So I've been jonesing for a MAK-90 for awhile, but having a hard time paying the prices you usually see them at. Unfortunately back when they were $299 I was playing in sandboxes after a long day in the salt mines of Kindergarten. I've seen some deals pop up here now and again but haven't been quick enough on them.
I walked into Hazelwood Tactical on my way to the airport last week and they had a bubba'd one sitting there. The furniture doesn't worry me, but at some point in this poor rifle's life, someone drilled holes in the muzzle, likely to try and get a clamp-on brake to stay on. A couple spots are dimpled and two are straight through. It's also got a Romanian side folder stock on it and a dong lower handguard. Luckily the upper handguard is original.
The artist even signed their work.
Additionally it's also got a super awesome dust cover optic mount with a real high quality scope on it. I'm not sure what happened but I tripped and dropped those both in the trash and can't be bothered to dig them out. Oh well.
So Hazelwood had $900 on the tag, which was obviously way too high. They came down to $750 pretty easily, so I put $100 on it. When I went to pick it up, I himhawed some more and got another $100 off, walking out the door for $650. I'm sure they gave some poor sap $200 in store credit on the trade in, so I'm sure they made plenty of money, and I got a reasonable deal.
I was most concerned with whether or not the thing would shoot straight, that would determine if I had purchased a decent base for a project or made a mistake.
I ran up to the range at lunch today and slung a few rounds downrange. Seems to shoot just fine, nothing keyholing, groups are in the 3-4" range rested off the mag. Seems fine to me.
So yeah, I've already ordered up a bayonet and front sight block from Polytech, now I've just got to track down a lower handguard, grip, and stock for it. Polytech has the handguard and grip, but that's $300 or so, a bit spendy. Given that it's just a run-of-the-mill MAK-90, I may just be patient and wait for the PSA spiker furniture to come back into stock. Idk.
I walked into Hazelwood Tactical on my way to the airport last week and they had a bubba'd one sitting there. The furniture doesn't worry me, but at some point in this poor rifle's life, someone drilled holes in the muzzle, likely to try and get a clamp-on brake to stay on. A couple spots are dimpled and two are straight through. It's also got a Romanian side folder stock on it and a dong lower handguard. Luckily the upper handguard is original.
The artist even signed their work.
Additionally it's also got a super awesome dust cover optic mount with a real high quality scope on it. I'm not sure what happened but I tripped and dropped those both in the trash and can't be bothered to dig them out. Oh well.
So Hazelwood had $900 on the tag, which was obviously way too high. They came down to $750 pretty easily, so I put $100 on it. When I went to pick it up, I himhawed some more and got another $100 off, walking out the door for $650. I'm sure they gave some poor sap $200 in store credit on the trade in, so I'm sure they made plenty of money, and I got a reasonable deal.
I was most concerned with whether or not the thing would shoot straight, that would determine if I had purchased a decent base for a project or made a mistake.
I ran up to the range at lunch today and slung a few rounds downrange. Seems to shoot just fine, nothing keyholing, groups are in the 3-4" range rested off the mag. Seems fine to me.
So yeah, I've already ordered up a bayonet and front sight block from Polytech, now I've just got to track down a lower handguard, grip, and stock for it. Polytech has the handguard and grip, but that's $300 or so, a bit spendy. Given that it's just a run-of-the-mill MAK-90, I may just be patient and wait for the PSA spiker furniture to come back into stock. Idk.
