Dentonboy Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Sorry if this is not new news, but I didn't see anything about the CA RPK being out yet... ...anyway, UNCompany has it on their front page. http://www.uncompany.com/pageproductdetails.asp?prodid=11567 Link to post Share on other sites
bombermonk Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 i don't see the reinforcements on the receiver. I don't expect this from a chinese gun but for 430 dollars... Link to post Share on other sites
Spudgun Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Sadly, is gun has the wiff of "Fail" about it. There are to many differences from a real RPK to warrant the price tag. Mind you, if somebody like JG had produced it (when you consider their 'Dragunov') for around £100, then even I would be tempted. Link to post Share on other sites
Shroomalistic Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 seeing how classic army's rpk is an arsenal copy, its a decent copy. milled recievers never had the reinforcements. its is a legit rpk just not the kosher russian type we all want. heres a pic of the real steel arsenal one it copies. you can always get a king arms ak74 receiver and add the reinforcments yourself. Link to post Share on other sites
bombermonk Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 That explains alot. Link to post Share on other sites
my_plague_666 Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 $430 for pot metal, poor trades a not even nearly authentic russian receiver, horrible trades and solid wood. right... for £30 quid more i could get a RMW kit with a half correct reciever, full steel construction and laminated wood. sorry CA, but IMO this fails. Link to post Share on other sites
Shroomalistic Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 $430 for pot metal, poor trades a not even nearly authentic russian receiver, horrible trades and solid wood. right... for £30 quid more i could get a RMW kit with a half correct reciever, full steel construction and laminated wood. sorry CA, but IMO this fails. aint that the truth. Link to post Share on other sites
Jaager Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 seeing how classic army's rpk is an arsenal copy, its a decent copy. milled recievers never had the reinforcements. its is a legit rpk just not the kosher russian type we all want. heres a pic of the real steel arsenal one it copies. you can always get a king arms ak74 receiver and add the reinforcments yourself. http://www.arsenalinc.com/sarpk7nb/sarpknb.jpg i hate how classic army have the license to use Arsenal Trades, im quite a fan of Arsenals guns, but classic army just take the name and slap it on any AK shaped gun they want, if they were really making an Arsenal RPK-7 then they should have at least attempted to make it look like one, with the proper shaped furniture. The other "arsenal" guns they make are mostly just generic AK74's, they have the Arsenal license, why dont they make some of the actual guns like the AR series etc http://www.arsenal-bg.com/defense_police/7...AR&AR-F.htm The RPK-7 that CA have made looks slightly like the 5.45 LMG from Arsenal, however even that has a reinforced reciever, and a different type of wood for the furniture!! http://www.arsenal-bg.com/images/defense_police/5,45lmg.jpg /rant Link to post Share on other sites
Magsz Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Jaager, you should know by now that CA doesnt really care about producing accurate replicas. They're perfectly content to produce something that has the same general appearance as the doner gun but in then end lacks all of the refinements that would make it an accurate replica. Its a damn shame. Link to post Share on other sites
Jaager Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 I know its disapointing, which is why i wish they just didnt bother with the whole real gun trades thing. Link to post Share on other sites
1st Ranger Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 I think everyone is missing a couple of points: That CA is using a reproduction of a "milled" receiver. As far as I know, there are no reinforced milled receivers. I admit that I may be totally wrong on that last point; I know quite a bit about stamped AK's and not as much about milled AKs. I am dissaponted that with all the stamped receiver RPK's out there, except for a custom job, I have not seen any with the reinforced front trunion. Kinda like the "SVDs" that use short AK mags. Edited because apparently, I cannot read. 1st Link to post Share on other sites
Shroomalistic Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 this was my attempt for a legit rpk its still wasnt perfect, I plan on parting it out and getting the RMW version soon. I feel sorry for the not so AK/RPK savi people that buy one thinking there gonna get the russian rpk only to find out its a las vegas rpk thats totally off. Link to post Share on other sites
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