(!Calling All AK Gurus!) What Makes This Maadi so Speical?

[McDaniel]

http://pics.gunbroker.com/GB/247054000/247054081/pix148388236.jpg

I'm in the market for an AK. Here I run into this Maadi which has a full-auto bolt carrier and the classic chrome bolt.

Price tag: $1400. Here I'm thinking, "This must be a Pre-1989 ban AK!"

Importer: PARS International. Now I'm thinking, "Oh, so it's a POST-1989 ban AK... but PARS International AK's didn't have a chrome bolt, full-auto bolt carrier, bayonet lug, nor a threaded barrel."

Is this AK a super rare Maadi or did some asshat modify it to fool someone so they could make an extra buck?

 

[Dcav]

Looks like a $400ish gun to me, someone might have swapped some parts in. M Sage is a good source for Ak INfo as well as MajorMadmax and several others.

 

[M. Sage]

I just know how to run 'em and keep 'em running. I'm not that much an expert...

 

[majormadmax]

Sorry, just got back from Miami. I am no expert on Maadis, but from what I have seen they can be easily had in the $500-600 range (Gunbroker has a bunch of them). I am not a connoisseur of Egyptian AKs, so if there's something special about this one it's beyond me. That does look like it could be a Russian bayonet, so that's worth about another $80-85...

I'd ask over at the AK Forum, there's even a section dedication to Egyptian AKs!

Cheers! M2

 

[London]

He should wait until Obama gets reelected to ask that price.

 

[lorendhenry]

bite your tongue

 

[Grey Group Training]

I obviously cannot see the actual auction but it might be a Steyr imported Maadi from before the ban years. They were far different drom the ARM's & MISR's that were imported later. They have always demanded higher prices from collectors becuase they were 100% Egyptian. Built at a factory handed to them by the Soviets. During those years it was the only way to get a truly "Russian" AK. This was long before the flood of Arsenal imported Russian AK's we have available now, not to forget the true Soviet parts kits and high quality NoDak receivers to build on.

They are stunning AK's but a little pricey to me.