes one man's laughably overpriced is another man's treasure.



These rifles are worth much more Today than what I paid for them.

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This one is not for sale either. LOL

DearLord, if only we had those prices now ...

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Originally Posted by 16r40
800 is a laughable price for a stamped AK, if it was a milled receiver then 800 would be a good price......and don't get suckered in the "pre-ban" buzz word......yes it is pre-ban, but it certinly isn't worth 800 bucks for a used stamped AK...

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B West Import- good to go.

B West US made Receiver- absolute shit.

Surely all of the B-West AK-47's with US made receivers couldn't have been bad. I personally know of one good one. In the 20 years that I have owned it, it has never given me any trouble.

Regards

Ox

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Originally Posted by Oxmix
Surely all of the B-West AK-47's with US made receivers couldn't have been bad. I personally know of one good one. In the 20 years that I have owned it, it has never given me any trouble.

Regards

Ox

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Thanks.

Regards

Ox

The US-made B-West receivers were made by a sheet metal company that didn't have a license to make firearms. They did a pretty good job forming the receivers but mild sheet steel is easier to bend and form than high strength alloy sheet steels. If they had used a proper steel they would hold up better but they might not have looked as good as they do.

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Originally Posted by allesennogwat
The US-made B-West receivers were made by a sheet metal company that didn't have a license to make firearms. They did a pretty good job forming the receivers but mild sheet steel is easier to bend and form than high strength alloy sheet steels. If they had used a proper steel they would hold up better but they might not have looked as good as they do.

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