Alex C.

So I completed my ultralight AR15 build. I could shave off a half pound but it would cost me quite a bit (titanium BCG, buffer, receiver extension, misc other small things).
 
Parts:
Rock River lower with their two-stage trigger
A2 grip (was the lightest option I had, it formerly had a magpul)
MFT minimalist stock
Random endplate with sling loop
Standard Colt M16 BCG
AERO precision upper without forward assist
14.7" pencil barrel with pinned gemtech suppressor adapter
Aero precision lightweight mlok handguard
Holosun optic
 
Shot it this weekend with no problems at all. Gun works and shoots great, and my goal was to have a rifle under 6 pounds I could actually use for stuff.
 

 

 
 
Bone stock 6920 for comparison (with issue nylon silent sling)
 

In 1989 an import ban was put into place barring foreign military style rifles from entering the country. Companies did all sorts of goofy stuff to get around it (thumbhole stock and milled off bayonet lugs). However rifles could still have original magwells that would accept military magazines.
 
In 1997 the ban was strengthened by a Clinton executive order declaring guns that could accept military mags as "non-sporting" and hence fell under the import ban. The Saiga cannot take military mags because without the guide, rounds just slam nose-first into the bottom of the barrel. Hence, the Saiga mags are proprietary and have the built in (err, molded in) bullet guide.

So we had one mega-hog that was big and mean enough to keep all the sow herds out of the trap. He was trapped, shot in the face, and hauled out so the coyotes and buzzards could finish the job:
 

 
 
Not but a few nights later we caught the first sow herd:
 
 

 
 
And they were promptly loaded up and taken to some exotic meat guy in the city who exports most of it to Europe. For some reasons Europeans view these as exotic and desirable. Protip to the Euro dudes on here, don't but this shit. It is pretty disgusting:
 
 

 
 
So 32 hogs were trapped here but there are more sow herds to get, and the remaining boars must be hunted one by one.

So we had one mega-hog that was big and mean enough to keep all the sow herds out of the trap. He was trapped, shot in the face, and hauled out so the coyotes and buzzards could finish the job:
 

 
 
Not but a few nights later we caught the first sow herd:
 
 

 
 
And they were promptly loaded up and taken to some exotic meat guy in the city who exports most of it to Europe. For some reasons Europeans view these as exotic and desirable. Protip to the Euro dudes on here, don't but this shit. It is pretty disgusting:
 
 

 
 
So 32 hogs were trapped here but there are more sow herds to get, and the remaining boars must be hunted one by one.

So we had one mega-hog that was big and mean enough to keep all the sow herds out of the trap. He was trapped, shot in the face, and hauled out so the coyotes and buzzards could finish the job:
 

 
 
Not but a few nights later we caught the first sow herd:
 
 

 
 
And they were promptly loaded up and taken to some exotic meat guy in the city who exports most of it to Europe. For some reasons Europeans view these as exotic and desirable. Protip to the Euro dudes on here, don't but this shit. It is pretty disgusting:
 
 

 
 
So 32 hogs were trapped here but there are more sow herds to get, and the remaining boars must be hunted one by one.

So we had one mega-hog that was big and mean enough to keep all the sow herds out of the trap. He was trapped, shot in the face, and hauled out so the coyotes and buzzards could finish the job:
 

 
 
Not but a few nights later we caught the first sow herd:
 
 

 
 
And they were promptly loaded up and taken to some exotic meat guy in the city who exports most of it to Europe. For some reasons Europeans view these as exotic and desirable. Protip to the Euro dudes on here, don't but this shit. It is pretty disgusting:
 
 

 
 
So 32 hogs were trapped here but there are more sow herds to get, and the remaining boars must be hunted one by one.

I've worked on a LOT of AK's.
 
"Junk" rarely entered the vocabulary (Save the handful of idiots who "took the challenge" and buried theirs for a year.  When you have to beat an AK  variant open with a hand sledge, it's likely achieved "junk" status).
 
