New AK Pew Guidance? Lightweight AK AEGs On The Market?

[H0bbsy]

Gday All,

 

Have been into this hobby for about 3 years now, have amassed a small collection but always have had a soft spot for AKs and their variants, my only qualm is they all tend to weigh a metric ton!

Due to my day to day role, my shoulders are often knackered by the time Sunday Skirmish comes around, so i wanted to ask.....

 

Anybody aware of any particular AK models that are actually lighter / dont weigh as much as the full on real steel / all metal offerings of the E&Ls and LCTs?

 

I have had E&Ls / LCTs / GHKs etc, and whilst i love the feel and sturdiness of them, I will confess that the fatigue i develop as the day progresses often tends to detract from the experience, as I otherwise love fielding them.

 

And yes I know i can go to the gym and get stronger etc etc I am doing that bit already lol, its more so just if anyone knows of any specific models / variants that are reasonable / can be modified to be lighter offerings.

 

Thank you kindly, Pic of my current skirmish gun for interests sake

[JimFromHorsham]

Have a look at the Well-Pro Ak series , there’s a couple of polymer variants which are suprisingly solid and reliable .

[DerDer]

Some of the Specna arms/Cyma AKs are lighter than their LCT/E&L counterparts.In particular, the newer polymer furniture style.  If you want an older model style some, of the TM AK47 clones are lighter. Think the G&G AK47s were light to the point of flimsy, so wouldn't necessarily go down that route.

 

A Cyma/Dboys AKS74U might do the trick?  The latter is available with polymer body.

[The_Lord_Poncho]

3 hours ago, DerDer said:

Some of the Specna arms/Cyma AKs are lighter than their LCT/E&L counterparts.In particular, the newer polymer furniture style.  If you want an older model style some, of the TM AK47 clones are lighter. Think the G&G AK47s were light to the point of flimsy, so wouldn't necessarily go down that route.

 

A Cyma/Dboys AKS74U might do the trick?  The latter is available with polymer body.

 

I've a Cyma 028 with wood effect plastic furniture. The range and accuracy are obscene (mine has a traditional style Guarder hop rubber and an old school H nub), and it's very light. The grey body is an acquired taste, but a can of matt black spray paint sorts that out. I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that the gun can be lightened even more by easily removing a weight that usually sits inside the (fake) gas tube.

[Amokura]

There is also the Specna Arms SA-J20 as part of the "Flex" series, which I'm certain is the Wellpro PPK-20 "advanced" with the 9:1, DSG.

S&Ts new polymer body AK-100s, are also pretty interesting.

[H0bbsy]

Thank you all for your replies, ended up ordering one of these new S&Ts, very budget freindly and quite literally the lightest pew i could find on the market lol, will take a while to get here but lets see, first port of call will be handing it to a tech to just get it tidied up and working smoothly and job done, not overly keen to trick it out with attachments, ive done all that on my other pews, gunna keep this vanilla besides maybe a few elastic bands and a ali express surefire torch lol.

[Lozart]

22 hours ago, DerDer said:

Think the G&G AK47s were light to the point of flimsy, so wouldn't necessarily go down that route.

 

 

I picked up a GKMS just before Christmas and I would say it's the complete opposite. It's a weighty beast for sure!