r/canadaguns • u/Ok-Community-3922 • May 27 '26

Feets / Collection / My build Since We’re Posting Valmets

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Stamped receiver M78. In typical Finnish fashion this thing chucks brass 20+ yards.

Side note I’m currently experimenting with 7.62 Galatz magazines. Wondering if the magazine geometry on Zastava M77 magazines might also work?

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u/Murray3-Dvideos May 27 '26

Why a Canadian hasn't molested one of these into a PSL clone is beyond me. I was going to buy one from the Shooting Edge back in the 2010s for 2600cad to do just that. But after handling and examining I determined 2 to 3000 was too much for a well used proprietary AK. Guess I should regret that decision now.

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u/boozefiend3000 May 27 '26

You fucked up huge lol that was a steal 

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u/Murray3-Dvideos May 27 '26

Not until 2025. Before that people only really bought Valmets to make Galil clones.

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u/boozefiend3000 May 27 '26

Was still a steal. Valmets were going for like 12k 8 years ago on CGN

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u/Evilstib May 28 '26

I thought a guy just said that he paid 6KUSD in February? Did I misinterpret?

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u/boozefiend3000 May 28 '26

He bought it off someone in the states. Whole different price market 

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u/Evilstib May 28 '26

So you can buy it off someone in the states for 6K, but to buy it from someone in Canada is 12 K? Does duty/import taxes make up the difference?

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u/boozefiend3000 May 28 '26

I dunno. Maybe people just don’t want the hassle of importing

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u/Evilstib May 28 '26

Sounds about right