The Armenian K-2 Semi-Auto Pistol

Many of the firearms developed in post-Soviet republics are extremely obscure with only a few pictures and brief descriptions available at best. There are multiple reasons why: from the secrecy of such projects to their limited production numbers (if they even made it past the prototype stage) due to the economic inefficiency of adopting and producing completely new firearms on a large scale, partially because all these countries inherited entire arsenals of guns from the Soviet Union. One such rare firearm is the Armenian K-2 pistol. Fortunately, we recently had a chance to examine and shoot this handgun as well as talk to the designer (he preferred to remain anonymous).

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