Military 'Replicas' in .22LR

[HALODIN]

Thanks!

[nickb834]

Why does he still advertise them then?

Saiga .22's are as rare as Unicorn tears!.I bet you could count the number in the UK on one hand, both at a push.

They are out of stock at the moment and have been for a long time but are still on the website, same with the SVD/SVDS's that I have heard have been on order for around 18 months.Problem is KalashnikovConcern (formerly Izhmash) is still primarily a military arsenal and military orders take precedent over civilian orders and with the current political climate over Ukraine and the sanctions imposed it may be a while before Saigas etc are shipped again.I know that in the US KalashnikovConcern has been specifically mentioned by name as a company on the sanctions list, so the Russians may very well say sod it and not ship Saigas, Veprs etc at all.I could well be wrong but it appears no new stock has arrived for a while.

Did I dream this but I thought that the factory had moved - to Serbia was it? AH yes it was, here from Rusmilitary:

27.07.14 - After production & supply difficulties in late 2012, Izhmash has recently re-launched itself as Concern KALASHNIKOV with its European Distribution Centre in Belgrade, SERBIA !!! As a result we are getting our first shippment of guns (a batch of 7.62x54R Dragunov sniping rifles and Saiga-12 shotguns) in mid August. No gun spares for the time being, but spares are on the list of the following shippments. For all of our customers who pre-paid for Izhmash-made products earlier, there'll still be a further delay. But we are slowly moving along the "queue" and should be receiving our stock in 6 batches of spares in 2014. If you no longer wish to wait - we can refund you your money, but you will loose your place in a queue.

[Charlotte the flyer]

FN SCAR, either original (Umarex?) or Anschutz versions.

[zanes]

Tangfolio Appeal- probably more "military style". BUT, bullpup and available in .22 WMR.

I'm tempted.

[ordnance]

Military style .22 rifles, range only in N Ireland unfortunately.

[knewmans]

The holy grail, Imbel (FN) FAL in .22lr.

Unfortunately looks as though sold http://www.cpgdesign.co.uk/#!__master-e ... -rifles-14

[SevenSixTwo]

Military style .22 rifles, range only in N Ireland unfortunately.

...for obvious reasons. I'd trade it to shoot handguns again though.

[ordnance]

for obvious reasons. I'd trade it to shoot handguns again though.

Fair point, I am shooting some IPSC on Saturday I can live with the military style club only. There is nothing in the N Ireland firearms legislation on military style .22 its a PSNI decision.

[SevenSixTwo]

Military style .22 rifles, range only in N Ireland unfortunately.

It's also a little odd, considering there are a fair few airsoft fields over there with all sorts of mil replicas running around. But I guess PSNI know where they're likely to be if they get a report from a concerned citizen.

[snayperskaya]

Did I dream this but I thought that the factory had moved - to Serbia was it? AH yes it was, here from Rusmilitary:

27.07.14 - After production & supply difficulties in late 2012, Izhmash has recently re-launched itself as Concern KALASHNIKOV with its European Distribution Centre in Belgrade, SERBIA !!! As a result we are getting our first shippment of guns (a batch of 7.62x54R Dragunov sniping rifles and Saiga-12 shotguns) in mid August. No gun spares for the time being, but spares are on the list of the following shippments. For all of our customers who pre-paid for Izhmash-made products earlier, there'll still be a further delay. But we are slowly moving along the "queue" and should be receiving our stock in 6 batches of spares in 2014. If you no longer wish to wait - we can refund you your money, but you will loose your place in a queue.

No you did dream it.......whilst there may be a European Distribution Centre in Serbia the factory is still in Izhevsk, Russia........why on earth would they move production to Serbia?, Izhevsk is home to the Russian arms industry and has a history of small arms production going back to 1807 when it was founded by order of the Emperor Alexander 1.
Infact a look on KalashnikovConcerns website http://www.Kalashnikovconcern.ru gives no mention of any European Distribution Centre in Serbia at all and,other than on rusmilitarys website, neither does an Internet search.All their export operations are done from the company headquaters in Izhevsk.