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I finally had a chance to try out that AK I forgot I bought a couple months ago on Gunbroker. Despite the non-matching safety selector, it's a pretty nice AKM - an early-90s PARS imported Maadi RML with the preferred Y-stamp receiver. It has seen some use and fit & finish reflect as such, but the internal parts that matter are all in great shape, and the gun appears to have a relatively low round count.
Besides the AR groupie whose voice was somehow louder than the gunshots around him and who kept calling my VEPR a "vesper," it was a decent day at the range. Hot. I saddled up and ran 10 rounds of lacquered 123-grain Wolf FMJ through the Maadi. You'll notice in the image only eight holes are visible. The first two shots hit far left of aim and required a quick windage adjustment. After that, it was minute-of-palm tree with about three-inch groups. All shots were at 50 yards, seated, with iron sights and no bench rests or bags. I ran a few more full mags through the Maadi, and am quite confident I can shrink the groups by an inch or two at 100 yards with a bit more practice. My 2014-production WASR-10 performed a bit better, but I've owned this one for three years and have a few thousand rounds through it at this point. The WASR is an awesome gun for the money, and this one also serves as ambassador when introducing non-AK shooters to the Kalashnikov family. There are some particularly good deals on them as of this posting, and I'm seriously trying to talk myself out of buying a second one. Replace the crappy balsa wood furniture and you're GTG.
On a side note, my Vesper FM took home the gold, as it always does (note - that stringer on the far right of the VEPR grouping isn't a stringer at all ... but rather from the WASR's group). However, I really just wanted to see how two no-frills, factory-built AKMs from different generations performed against each other. As pretty much expected, they performed pretty much as expected.
Overall, I'm happy with the Maadi. It definitely fits into that utilitarian niche I appreciate with most of these guns, and other than a correct selector switch and sling, I'll likely leave it as-is. Also, since it's the only Egyptian in my stable, it's most likely going to stay.
Besides the AR groupie whose voice was somehow louder than the gunshots around him and who kept calling my VEPR a "vesper," it was a decent day at the range. Hot. I saddled up and ran 10 rounds of lacquered 123-grain Wolf FMJ through the Maadi. You'll notice in the image only eight holes are visible. The first two shots hit far left of aim and required a quick windage adjustment. After that, it was minute-of-palm tree with about three-inch groups. All shots were at 50 yards, seated, with iron sights and no bench rests or bags. I ran a few more full mags through the Maadi, and am quite confident I can shrink the groups by an inch or two at 100 yards with a bit more practice. My 2014-production WASR-10 performed a bit better, but I've owned this one for three years and have a few thousand rounds through it at this point. The WASR is an awesome gun for the money, and this one also serves as ambassador when introducing non-AK shooters to the Kalashnikov family. There are some particularly good deals on them as of this posting, and I'm seriously trying to talk myself out of buying a second one. Replace the crappy balsa wood furniture and you're GTG.
On a side note, my Vesper FM took home the gold, as it always does (note - that stringer on the far right of the VEPR grouping isn't a stringer at all ... but rather from the WASR's group). However, I really just wanted to see how two no-frills, factory-built AKMs from different generations performed against each other. As pretty much expected, they performed pretty much as expected.
Overall, I'm happy with the Maadi. It definitely fits into that utilitarian niche I appreciate with most of these guns, and other than a correct selector switch and sling, I'll likely leave it as-is. Also, since it's the only Egyptian in my stable, it's most likely going to stay.