new galil ace

[Boomer686]

Why do you need chrome lined barrels to fire corrosive ammo?

You don't *need* it but chrome lined makes it much more resistant to corrosion and that much more forgiving against slack cleaning / maintenance schedules. For the ordinary range shooter with a little bit of cleaning discipline corrosive ammo is a non-issue.

 

[fenceline]

Are you saying there is yet hope for new Valmets to hit the market?

As Valmet is its own company, ya, it could be possible. The trick would be to get them to make a series of different Valmet m78 versions. Just stamped M78, but one in carbine form and another in the original form. Would sell. Haha.

 

[Jonny sasaki]

Valmet is out of the firearms business for good, they're now into wood and paper products. Sako is now owned by Beretta and the tooling for RK series rifles has long been shut down. The Finnish military doesn't have the funds to start up production and they bought thousands of Norincos and East German AKs, more than they'll ever need. Its been 15 years since the last RK95 was made and they only made 20k of them.

 

[P0WERWAGON]

too bad the PISTOL couldn't be brought in, since it isnt in the AK rifle family. 10 round AK'ish.....

 

[fenceline]

too bad the PISTOL couldn't be brought in, since it isnt in the AK rifle family. 10 round AK'ish.....

Ak pistols are made from ak rifle receivers for the U.S. market.

See the vz58 pistol thread for why AK pistol mags wouldn't fly.

 

[Ebola]

Galil Ace is being brought into the States for sale. IWI just announced it. Im a sad cookie. This one is a rifle I want badly.
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/10/27/iwi-import-galil-ace-us/#disqus_thread

 

[Jonny sasaki]

The 308 version is going to come in late next year and will take sr25 magazines.