I will get into this when I do my videos, but the Hakim and mainly ended up being aid from Egypt to other nations. I was able to talk to Miles Vining and got some great info for the Hakim and Rasheed. Your take down footage is very helpful.
My grandpa got very lucky and bought one for 300 at a garage sale in 2018. His has a stock disc actually and from my understanding only the 1958 production had those. Very neat rifles.
I've had one of these for over 30 years. Loading tip: Always load with the safety on! You can still trip the bolt release on a partial mag especially when loading the full ten rounds from stripper clips as was intended. You need to know to properly index a stripper clip in the receiver bridge to load and the stripper clip ejects when the safety is turned off and the bolt is released. Also it was standard to set the gas adjustment on the second notch initially then adjust up or down for reliable ejection with the wide gamut of ammo that the Egyptians had available. I leave the gas on the second notch since the first sometimes gives weak ejection (but soft shooting), but the second notch still sends brass twenty feet away. The Swedish AG42 is much nicer to shoot! Also beware of early Turk ammo in these things! Turk 8mm tends to beat these up pretty good even on the lowest gas setting.
@@AGSammy I'm not selling either the Hakim or the Ljungman. They are just too fun to shoot! It's fun to watch nearby shooters react to the concussion that comes from the Hakim muzzle brake.
Sweet vid, sold mine to a friend to fund my k43 and just traded my 1903 for a hakim, so to conserve ammo I am watching you shoot it. I also traded my m1 carbine for an 8mm fn49. Would love to see an fn49 vid in the future. Happy shooting!
Thank you kindly! I really hope to get an FN49 in the near future, it is definitely high on my list. Currently working on obtaining a Vz52 (rifle) so that should be interesting
Actually not true. After the empty magazine hold open is activated, you need to put on the safety AND push forward on the dust cover to capture the bolt. Then your thumb is safe. Failing that second critical step and then single loading is what causes the accident.
Just got my hands on one from a local estate auction. I'd like to get my hands on one of those gas adjustment tools though it runs just fine in setting one. I couldn't get over how well it takes down the 8mm cartridge I see it as a nice companion to the mauser rifle and I think the design really might be well suited to less sandy environments taking it apart I saw a lot of things familiar to later designs I feel it falls somewhere between battle rifle and the early self loading rifles of interwar I saw a German k43 in the same auction you don't want to know what that went for would have loved to have that as well but it looked like it had seen enough and potentially been shot without the updated kit to preserve it from wearing or peening its parts. Here's my take on the Hakim thumb debate the rifle was meant to be operated in a specific order the only way your going to catch that bolt to the thumb is to willfully try to use the gun in a way outside of that the mag wasn't meant to be removed in use and bolt will arrest in the shroud with the safety engaged even with the odd dud strike on an old primer it's easy enough to cycle things without being pinched its just that simple. I think some of the guntubers have been unduly extra and exaggerated this particular point mine accepts stripper clips without a fight it's a dated system but it's not that user unfriendly. Apply the safety until ready to charge or fire the rifle.
It’s an interesting one for sure, and I wholeheartedly agree that you’re probably not going to get chomped by it without being negligent, that being said it seems like it would be especially painful if it did happen. Simply learning how to operate the rifle prior to putting it into practice will pretty much put to bed any concerns over being chomped
Sorry,not right now. I buy these things as investments. When I’m 80 I’ll start to sell. I plan on my investments carrying me thru till my end. I buy ,stock up, have not been to a range in 40yrs so it’s all just here. I also have been making 30 rd mags from MG -13 mods. Gonna be cool….! Keep looking - it will find you but the Rashid….nope…. You’ll never find one of those. Happy accidents find me. Carry on Mate.
@@darrinrentruc6614 I got 8 this year (the max) and they are all in great working order with the throat and muzzle readings (in 30 years every one of my grandkids will get one if they want it). It’s random as far as specific parts makers or year but you never get anything worth less than $1,000 or $1,200 on the open market today (unlike Royal tiger) no matter what it’s a win. Also to note you get shipping and a fantastic case without tax, all 8 were $5,200 shipped with a case. The day they dry up prices will likely skyrocket
@@randonwilston Thank you for that info. When do you think they will dry up? How many other countries are sitting on tens of thousands of these in some old warehouse? Is any of that info out there or do you believe most have been returned to the states and sold already? I figured you might have some of this info considering your love and investment in these rifles.
@@darrinrentruc6614 they got 70k from the Philippines a few years ago and there are probably other countries out there like that but who knows. Could be 5 years could be 25 till they run out, or an executive order to kill the operation at any given time. Eventually it will dry up though
Someone on here may know of a variant that I’m unaware of 👍🏻 also look into the Swedish AG42, it’s the same rifle in 6.5 Swede and there may be a sniper variant of that one, I’m not honestly sure
Yeah anytime a Guntuber demonstrates the "Hakim thumb", the magazine is always out. The magazine was always meant to be in the rifle. The bolt carrier will lock back on an empty magazine and you can safely load rounds into the magazine. There is no need to falsely manufacture fear of this rifle by showing improper use.
Not a hundred percent true, if you are loading the rifle while the bolt is open and don’t engage the safety it has the potential to slam closed. The moment the feed ramp lowers on the magazine it can happen, same as the M1 Garand. Only engaging the safety neutralizes this possibility, but again like loading an M1 virtually nobody engages the safety before loading unless they are in a very controlled environment.