I've lost count of how many rounds I've put through PKM's .  They are, by far my "This is RIGHT" machine. As few moving parts, doing as much work as possible, with maximum efficiency and minimal effort/stress. 
I have only seen one that was hamfisted, and even it was salvaged by a stout blow with a small hammer and a brass drift through the ejection chute.  The owner had bludgeoned the charging handle to a twisted mess, but the gun would still shoot if you used a cleaning rod to shove the works back through the ejection chute/port.
 
 
Love seeing the details on the variants. Brings a new appreciation to a fine bit of design.

Over the years I just kind of learned to accept the AK for what it is. Cheap garbage intended to be issued to conscripts and nothing more.
 
But then my tastes changed, I asked for forgiveness, admitted I was wrong, and I kind of went off the deep end.
 
I've even scored a rare, 7.62x39 Finnish RK62 in proper FDF pattern. About 200 were imported before they realized that in the 60s there was no 7.62x39 anywhere for purchase so... way to go Valmet!
 
Anyways this is going to be more or less a photo journal showing the minor and major differences between various Kalashnikovs. I realize this is information many of you know already but some of the measurements even surprised me.
 
 
So I'll kick it off with a proper Type 3 AK47 vs. an AKM. So the quintessential AK47 vs. what everyone incorrectly thinks is the quintessential AK47. Top is a 1970 Russian kit build, bottom is a Polytech Legend (100% factory made straight out of factory number 386).
 

 
 
The Type 3 here is a little lighter than a Russian Type 3 because chu wood is famously light. It also dents if you look at it funny.
 
 
 

 
 
AKM Lighter:
 
 

 
 
And just some receiver photos:
 

 

 

 
 
Also that lovely triangle that lets you know you overpaid, as well as the Y stamp that lets you know you really overpaid. For the uninformed, Russian kits are a no-no, and foreign "military barrels" were banned in 2005. I bought this gun mostly because of the Russian parts (especially the barrel):
 

 
 
So the Type 3 Doesn't have a bayonet lug. It clamps onto the muzzle nut. The AKM's bayonet slides on easily. You have the be pretty deliberate to throw the pig sticker on your T3:
 

 

 

 

 
 
Also I never realized how heavy slabsides are. Holy Jesus:
 

 

 
 
Also one of the best bits. The AKM's stock is much more inline with the barrel making them a shit ton easier to control (not all AKM's had a slant brake, I believe this was a change made in 67 or 68):
 
 

 
Type 3 pistol grip fat and with shit texture. AKM grip textured well and slimmer:
 

 
 
 

The new thin bolt:
 

 

 
Thin stem bolt:
 

 
The bump rivet that starts the bolt's rotation (instead of an extension on the bullet guide):
 

 
Guide riveted:
 

 
Receiver guts:
 

 
Handguards w/shield:
 

 
Big threads for the big brake. Also bayo lug:
 

 
Gas block differences:
 

 
Notice lightening cut:
 

 
BCG lighter because of cut:
 

 
AKM vs. AK100 bolts:
 

 
AK100 bolt stem thickness:
 

 
AKM stem thickness:
 

 
AKM left:
 

 
Top cover is same thickness as receiver:
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

RK62 Rifle.
 
From Finland and based on a Polish rifle. The Finns added some pretty nifty stuff to the old AK, much of which the Israelis later copied. 200 were imported in the US starting in 1965. These were the first commercially available AK rifles and they flopped... hard. 7.62x39 was not available and Valmet realized this pretty quickly and brought out 223 and 308 guns. But this is a converted military rifle essentially from a military factory. Not a single US part on her.
 

