HOT GAT or FUDD CRAP? Soviet Connection or Wildcat Rejection?
Welcome everyone to the 242nd Edition of 'Hot Gat or Fudd Crap?', one of our many series here on TFB. If you’re new to the series, this is where we look at the most obscure firearms that are actually for sale and ask the question - is this Gat a sweet deal or only have Fudd appeal? Each week the TFB staff weighs in with their thoughts, but readers get the final say in the poll at the bottom of each article.
In our last edition, our poll showed that you, the readers, decided the custom AR pistol was just fudd crap.
At this time the original auction has ended with no bids on the little AR pistol that could. Now we can only hope that this little budget blaster will find its way to a new home in the not-so-distant future.
In this week's edition of HGFC, we look at a Krebs AK pattern rifle chambered in 9x39. As is tradition, this Soviet chambered gat is currently up for sale on GunBroker for $2,199 Starting Bid with No Reserve.
HOT GAT or FUDD CRAP? Soviet Connection or Wildcat Rejection?
Let's see what the Staff had to say about this week’s offering:
"When you're trying to one-up your gun bros for weirdest, most boutique gun you'll never find ammo for, and you sadly win..." - Adam S.
"No need for a suppressor w 9x39-the lack of ammo makes it super quiet to begin with!" Rusty S. "the official gun of explaining to people why the best load of your chosen caliber outperforms the worst load of their chosen caliber" - Hop
"Darth Vader voice: "I find your lack of iron sights disturbing." - Doug E.
Selling this limited edition wildcat gat is GunBroker seller blue79luke, located in Wichita KS. Let’s see what they had to say about this limited edition AK.
“Up for your consideration is this unfired Krebs Custom 9x39mm ak pistol . Was made as a limited run, #51. Made in July of 2020. Remains in new unfired outside of the factory conditiion. Comes with hardcase, paperwork/ owners manual, original sales receipt/ certificate of authenticity etc. 2 - 20 round mags ( took out of packaging for pictures only) . Also comes with Gear head works pistol brace, originally sold for $2395.00 before tax and shipping. Low starting price $2195.00 DONT MISS OUT WHEN ITS GONE ITS GONE
The original owner stated he bought it new and never fired it. Remains in MINT condition. Only listing it as used since I am not the original owner Super high quality and RARE gun. Ask any questions and I will be happy to oblige.
CHECK MY FEEDBACK AND BID WITH CONFIDENCE. I am a longtime gunbroker member and FFL specializing in hard to find and RARE investment firearms at PENNY hi bid wins auction. Gunbroker members you set the price. SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS. Shipping will be $60 to your FFL and I can take payment with no fee by check or money order or by credit card with a 3% fee. Ships immediately following payment.”
There are two, well we’ll just call them problems, with this little AK pistol that could. First and foremost is the caliber. I’ve been an early adopter of plenty of calibers over the years, which got me into reloading. I’ll also be the first to admit that it is awful in many respects, and if that caliber never catches on (I doubt 9x39 ever will) you might find yourself reloading for life. Or turning this into a safe queen.
The second problem is scarcity and artificial markets. As soon as any manufacturer starts doing limited numbers, the price goes up, and the value arguably goes down. I have plenty of guns just like this, so once again I’ve fallen for this. Does that make this any less cool? No. Would this be an awesome suppressor host? Yes. Do I hate a part of myself for wondering how good this might sound suppressed? Maybe. Either way, I own more than a couple AK and AKM pattern rifles and while fun, they do add up quickly.
What do you think? Is this little AK pistol worth it for a shade over $2k or are you better off saving that money for a rainy day? As always I leave it up to you, the readers, to decide.
What do you think? Is this Krebs AK a Hot Gat or Soviet-chambered Fudd Crap? Be sure to let us know in the comments below, and cast your vote to let us know if this Krebs Custom 9x39 is a Hot Gat or Fudd Crap:
The author is a military contractor who enjoys conducting independent firearms research and reloading. Article inquiries and suggestions are welcome at austinjrex at gmail.com
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even if ya can't get ammo for it , thats a sexy beast there , the 9x39 is a very
very interesting round and there are some very close or even better custom
subsonic rounds here but this was a mass produced round in Russia and there
are a number of usually short barreled rifles designed for supressor or
integrally supressed in 9x 39 . hm, now a big bore .300 blackout based off the
.300 blackout shell casing , 9mm = rought .35 caliber, a .350 blackout.
subsonic with a 250 or 300 grain bullet . Be like a sledge hammer .
this gun for sale isn't a authentic russian kalashnikov ak9 but its close enough .
the 9x39 round wouldn't be hard for a ammo mass producer to maker either
as a standard or subsonic since its a enlarged M43 casing and theres lots of
US made 7.62 x 39 . getting the bullet right and powder load right would be
the tricky bit.
No iron sights; weird, largely unavailable caliber; overly expensive....Yep that sounds like Fudd crap to me.