NORINCO MAK-90 AK-47 - UNFIRED

Offered for sale is an unfired Norinco MAK-90 AK-47. It comes with six (6) steel 30 round magazines, three (3) 10 round magazines, the factory sling, a cleaning rod, the owner's manual, and a sturdy hard case. (See pictures) The Norinco's were all made in China and are considered to be some of the most well built of all of the AK pattern rifles. Norinco AK-47's were manufactured with thicker steel on the stamped receivers, chrome-lined barrels, and the smoothest triggers of all AK 47 pattern rifles. If you are an AK fan you know that the Norinco AKs have increased in value substantially in the past ten years. They are desirable because of the quality manufacturing process and the limited availability of a rifle that hasn't been imported since 1994. I have added some additional online information in case you are new to the Norinco line of AK-47 rifles. Norinco AK-47 History AK-type rifles were imported from the People's Republic of China (PRC) till imports were cut off in May of 1994. They were imported in 2 calibers 7.62x39mm and 5.56x45mm / 223 Remington. A very few samples were imported in 5.45x39mm but were snapped up by collectors so the chances of seeing one are pretty slim. PRE BAN RIFLES Rifles imported before the ban was enacted in July of 1989 are commonly referred to as "pre-ban". They can have all the evil features of an assault rifle that is defined by the BATF as (B) a semiautomatic rifle that has an ability to accept a detachable magazine and has at least 2 of - (i) a folding or telescopic stock; (ii) a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon; (iii) a bayonet mount; (iv) a flash suppressor or threaded barrel designed to accommodate a flash suppressor; and (v) a grenade launcher; The above is from the BATF website There were about two dozen importers of pre-ban rifles and almost half of them went out of business when the 1989 ban went into effect. POST BAN RIFLES AK-type rifles that were imported from 1990 till imports of Chinese rifles were cut off in May of 1994 are commonly referred to as "post-ban rifles". They can be identified by the model number stamped on the receiver or barrel trunnion and 2 digit year of import prefix or suffix to the serial number. The model numbers of post-ban rifles are: MAK-90,MAK-91,NHM-90,NHM-91,BWK-92,and Hunter. MAK-90 MAK-90 stands for Modified AK rifle model of 1990. They were imported with milled and stamped receivers. These rifles have a 16" barrel with the threads turned off at the end of the barrel. They were imported in 7.62x39mm and 5.56x45mm(223) calibers. The MAK-90 rifles in 5.56 caliber use a different mag than the 7.62x39mm rifles. The MAK-90 5.56 rifles use a magazine that is commonly referred to as the Norinco type. As it is the same one used by the pre-ban Norinco rifles and is different from the one used by the Poly Tech 5.56 rifles. The only MAK-90 rifles with a threaded barrel are the stamped receiver rifles imported early in 1990. They were pre-ban rifles that were still in customs when the ban went into effect and had to be modified to meet post-ban rifle specs, I.E. thumbhole stocks added, bayonet lug ground down, and some but not all had the muzzle nut tack welded on. These rifles had thumbhole stocks of Chinese mfg. that were fastened to the receiver by the screws on the tang and a pistol grip bolt and nut. They had the standard pistol grip nut but had the pistol grip bolt was shortened.