 

 
Stock coated in some kind of plastic that keeps your face from both burning and freezing:
 

 
Non-slip "cheese grater" handguard:
 

 
Note top cover reinforcement:
 

 

 
Good grip. AKM-like size and texture:
 

 
Excellent mag release:
 

 
Wire cutter flash hider + bayo lug:
 

 
Front sight base and vented gas tube:
 

 
Fine, non adjustable front sight:
 

 
Night sight up:
 

 
Rear sight:
 

 

 

 
Safety like a type 3:
 

 
Mag release is nice. Notice double-rivet trigger guard:
 

 
Bullet guide rivet:
 

 
Stock cleaning kit:
 

 
Gas block and front sight adjustment:
 

 
Rear sight adjustment:
 

 

 
RK62 Magazines have a loop on the floorplate and a "T" marking:
 

 

 

 
Recoil assembly is RPK style with telescoping pieces:
 

 
Originally they are all double hook guns but as part of the semi conversion process, Valmet ground off the sear engaging side:
 

 
Galil style gas tube (yes I know this came first):
 

 

 
Barrel thick under handguard but I don't know how to remove the handguard:
 

 
Bolt is "T" marked:
 

 

 
Carrier still has sear engagement surface:
 

 
Gas tube "fingers" are there:
 

 
BCG weight:
 

 
Heavy guns!
 

 
Barrel thickness at end:
 

 
 
 
So the RK62 is heavy but has some great features. I love the mag release, sights (damn they are awesome), length of pull, trigger, furniture, and low recoil (mostly due to weight of course). That said if I'm going to march across some country fighting a war, give me the lightweight AKM. If I'm defending my country from invasion and will be in a static position, yeah I'll take the RK62. So from this perspective it made sense for Finland to go a little heavier (plus I doubt the USSR would have given them info on the AKM since it was pretty damn new at the time).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Handguards. The palm swell makes the AKM much easier to hold when you are sweaty and trying to stay on target:
 

 
Sights. AKM 1000m, Type 3 800m. I don't know why this is.
 

 
Sling attachment points. Receiver and gas block on type 3, stock and handguard retainer on AKM:
 

 

 

 

 
 
Gas venting holes on Type 3 drilled into tube. Vent holes on AKM cast into actual block.
 

 

 
 
Dust covers: thin and reinforced with ribbing vs. thick and smooth.
 

 
 
Type 3 thickness:
 

 
AKM Thickness:
 

 
 
Barrel thickness of Type 3 (near breech first, then near the end)
 

 

 
 
Barrel thickness of AKM (again, breech then near end)
 

 

 
 
 
So in my opinion the AKM is leagues better. It's lighter, easier to handle, more svelte, you can hold the damn thing, the stock's drop is more pleasant, bayo slips right on, and in go fast they had a rate reducer/hammer retarder. Is the Type 3 marginally more accurate? Probably, but not enough to offset the advantages of the AKM when it came to production and fielding the damn thing. A few notes though: A proper Type 3 would have a screwed in barrel, not a pinned one. Also the Type 3 rifles were in fact blued like this one, whereas the AKMs were paint over park.
 
So next I'd like to do the Type 56 because it is a straight up bizarre combination of the Type 3, RPK, and AKM. It's easy to write off the stamped Chinese guns as AKMs but they are more Type 3 (and interestingly save very little weight over a milled gun). 1.6mm receiver, RPK rivet pattern, Type 3 stock drop and furniture, Type 3 barrel profile. Really just weird hybrids but damn are they stout little bastards.

Over the years I just kind of learned to accept the AK for what it is. Cheap garbage intended to be issued to conscripts and nothing more.
 
But then my tastes changed, I asked for forgiveness, admitted I was wrong, and I kind of went off the deep end.
 
I've even scored a rare, 7.62x39 Finnish RK62 in proper FDF pattern. About 200 were imported before they realized that in the 60s there was no 7.62x39 anywhere for purchase so... way to go Valmet!
 
Anyways this is going to be more or less a photo journal showing the minor and major differences between various Kalashnikovs. I realize this is information many of you know already but some of the measurements even surprised me.
 
