AK Substitute?

I think I may have figured out what to do about my need to 1) get a nice home defense gun and 2) defy and offend Barack Obama and his stooges by buying an imported assault rifle. I am considering a VZ 58.

I wanted an AK-47. But liberal gun-grabbers and the whims of manufacturers have made really nice ones so expensive, it’s disgusting. A thousand dollars for a stamped receiver! Come on. I can do better with an AR15. I mean, MAYBE, if I were positive the prices would stay high. But I’m not. It’s conceivable that the artificial inflation will come to an end, and then these things will sell for $400, and my used one will be worth $250.

While I was looking for an AK, I learned about the VZ 58. It looks like an AK, but it’s totally unrelated. It’s a Czech design, based on a German gun. It’s lighter than an AK. The magazines hold 30 rounds. It’s supposed to be as reliable as an AK, with fewer misfeeds. It’s made better; they’re either made or imported by CZ USA, so there should be no quality issues. The receiver is milled. You can get one with a cute folding stock, which is exactly what I want. And they can be had for around $850, depending on what conformation you like.

The only bad things I’ve heard are that there are fewer accessories, and the barrels heat up faster than AK barrels. However, I’ve already chosen the accessories I want, and I am not sure why I should care about how hot the barrel gets. I can’t see myself shooting so fast, in a self-defense situation, that a hot barrel will become a problem. And if it warms up enough to affect accuracy, so what? The gun is for encounters on a small piece of property. I’m not planning to shoot people in the next county. An inch or two one way or the other would be meaningless. Left ventricle, right ventricle…I am not picky.

I’ve also heard that the folding stock is lame, because it wobbles enough to affect accuracy. Again, it won’t keep me from shooting Floyd the Crackhead Burglar in the face at twenty feet.

Man, will this steam gun-grabbers. Between this and the giant Desert Eagle in hard chrome, I will definitely give them ulcers. Imagine me, parading around the house with my creepy assault rifle, with 30 rounds in the clip and a bright green laser and flashlight lighting my way. FREEZE, GOPHER!

I should get a holster for the Desert Eagle, just to be more of a scary fascist.

It’s really sad that the Desert Eagle is so worthless for self-defense. The odds of a stovepipe are like one in ten, whenever you pull the trigger. And it weighs like five pounds. And getting that second shot on target is a job. And the ballistics are not good. My best self-defense pistol is the lamest, most boring gun I have, and of course, that means Glock.

The VZ 58 is not as offensive-looking as an AK, and of course, that is a problem. But you can’t have everything. The giant green laser will go a long way toward uglying it up.

I slept through the cheap AK years. I slept while Arsenal quit making milled receivers. I slept through the cheap M1 Garand and M1 carbine years. Maybe I can partially redeem myself by jumping on a VZ 58 before Barack and Michelle decide gun shops are only allowed to sell Super Soakers.