View Poll Results: How should the WK180-C 7.62x39 be configured?

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  • Leave the lower alone so we can use AR mags!! Think of the pistol mags!!!

    725 52.96%
  • Rock and lock those AK mags, the only true option for 7.62x39!

    377 27.54%
  • Offer it as a conversion kit only... no point in buying another lower.....

    205 14.97%
  • Bad communist caliber.. NYET!!!! No 7.62x39 for you.

    62 4.53%
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Thread: Wk180-c 7.62x39

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    I'm in either way, but I voted for the AR mag well. Lower production time and cost sound like two good reasons to me.

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    5 round AK mags, no thanks.

    Make a full rifle with AR mags, and make it run reliably.
    Apparently, for 7.62x39, that means having a single large feed ramp and an oversized gas port.
    The split in the middle of a standard AR feed ramp messes with the reliable feeding of the tapered 7.62x39 round.

    Some light reading:
    http://www.alloutdoor.com/2014/11/25...work-reliably/
    Last edited by He-Man; 02-14-2018 at 02:13 PM.

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    AR mag well is the most sensible choice, but I'd love the uniqueness of using AK magazines.

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    Are the lowers calibre marked? That might cause confusion with a conversion.

    I do like the idea of swappable uppers, but I think most people would only end up using one and get stuck with the other.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NikolaiBorjeski View Post
    Are the lowers calibre marked? That might cause confusion with a conversion.
    You raise a very good point no one has brought up until now. Hopefully they will be marked as "multi caliber"

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    Just an upper change for me works best.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NikolaiBorjeski View Post
    Are the lowers calibre marked? That might cause confusion with a conversion.

    I do like the idea of swappable uppers, but I think most people would only end up using one and get stuck with the other.
    An AK mag lower is distinctively different than a STANAG lower and rest of the common AR short casing calibre were all designed around the dimensions of a STANAG magazine, so nothing is different with the lower that would cause a problem.
    Last edited by hbean; 02-14-2018 at 04:50 PM.

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    I totally see the desire to have an AK mag in a gun that even slightly resembles an AK... or is even from the same era as the AK. Its a style thing. But the reality is that the STANAG mag is a better option for a gun that looks modern and from a functionality standpoint with the side mag release and straight insertion.

    I voted for a X39 rifle but in reality, in doing so, we all voted for an upper as the lower already exists.

    Down the road, I can totally see the value in developing another lower for AK mags. But up front, for now... go with the simplest, fastest and most cost effective route (which is what this project has been abotu since day 1).

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    I'll take 10 rounds any day.
    Plus not waiting ages for a re-design would be nice.
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    AR mags
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