 
So I'll kick it off with a proper Type 3 AK47 vs. an AKM. So the quintessential AK47 vs. what everyone incorrectly thinks is the quintessential AK47. Top is a 1970 Russian kit build, bottom is a Polytech Legend (100% factory made straight out of factory number 386).
 

 
 
The Type 3 here is a little lighter than a Russian Type 3 because chu wood is famously light. It also dents if you look at it funny.
 
 
 

 
 
AKM Lighter:
 
 

 
 
And just some receiver photos:
 

 

 

 
 
Also that lovely triangle that lets you know you overpaid, as well as the Y stamp that lets you know you really overpaid. For the uninformed, Russian kits are a no-no, and foreign "military barrels" were banned in 2005. I bought this gun mostly because of the Russian parts (especially the barrel):
 

 
 
So the Type 3 Doesn't have a bayonet lug. It clamps onto the muzzle nut. The AKM's bayonet slides on easily. You have the be pretty deliberate to throw the pig sticker on your T3:
 

 

 

 

 
 
Also I never realized how heavy slabsides are. Holy Jesus:
 

 

 
 
Also one of the best bits. The AKM's stock is much more inline with the barrel making them a shit ton easier to control (not all AKM's had a slant brake, I believe this was a change made in 67 or 68):
 
 

 
Type 3 pistol grip fat and with shit texture. AKM grip textured well and slimmer:
 

 
 
 

Ls swap and Chinese turbo kits = 11 second pink slips.
 
Don't be jealous.

Over the years I just kind of learned to accept the AK for what it is. Cheap garbage intended to be issued to conscripts and nothing more.
 
But then my tastes changed, I asked for forgiveness, admitted I was wrong, and I kind of went off the deep end.
 
I've even scored a rare, 7.62x39 Finnish RK62 in proper FDF pattern. About 200 were imported before they realized that in the 60s there was no 7.62x39 anywhere for purchase so... way to go Valmet!
 
Anyways this is going to be more or less a photo journal showing the minor and major differences between various Kalashnikovs. I realize this is information many of you know already but some of the measurements even surprised me.
 
 
So I'll kick it off with a proper Type 3 AK47 vs. an AKM. So the quintessential AK47 vs. what everyone incorrectly thinks is the quintessential AK47. Top is a 1970 Russian kit build, bottom is a Polytech Legend (100% factory made straight out of factory number 386).
 

 
 
The Type 3 here is a little lighter than a Russian Type 3 because chu wood is famously light. It also dents if you look at it funny.
 
 
 

 
 
AKM Lighter:
 
 

 
 
And just some receiver photos:
 

 

 

 
 
Also that lovely triangle that lets you know you overpaid, as well as the Y stamp that lets you know you really overpaid. For the uninformed, Russian kits are a no-no, and foreign "military barrels" were banned in 2005. I bought this gun mostly because of the Russian parts (especially the barrel):
 

 
 
So the Type 3 Doesn't have a bayonet lug. It clamps onto the muzzle nut. The AKM's bayonet slides on easily. You have the be pretty deliberate to throw the pig sticker on your T3:
 

 

 

 

 
 
Also I never realized how heavy slabsides are. Holy Jesus:
 

 

 
 
Also one of the best bits. The AKM's stock is much more inline with the barrel making them a shit ton easier to control (not all AKM's had a slant brake, I believe this was a change made in 67 or 68):
 
 

 
Type 3 pistol grip fat and with shit texture. AKM grip textured well and slimmer:
 

 
 
 

I forgot this. Type 3 BCG:
 

 
AKM BCG:
 

 
 
Closer in weight that I would have thought, but later the AKM got a relief cut near the rear of the right side of the carrier to save weight.
 
 
 
So now the Chinese Type 56-1. The "-1" designates it as a folder.
 
