Norinco Mak 91

sakodude

What can you all tell me about this model? Good, bad, how it compares to other AK type rifles.
Thanks.

Sako

Big Al1

I have a MAK 90, it's the one with the thumb hole stock. Shoots great, fun, accurate. All I need in an AK.

DoctorWho

I always liked Norinco AKs , always seemed better in the fit & finish department.

Lerchess

Norincos usually are well made AK's. The 91 should have a longer barrel - more like the RPK if I'm thinking of the right one.

sakodude

Lerchess wrote: »

Norincos usually are well made AK's. The 91 should have a longer barrel - more like the RPK if I'm thinking of the right one.

Yep ,long barrel, thumbhole stock with actually pretty nice wood. Not mine unfortunatly, friend of mine here in Colorado just traded for it and I thought it was an unusual configureation.

Sako

DoctorWho

Were not the thumbhole stocked AK monstrosities made to comply with the AWB ??

Called "sporting"...... sporter...

A sporter AK by any other name would still stink like ......

timc

The triggers on the MAK 90's are usually much better than most AK's. I just sold a Norinco MAK 90 with ironwood designs stock for $750.

sakodude

timc wrote: »

The triggers on the MAK 90's are usually much better than most AK's. I just sold a Norinco MAK 90 with ironwood designs stock for $750.

Probably no opportunity to shoot it before I leave Colorado but did dry-fire the trigger once and it felt pretty clean. He did a staight up trade for a Sig 2022 40S&W so from a value stand point he did well.

Sako

rallykid

They are great and with a few US made parts can be legally put back to standard configuration without the thumb hole stock. The thumb hole was originally done to get around the 1989 "sporting purpose" import ban. The Norinco's are usually great shooters and very solidly built, accurate for an AK and tend to have none of the quirks that some of the later manufactured models from other countries can be known for.

104RFAST

I was looking at a used Norinco MAK 90 at the LGS last week that had a one piece milled receiver instead of the usual stamped and riveted type I normally see. Is that
typical of Norinco or just a rare version?

rallykid

I believe there was only one lot of MAK90's with milled receivers imported. If you check it over you should find that it was manufactured in 1993 unless someone built it from a parts kit.

DoctorWho

rallykid wrote: »

They are great and with a few US made parts can be legally put back to standard configuration without the thumb hole stock. The thumb hole was originally done to get around the 1989 "sporting purpose" import ban. The Norinco's are usually great shooters and very solidly built, accurate for an AK and tend to have none of the quirks that some of the later manufactured models from other countries can be known for.

Note that the US ban and parts quota on some types of firearms and kits imported really affects only the importation process, not how you fix it up or where the parts you use came from once you take possession.

rallykid

DoctorWho wrote: »

Note that the US ban and parts quota on some types of firearms and kits imported really affects only the importation process, not how you fix it up or where the parts you use came from once you take possession.

It falls under 922r compliance for ownership even after import which requires that the rifle must have a certain number/percentage of U.S. made parts to be legal. In the case of the AK clones it is 5. 6 if you have a threaded muzzle. The fire control group counts as 3, gas piston is 1 and most people add a U.S. made pistol grip for the 5th. You can also get a nice set of U.S. made furniture to bring it up to 6 parts if you want to thread the barrel and add a muzzle device.

Be cautious if you plan to thread the barrel on a MAK90. Some of the early imports had threaded barrels with muzzle nuts welded on over the threads but a lot of the later models had the threads turned off with a lathe and the muzzle nut was pressed on. Most of those barrels are too thin to be threaded.

rallykid

I have an SAR1 I paid $379 for, a Romak I paid $279 for and an original Pre-import ban Yugo underfolder I paid the ridiculously high price of $479 for. If I knew then what I know now I would have bought a dozen of each.

garyhh2

I Think the Mak 91 was a step above the Mak-90 in that they all had milled receivers....althought some Mak-90 also had milled receiver.....