Ewbank custom Shorty AK47 pistols
Last week I asked if a photo of an AK-turned-pistol was real. Apparently it was. A company called Ewbank Manufacturing, of Winslow, AZ, manufacturer a variety of bizarre AK-pistols.
The pistols include many custom made, and tuned, parts to ensure the gun will function. The barrel is so short that when a cartridge is chambered, the bullet will extend almost as far as the gas port. Firing these guns must be an experience!
[ Many thanks to the readers who posted links confirming that the pistol was real ]
with such a large flash its the perfect celebration weapon, you know to fire in the air when president XXII is replaced (again).
The accuracy must be hella horrible. Instead 3-5 inch shot groups, you’re getting 3-5 feet shot groups.
Given the ultra short barrel length there is going to be a substantial amount of powder going off in front of the muzzle. Dirty, loud, and probably near blinding for the shooter if fired at night.
That forearm looks a bit too foreskin-like for my tastes.
CAN NOT UNSEE!!!
Well, considering this has maybe a 3.5″ barrel or so, and considering a good portion of that is chamber and not barrel the numbers are probably worse…
According to a fellow at the XCR forums a 9″ barrel XCR shoots as such:
Brown Bear 123gr 2073 fps Avg 1,173 ft-lbs
Winchester White Box 123gr 1904 fps Avg 990 ft-lbs
Now that’s with a 9″ barrel, with an effective 7″ of rifling, and this gun would have say 1.5″ of rifling so obviously it would be much less.
Let’s compare that to pistol calibers with 9″ / 3″ barrel and see some trends.
.357 Magnum 852-982 ft-lbs out of a 9″ and 441-448 ft-lbs out of 3″
9mm 363-498 ft-lbs out of 9″ and 265-376 ft-lbs out of 3″
This should give SOME idea of how much 7.62X39 might drop, but considering how rifle powder burns slower I suspect that there will be a point where the specially designed pistol rounds will provide better ballistics out of a short barrel, and obviously in a more compact/ergonomic package.
(ft-lb data from ballistics by the inch)
Long story short, it’s a fun toy.
Useless and crappy if you want a short AK get a Krinkov but a pistol more like a spray and prey terrorist weapon not used for any practical matter.
Some people will say “why?” Those people said “why not?”
OH GOD THE HORROR
It might not look that terrible if he replaced that deformed mutant of a front grip with a 3-way rail.
Would a gun like this have any advantages? yeah it’s barely got a barrel, but what sort of energy can you get with a 7.62×39 out of a barrel that small compared to other autos like say, a 50AE, 44mag, etc?
More like Ewwwwbank.
Yuck.
that Draco mini has to be one of the ugliest firearms ever created. LOL. I just started seeing these recently. I plan on doing a regular draco sbr.
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