Type 81 - Info, Pics, How & When to Order, etc. * POLL ADDED! * pls vote :)

Will you be buying a Type 81 on the first import batch from TI?

  • Yes

    Votes: 192 25.0%

  • No

    Votes: 355 46.2%

  • Undecided

    Votes: 221 28.8%
  • Total voters
    768
They look interesting, I can say that. Will have to wait and see what the final fit/finish of them will be like.

As far as the price, if they say it's gonna be $1000, it's gonna be $1000. Comparing them to other guns like the M305 is silly. Considering that they're allegedly made from all new parts, and are being set up as an exclusive order for our market, in a very small initial number (1000 guns), plus our crappy dollar, yeah, I expect $1000 to be the price, and even if the dollar does get better, the prices of guns and ammo are not going down.
 
Conscript said:
To put something into perspective for you guys, someone linked that Guns & Ammo article, and it mentions that the Type 81, sold to foreign armies, used to sell for $175 USD, fifteen years ago.

The article also mention they were built on the exact machines that are used to make the Type 56, which sell for under $100 USD. So given these metrics, and factoring in inflation in price, we're talking about around $350-$425 CAD maximum sold to a dealer, for these rifles. The guns are nothing more than stamped steel, a barrel and some wood.

This is the main reason why there's debate in this thread. You can't markup a rifle way passed the point of it's MSRP. $1000 is a f*cking joke. The Norinco M305's definitely use, pound for pound, more steel, more wood, more milling and more fitting than any stamped steel rifle coming off of an AK platform, and they're $600 dollars.

People should be waiting for the rifles to come in country and have retailers go head to head on pricing. This WILL be a massively popular rifle in Canada, and therefore, we shouldn't be locked into the Tactical Imports pricing and model depiction.
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This is by far the best post in this Thread.
 
Conscript said:
Looks like it's no where near the quality of the run of the original Type 81's. The ones that came to America before the ban had excellent bluing and fit and finish on the parts.

Not sure if they're cutting corners here, but I'd like to see an original blued model with non painted Chu hardwood like seen on the original ones. For a $1000, there won't be as crazy of a demand, since a VZ.58 is in the same price range. Too bad.

Maybe we might see better versions with other importers, I hope.
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that paint bothers me too. I d buy the blued model.
 
FSB said:
Ordered mine - fixed stock
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Are they high ? They want complete payment on a gun that they dont have pictures of. ? I was willing to throw a few hundred bucks away on a pre-order but full payment... lol..
 
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Innercity said:
This is by far the best post in this Thread.
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This is what I mean! It's pure taking advantage at current price.
Majority of the parts would likely be surplus/overrun from military contract or require no real engineering.
I hope to be purchasing one in the future, but it will hopefully be nowhere near what they are asking.
TI burned their bridge on the last thing I purchased from them.
 
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If I end up getting one first thing i am tempted to do is cut off that stupid cross bar that is across the rear site. No idea what that foolishness is supposed to be for, the rest looks good and functional.
 
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