The reasons the 56 isn't a direct AKM copy is because of the Sino-Soviet split. The Chinese milled guns are damn near perfect Type 3 copies (the Soviets helped them out there) but the stamped guns were reverse engineered with their own stamping process. This was mostly for production simplification and reducing cost and time to make a gun. Very little (if any) weight is saved over a milled rifle. The receiver is 1.6mm thick whereas the AKM is 1.0mm
 
 

 

 
 
Trigger curvature different. Also notice single rivet trigger guard instead of Soviet double rivet:
 

 
RPK rivet pattern:
 

 
Folder makes these piggy:
 

 
Chinese flatback mags are between AG4 polymer and slabsides in weight:
 

 
Type 56 uses Type 3 handguards and grip. Please notice worst grip ever as there is no texture at all. These guns are slippery:
 

 

 
Type 56 mag release is larger and round. I like this feature:
 

 
Folding mechanism:
 

 
Identify a Chinese AK by the hooded front sight post:
 

 
Type 3 style vent holes:
 

 
AKM style dimples:
 

 
Still the old 800m sights:
 

 
Note the double hook trigger and cross receiver reinforcing pin. Type 56 rifles also never had a rate reducer:
 

 
Standard bullet guide and ramp to kick the bolt out of the pre-engagement recess:
 

 
Smooth and thick top cover like the type 3:
 

 
Barrel still type 3 thickness:
 

 
BCG weight:
 

 
 
So the stamped Type 56 is more AK47 than AKM. Yes its stamped but the furniture, trigger mechanism, rear sight, top cover, sling on gas block, lack of a rate reducer, barrel profile, vent holes, and so on are AK47 and not AKM.
IMO, the Type 56 (stamped) is neither AK47 nor AKM. It is uniquely its own monster: the Type 56. Any input here appreciated. What do you think? Is the 56 unique or would you comfortably say "AKM" as a blanket term because of the stamped receiver?

Here's my small contribution:
 

Handguards. The palm swell makes the AKM much easier to hold when you are sweaty and trying to stay on target:
 

 
Sights. AKM 1000m, Type 3 800m. I don't know why this is.
 

 
Sling attachment points. Receiver and gas block on type 3, stock and handguard retainer on AKM:
 

 

 

 

 
 
Gas venting holes on Type 3 drilled into tube. Vent holes on AKM cast into actual block.
 

 

 
 
Dust covers: thin and reinforced with ribbing vs. thick and smooth.
 

 
 
Type 3 thickness:
 

 
AKM Thickness:
 

 
 
Barrel thickness of Type 3 (near breech first, then near the end)
 

 

 
 
Barrel thickness of AKM (again, breech then near end)
 

 

 
 
 
So in my opinion the AKM is leagues better. It's lighter, easier to handle, more svelte, you can hold the damn thing, the stock's drop is more pleasant, bayo slips right on, and in go fast they had a rate reducer/hammer retarder. Is the Type 3 marginally more accurate? Probably, but not enough to offset the advantages of the AKM when it came to production and fielding the damn thing. A few notes though: A proper Type 3 would have a screwed in barrel, not a pinned one. Also the Type 3 rifles were in fact blued like this one, whereas the AKMs were paint over park.
 
So next I'd like to do the Type 56 because it is a straight up bizarre combination of the Type 3, RPK, and AKM. It's easy to write off the stamped Chinese guns as AKMs but they are more Type 3 (and interestingly save very little weight over a milled gun). 1.6mm receiver, RPK rivet pattern, Type 3 stock drop and furniture, Type 3 barrel profile. Really just weird hybrids but damn are they stout little bastards.

Over the years I just kind of learned to accept the AK for what it is. Cheap garbage intended to be issued to conscripts and nothing more.
 
But then my tastes changed, I asked for forgiveness, admitted I was wrong, and I kind of went off the deep end.
 
I've even scored a rare, 7.62x39 Finnish RK62 in proper FDF pattern. About 200 were imported before they realized that in the 60s there was no 7.62x39 anywhere for purchase so... way to go Valmet!
 
Anyways this is going to be more or less a photo journal showing the minor and major differences between various Kalashnikovs. I realize this is information many of you know already but some of the measurements even surprised me.
 
