Does anyone here have experience with the polish WBP Fox AKs?

[black22rifle]

I have been thinking about purchasing another AK in 7.62 and from looking at what is available I came across these polish aks on Atlantic's website and judging from the info they give on them they seem to be well built. They are made by WBP Rogow in Poland with parts made in the Radom factory which from what I have read has a lot of history in making AK47s. The most important facts off the top are all brand new parts and a CHF chrome lined barrel. At the moment they are not available but I am curious if anyone here has any experience with them and how they compare to other AKs on the market. My other choice is an SLR 107-R.

https://www.atlanticfirearms.com/pro...k47-rifle-plum

[Arik]

I have been thinking about purchasing another AK in 7.62 and from looking at what is available I came across these polish aks on Atlantic's website and judging from the info they give on them they seem to be well built. They are made by WBP Rogow in Poland with parts made in the Radom factory which from what I have read has a lot of history in making AK47s. The most important facts off the top are all brand new parts and a CHF chrome lined barrel. At the moment they are not available but I am curious if anyone here has any experience with them and how they compare to other AKs on the market. My other choice is an SLR 107-R.

https://www.atlanticfirearms.com/pro...k47-rifle-plum

Radom factory is not the same factory that made AKs during the Soviet era. That factory has closed long long ago and has moved. It's now called FB Fabryka Broni Łucznik. The current Radom factory is like the US version of Springfield Armory. Name was once a gov armory, now a private company with no ties to the old name. Except in this case it's less Springfield and more HiPoint

[black22rifle]

Radom factory is not the same factory that made AKs during the Soviet era. That factory has closed long long ago and has moved. It's now called FB Fabryka Broni Łucznik. The current Radom factory is like the US version of Springfield Armory. Name was once a gov armory, now a private company with no ties to the old name. Except in this case it's less Springfield and more HiPoint

Ahh, I didn't know that, thanks.

[Arik]

Ahh, I didn't know that, thanks.

All those weird polish AKs like the Hellcat, or Hellpup ... whatever...that came from Royal Tiger Imports and I.O Inc were made at Radom.

[RetroRevolver77]

From what I understand, WBP Rogow uses the machines purchased from the old shut down Radom factory. Fabryka Broni is the newer military manufacturer that uses high end equipment while WBP is more commercial export sales. They even export full auto rifles for government use from WBP. I'd say they build a decent product but would like to see some more reviews.

[Bret]

I want that barrel pin drilling setup. They need to send the barrel component aligning fixtures to Arsenal, NV. It's interesting that they check the headspace with the extractor installed.

[scottryan]

Radom factory is not the same factory that made AKs during the Soviet era. That factory has closed long long ago and has moved. It's now called FB Fabryka Broni Łucznik. The current Radom factory is like the US version of Springfield Armory. Name was once a gov armory, now a private company with no ties to the old name. Except in this case it's less Springfield and more HiPoint

FB existed before WW2 making Model 1935 pistols, Model 1929 Mausers, etc and was the state supplier to the Polish government.

Pre WW2 FB -----> the Radom 11 cold war era factory -----> and the current FB, are the direct lineage for real Polish military firearms.

WBP Rogów Jacek Popiński is a separate manufacture of real AK variants in Poland

All other "Radom" made polish guns on the US market such as Pioneers Arms, etc are not real Polish guns. They are parts kit builds from surplus Polish parts.

[Jonnyt16]

Quick question....I understand the WBP Fox rifles sold by Atlantic have the Beryl rear trunnion....how does this effect installation of aftermarket stocks and/or M4-style stock adapters such as the ones by Rifle Dynamics, Krebs, etc.?

[black22rifle]

You cannot install and M4 adapter if they have it.

edit: my mistake

[montrala]

You cannot install and M4 adapter if they have it.

Really? Looks like I didn't get the memo, when I installed Vltor M4 adapter on my Mini Beryl, with 0 (zero) modifications



BTW In before all wise comments: this picture presents 2 aiming configurations at once. IRL I was not using LPVO and Red Dot at same time. However I verified that it works good enough when aiming with LPVO trough Red Dot if needed. Putting LPVO mounted on POPC was 6 second job