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Identification/help

Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:57 pm
by vangunsmith
A friend of mine says he has a AK 47 and he said it was a Vepper in the 308win cal. And has a military sniper type scope on it.Haven,t recieved pictures as of yet.Can anybody ou there enlighten me on this firearms ect. Any info would be greatly appericated.

Re: Identification/help

Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:44 am
by dave
vangunsmith wrote:A friend of mine says he has a AK 47 and he said it was a Vepper in the 308win cal. And has a military sniper type scope on it.Haven,t recieved pictures as of yet.Can anybody ou there enlighten me on this firearms ect. Any info would be greatly appericated.
VEPR are high-end AK's, usually on milled receivers and similar to the Saiga rifles. As I recall, the mags were unique to them and they were "sporterized" like the Saigas. Overall finish seemed a lot like the Arsenal AK's that are out there now.