2 thoughts on “PSA AK74: Happy Easter!”

1. Hey Rob,
   First things first, thanks for the years of work on the Union. It’s been an invaluable resource to help weed out the treasures from the trash.

   That said, this Easter PSAK-74 video made me wonder something: has Palmetto State paused production of the 5.45 PSAK line? I’ve been subscribed to MrGunsNGear and a couple of other accounts for a few months now, and I see PSA drop batches of their 7.62 guns, the PSAK103, GF3, GF5 and so on, and they seem to be getting caught up on demand as the batches now aren’t selling out within minutes of going live on their website.

   What I haven’t seen are any batches of the PSAK-74 5.45 guns in that same period, either batch drops announced by the social media feeds I check, or on PSA’s page for the PSAK-74, and by the volume of 7.62 guns they’re releasing, they’ve got sufficient production capacity to build 5.45 guns.

   Has Palmetto State paused production of the 5.45 guns, for whatever reason, or have they been dropping batches of them regularly and I don’t follow the right people on social media who know when new batches are going to drop?

   I know IWI USA will be producing the Gen2 ACE in 5.45 as a regular production item, but I’d like to have a classic AK74 style gun, and since Arsenal isn’t importing the SLR104 anymore, there’s not a lot of other choices, and I really don’t feel like paying $4K for a 104 on the secondary market.

   Thank you for all your hard work and contributions to the shooting community, and be well.

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   • They do make those rifles but in not enough quantities and they are being sold out almost immediately after the release. Check AK Files, some guys somehow managed to setup google alerts for PSA website and they were getting notified when PSA is dropping new batch…It was in one of the threads about PSA74 rifle if my memory serves well.

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