Valmet M78/AK74

Geez, this just won't die... Boys, what it boils down to is... Desire, effort, time and money... With the proper configuration of those four... ANYTHING is possible... Oh ya, I forgot, you also need a healthy dose of patience, cause my guess is it took a LONG time to collect all the parts, let alone the tools and skills...

My hat is off to Gunplumberr for spending the time, effort & money to show us all just what can be accomplished with a healthy dose of desire!!!

Cheers
Jay
P.S. and in such a ###y round like the 5.45x39...
 
Jay said:
Geez, this just won't die...
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It's because the Valmet represents the nearly unattainable 'holy grail' of Canadian Black Rifledom: a legally owned, tradable and shootable AK variant. When you reconfigure it to Krinkov specs, that just pushes things even further and the religious fervour builds to a fever pitch! :dancingbanana: :ar15:

Besides, didn't you just push this thread back to the top by making that point? :D
 
badboybeeson said:
i sold my valmet hunter for 1500
my m78 in 223 for 3000 and the m78 in 308 for $4000
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Now that the topic has drifted over to prices ...

The last 2 that I saw for sale were at the Coquitlam, B.C. Show earlier this year, one fellow was asking 4,000 + for one apparently as new, I do not know if it sold.

And the other one in excellent condition sold for 2,800.

They were both in .308.

Supply and demand sets the prices on these rifles.
 
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greentips said:
4000 for a Valmet is just downright....... :)
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Crazy? Yes it is, however, I have one and would not really want to sell it, as it took me a long time to find one in .308 and in mint condition.

That being said I do not think that it is really 4 or 5 times the rifle that my CZ-858 is, it is just more collectable, and has the cool AK appeal with european craftmanship.

If you cannot find one at a "reasonable" price, just buy the CZ-858, we should consider ourselves fortunate that we can get these here, and at a great price.
 
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now that we know how MUCH they go for now, lets hear how inexpensive they once were.
I'll go first.
I bought my first one through the Buy and Sell in Vancouver about 20 or 22 years ago. It was .223 and I paid $450 for it.
A few years later, I saw a .308 version in the B&S for $675. I thought this was too much, based on what I had paid before, but I loved the design, so choked up the cash.
Unfortunately, I missed out on a new, in box, M71 just last year, advertised in Can. Access. for $450. Yes it is 12-5 prohib grandfathered, but I have that, so if I moved fast enough it could have been mine. Missed it by a day.
 
Cfc

The rules that we all live with and by are freaking re-donk-ulous!!!!!

As you read this I am in the process of importing a Valmet Hunter that is NIB from the states! Go Questar!

Good price and as long as I can wait the 8 weeks it should all work and I can have my NIB Valmet!!!!!!!

I think that to spite the GOVT everyone should be importing them!!!!!

Once it is here I will leave all details along with costs.

HP

PS-Can someone send me the pics of the Valmet in question at the beginning of the thread???
hfp75@shaw.ca
 
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