Polytech AKS oddity (AK Site. WWWBoard)

Polytech AKS oddity
Author: Kyle Heeter	June 10, 1999 at 02:13:57

Hey hey. One of the Kalashnikov variants I own is a pretty
odd piece, representative of a curious time period. It's a
Polytech Industries AKS that had its folding spike bayonet
assy ground off, and a thumbhole stock was slapped on. The
"AKS 7.62" marking was somewhat roughly milled out, and
"MAK-90" was scribed in. There's another bit of scribing--

" K.B.I. Inc
Alexandria, PA"

just to the left of the Poly Technologies markings on the
left side of the reciever.

Listings suggest that there aren't any post-ban Polytechs,
as Norinco became the only ChiCom game in town (Polytechs
have two factory markings that no Norinco has ever been
tagged with). As well, KBI wasn't an importer of ChiCom
stuff. So what's the deal with this? Is it a pre-ban that
KBI somehow got ahold of in transit or on the docks and
didn't have the sack to sell in the proper config, or maybe
some Polytech pre-bans that KBI picked up for a song that
they then had to cut up to get them in, post-'89?

Either way, it's an interesting piece, but I'd like to be
able to get rid of the roughly-ground ex-bayo assy. The
Polytech AKS that it lives next to looks like its twin,
separated at birth, that got adopted by a wealthy family
and had all the proper training, by comparison.

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Nation Wide sports sold these B4 they went out of business... Brad 23:46:52 6/17/1999 (0)

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> Hey hey. One of the Kalashnikov variants I own is a pretty > odd piece, representative of a curious time period. It's a > Polytech Industries AKS that had its folding spike bayonet > assy ground off, and a thumbhole stock was slapped on. The > "AKS 7.62" marking was somewhat roughly milled out, and > "MAK-90" was scribed in. There's another bit of scribing-- > > " K.B.I. Inc > Alexandria, PA" > > just to the left of the Poly Technologies markings on the > left side of the reciever. > > Listings suggest that there aren't any post-ban Polytechs, > as Norinco became the only ChiCom game in town (Polytechs > have two factory markings that no Norinco has ever been > tagged with). As well, KBI wasn't an importer of ChiCom > stuff. So what's the deal with this? Is it a pre-ban that > KBI somehow got ahold of in transit or on the docks and > didn't have the sack to sell in the proper config, or maybe > some Polytech pre-bans that KBI picked up for a song that > they then had to cut up to get them in, post-'89? > > Either way, it's an interesting piece, but I'd like to be > able to get rid of the roughly-ground ex-bayo assy. The > Polytech AKS that it lives next to looks like its twin, > separated at birth, that got adopted by a wealthy family > and had all the proper training, by comparison.
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