Oh Lordy, is the Krebs KV-13 the best AK EVER?!

Even though I've never considered myself an "AK guy" I do have a few -- a Yugo NPAP, an Arsenal SLR-107, a WASR, and my heretofore favorite, a heavily converted Saiga. Last night I added a $2,300 Krebs Custom KV-13 to my modest AK stable, and from the moment I first set eyes upon her, and gently coddled her in my loving arms, I got that special tingly-all-over sensation. DAMN! I thought... this is a B-E-A-Ewe-Tee-Full rifle. I've never seen an AK with such obvious attention to detail and precision. An AK-connoisseur acquaintance of mine has a couple of Rifle Dynamics AKs, a MAK and a Polytech, but they're essentially stock AKs that have been tweaked and tuned, whereas the Krebs is something entirely different. The KV-13 is a VEPR that goes in as Steve Austin and comes out as the Six Million Dollar Man -- Better. Faster. Stronger. It's also more accurate, more beautiful, more ergonomic, more useful, and the fit, finish and feel are, in a word, EPIC! How they get the dust cover with the rear peep sight affixed to it to be so rock-solid stable is pure Voodoo. Seriously, it's like the thing is welded in place. The Krebs Mark 6 safety/bolt hold-open should be plagiarized immediately by every AK manufacturer out of the factory. Krebs gets $65 for that tiny piece of metal alone, and it's worth every penny. The barrel is a chrome-lined, CHF machine gun barrel that is indestructible and MOA-accurate. Just look at how precise the receiver marks are! Look at the welds and rivets. Every millimeter of this rifle is drool-inducing fine art that deserves its own centerfold spread as "Playmate of the Year." The Krebs patented rail is without equal. That's not hyperbole, there's nothing else out there even half as good. Your Ultimak is garbage by comparison. The Krebs KV-13 is a Maybach-tuned Geländewagen. Your Ultimak-equipped Arsenal is a 1997 GMC Jimmy with 28" chrome rims.

Here's a good YT video done by Mr. G&G. His version does NOT have the RSP tower 1913 rail extension:

Yeah, this thing is that much nicer. So nice in fact, that 80's Whitesnake tune "Is this love, that I'm feelin'?" is playing in my head right now. At $2,300 this thing is a BARGAIN! Sure, I could buy four WASRs or two Arsenals for the same money, but I'll take one Krebs, thank you, and I don't even need to mull it over. Does it make me weird if I want to lick this thing?

Then there's the action. I've never felt any AK, including the RD-tuned ones, that are THIS smooth. It's buttah. It cycles like it's on hydraulic rails. Every magazine I own fits perfectly -- Combloc metal, US Palm, Bakelite, Magpul, Tapco, and even those cheap, junk Thermold craptastic ones -- all of them lock-up tight.

That brings us to the incredible folding stock. Most folders have a little slop in them. It just comes with the nature of the beast. Not this thing. In fact, you'd never know it was a folder. The solid chunk of alloy that must add half a pound to the overall weight

This rifle feels like it was carved by Michelangelo himself from a solid block of pure neutronium. Check out that small chunk of Pic rail that rides just above the front of the dust cover. You'd think that would be a failure point, but again Krebs defies the laws of physics and applies their Voodoo to the point you believe the rest of the world will crumble around it before it fails and loses zero. Just look how well-machined and bolted down that thing is. It's just the PERFECT placement for a nice RDS like a T2 or MRO and, even more amazingly, its AK iron sights will CO-WITNESS with your RDS! No funky add-ons, just pop your RDS on with a low-profile mount and you're GTG. With the MRO I have on there, the irons are usable right THROUGH the riser! It's a PERFECT setup!

The only thing missing is a Keymod QD swivel mount for a sling, which I've already remedied via an ordered Samson unit (preferred over the BCM version). The muzzle brake / hider is pinned due to the barrel being 14-inches, so adding a comp that will take a suppressor is going to be a little more of a pain, but it's more business for my gunsmith.

So, even though this rifle is brand new to me, and I've been smitten with the infatuation bug something awful, I'm left wondering if the Krebs Custom KV-13 isn't the best 7.62 AK to ever walk the planet.

What an epic machine.

Here's an INSANE torture test done on the KV-13 done by MAC. Unfortunately, his rifle does NOT have the folding stock. He explains why:

Here's a MAC video on LONG-RANGE shooting with a Krebs AK:

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Oh Lordy, is the Krebs KV-13 the best AK EVER?!