 
So I'll kick it off with a proper Type 3 AK47 vs. an AKM. So the quintessential AK47 vs. what everyone incorrectly thinks is the quintessential AK47. Top is a 1970 Russian kit build, bottom is a Polytech Legend (100% factory made straight out of factory number 386).
 

 
 
The Type 3 here is a little lighter than a Russian Type 3 because chu wood is famously light. It also dents if you look at it funny.
 
 
 

 
 
AKM Lighter:
 
 

 
 
And just some receiver photos:
 

 

 

 
 
Also that lovely triangle that lets you know you overpaid, as well as the Y stamp that lets you know you really overpaid. For the uninformed, Russian kits are a no-no, and foreign "military barrels" were banned in 2005. I bought this gun mostly because of the Russian parts (especially the barrel):
 

 
 
So the Type 3 Doesn't have a bayonet lug. It clamps onto the muzzle nut. The AKM's bayonet slides on easily. You have the be pretty deliberate to throw the pig sticker on your T3:
 

 

 

 

 
 
Also I never realized how heavy slabsides are. Holy Jesus:
 

 

 
 
Also one of the best bits. The AKM's stock is much more inline with the barrel making them a shit ton easier to control (not all AKM's had a slant brake, I believe this was a change made in 67 or 68):
 
 

 
Type 3 pistol grip fat and with shit texture. AKM grip textured well and slimmer:
 

 
 
 

Handguards. The palm swell makes the AKM much easier to hold when you are sweaty and trying to stay on target:
 

 
Sights. AKM 1000m, Type 3 800m. I don't know why this is.
 

 
Sling attachment points. Receiver and gas block on type 3, stock and handguard retainer on AKM:
 

 

 

 

 
 
Gas venting holes on Type 3 drilled into tube. Vent holes on AKM cast into actual block.
 

 

 
 
Dust covers: thin and reinforced with ribbing vs. thick and smooth.
 

 
 
Type 3 thickness:
 

 
AKM Thickness:
 

 
 
Barrel thickness of Type 3 (near breech first, then near the end)
 

 

 
 
Barrel thickness of AKM (again, breech then near end)
 

 

 
 
 
So in my opinion the AKM is leagues better. It's lighter, easier to handle, more svelte, you can hold the damn thing, the stock's drop is more pleasant, bayo slips right on, and in go fast they had a rate reducer/hammer retarder. Is the Type 3 marginally more accurate? Probably, but not enough to offset the advantages of the AKM when it came to production and fielding the damn thing. A few notes though: A proper Type 3 would have a screwed in barrel, not a pinned one. Also the Type 3 rifles were in fact blued like this one, whereas the AKMs were paint over park.
 
So next I'd like to do the Type 56 because it is a straight up bizarre combination of the Type 3, RPK, and AKM. It's easy to write off the stamped Chinese guns as AKMs but they are more Type 3 (and interestingly save very little weight over a milled gun). 1.6mm receiver, RPK rivet pattern, Type 3 stock drop and furniture, Type 3 barrel profile. Really just weird hybrids but damn are they stout little bastards.

Handguards. The palm swell makes the AKM much easier to hold when you are sweaty and trying to stay on target:
 

 
Sights. AKM 1000m, Type 3 800m. I don't know why this is.
 

 
Sling attachment points. Receiver and gas block on type 3, stock and handguard retainer on AKM:
 

 

 

 

 
 
Gas venting holes on Type 3 drilled into tube. Vent holes on AKM cast into actual block.
 

 

 
 
Dust covers: thin and reinforced with ribbing vs. thick and smooth.
 

