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Yugoslavian M72B1 RPK Carbine Style Semi Auto AK-47 rifle. These are the carbine variation of the full length RPK M72 rifles equipped with an underfolding stock. These rifles are built by James River Armory from Original Grade A M72B1 parts kits utilizing enough US parts to make them 922rd compliant.
Rifles feature a brand new U.S.-made heavy finned 16 inch carbine barrel and a J.R.A. 1.5 mm thick heavy receiver. The resulting rifle is a Yugoslavian based rifle with all of the military spec quality of the original Yugo Zastava based sqad automatic rifle, but the shorter barrel and folding stock results in a rifle similar to a Paratrooper configuration.
Semi-Auto, 7.62x39 Caliber, Accepts all standard AK-47 Mags and Drums.Ships with 1-30 round mag.
The original M72 was a gas-operated, air-cooled, drum-fed, select fire, shoulder-fired weapon with a bi-pod. Commonly used from a prone position in order to deliver suppressive or cover fire at a high rate of speed; it was originally used as a squad automatic weapon like the Soviet RPK, but it had unique design features such as the heavy finned barrel which allowed for maximum cooling under heavy fire, The B1 designation denotes the modernized version of the rifle with the heavy 1.5 mil stamped receiver with reinforcement ridges.
Our original semiauto M72B1 long rifles have proven very poppular, but many customers were looking for something with a shorter, more managable length. We introduced our Tanker carbine with a 16" heavy finned barrel, and these too proved to be extremely popular rifles. But the experts at James River Armory had a surprise for us. They discovered a very small number of the parts kits had underfolding stocks and produced a new carbine underfolding version, creating a Paratrooper style rifle with the strength of the RPK action.
All metal parts on this rifle have a new smooth blued finish and appear new. The wood furniture on these rifles consist of the original surplus stock set's. They have been lightly refinished and re-stained by James River Armory so the wood is considered nice but we do not call them new. All efforts have been taken to retain the original military look and feel of this firearm and just like the original stock's when issued the color and grain patterns will vary from rifle to rifle. Frankly I think that the stock finish being slightly less than uniform in some cases adds character to the rifle and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Rifles come with a thread protector rather than a compensator because that was how the originals were. However, if you want a compensator the threads are still there and all 14x1 left hand threaded standard compensators will fit.Rifle carries a full 1 year warranty from James River Armory
These will are a very limited run, as only a small portion of the parts kits contained the underfolding rear trunnion. Don't hesitate!