 
 
Type 3 thickness:
 

 
AKM Thickness:
 

 
 
Barrel thickness of Type 3 (near breech first, then near the end)
 

 

 
 
Barrel thickness of AKM (again, breech then near end)
 

 

 
 
 
So in my opinion the AKM is leagues better. It's lighter, easier to handle, more svelte, you can hold the damn thing, the stock's drop is more pleasant, bayo slips right on, and in go fast they had a rate reducer/hammer retarder. Is the Type 3 marginally more accurate? Probably, but not enough to offset the advantages of the AKM when it came to production and fielding the damn thing. A few notes though: A proper Type 3 would have a screwed in barrel, not a pinned one. Also the Type 3 rifles were in fact blued like this one, whereas the AKMs were paint over park.
 
So next I'd like to do the Type 56 because it is a straight up bizarre combination of the Type 3, RPK, and AKM. It's easy to write off the stamped Chinese guns as AKMs but they are more Type 3 (and interestingly save very little weight over a milled gun). 1.6mm receiver, RPK rivet pattern, Type 3 stock drop and furniture, Type 3 barrel profile. Really just weird hybrids but damn are they stout little bastards.

Over the years I just kind of learned to accept the AK for what it is. Cheap garbage intended to be issued to conscripts and nothing more.
 
But then my tastes changed, I asked for forgiveness, admitted I was wrong, and I kind of went off the deep end.
 
I've even scored a rare, 7.62x39 Finnish RK62 in proper FDF pattern. About 200 were imported before they realized that in the 60s there was no 7.62x39 anywhere for purchase so... way to go Valmet!
 
Anyways this is going to be more or less a photo journal showing the minor and major differences between various Kalashnikovs. I realize this is information many of you know already but some of the measurements even surprised me.
 
 
So I'll kick it off with a proper Type 3 AK47 vs. an AKM. So the quintessential AK47 vs. what everyone incorrectly thinks is the quintessential AK47. Top is a 1970 Russian kit build, bottom is a Polytech Legend (100% factory made straight out of factory number 386).
 

 
 
The Type 3 here is a little lighter than a Russian Type 3 because chu wood is famously light. It also dents if you look at it funny.
 
 
 

 
 
AKM Lighter:
 
 

 
 
And just some receiver photos:
 

 

 

 
 
Also that lovely triangle that lets you know you overpaid, as well as the Y stamp that lets you know you really overpaid. For the uninformed, Russian kits are a no-no, and foreign "military barrels" were banned in 2005. I bought this gun mostly because of the Russian parts (especially the barrel):
 

 
 
So the Type 3 Doesn't have a bayonet lug. It clamps onto the muzzle nut. The AKM's bayonet slides on easily. You have the be pretty deliberate to throw the pig sticker on your T3:
 

 

 

 

 
 
Also I never realized how heavy slabsides are. Holy Jesus:
 

 

 
 
Also one of the best bits. The AKM's stock is much more inline with the barrel making them a shit ton easier to control (not all AKM's had a slant brake, I believe this was a change made in 67 or 68):
 
 

 
Type 3 pistol grip fat and with shit texture. AKM grip textured well and slimmer:
 

 
 
 

I can update this thread a little.
 
So I have a working cattle ranch with about 40 head. There used to be more deer and turkey than you could imagine. Limiting out every year was easy and it was awesome. Then a few months ago we got infested. All the deer are gone. The turkeys have also disappeared because the pigs dominate the feeders, acorns, pecans, etc:
 

 

 

 

 
 
I can not kill them fast enough no matter what. I have tried night vision, machine guns, machineguns with night vision, thermal, multiple people blasting away. Nothing works and our once beautiful land is being torn to shit by these animals.
 
So I hired a professional trapper for $600 one time setup fee and $20 per pig trapped/snared. He worked for the US Fish and Wildlife dept for 35+ years and I am optimistic he can solve the problem. Hunting hogs is fun but they are multiplying like crazy, running off game animals, and destroying land. Lets see what the trapper can do.

They range from piglets to hogzilla, but 100 kg is usually considered a large hog.
 
Skip to 3:25 in this video:
 

 
 
That is about what you see when you go hog hunting here. If you hope to bag more than 2 or so, having a machine gun is terrific.

Mother of God. This scares the hell out of me.