It seems that AK variants are gaining in popularity and gun manufacturers are making their versions. Such as Faxon Firearms ARAK and CMMG’s Mutant. Well Handl Defense is taking a crack at it. Handl Defense makes aluminum lowers for SCAR platforms. Their SCAR25 [Read More…]
Rifle Dynamics (RD) is one of the top tier custom AK builder in the USA. They are local to me and I was invited for a factory visit. Unlike the popular AR-15 platform with its lego like modular construction, building an AK properly requires a lot of skills and [Read More…]
As many AK shooters know loading magazines for a range trip can be a dirty and time consuming task. It seems those steel cased rounds are covered with plenty of dirt that ends up all over my hands. While loading the magazines doesn’t take that much time, [Read More…]
Rob Kay interviewed Timothy Yan about buying optics and mounts for an AK. Here is the original article. Q: You did a major piece on AK mounts for Guns & Ammo. What did you discover about AK scope mounts in doing the research for that piece? A: There are really only [Read More…]
Slide Fire recently announced on their Facebook page that they’ve lowered their prices on many of their bump-fire stocks. Their SSAR-15 OGR, SSAR-15 SBS, SSAK-47 XRS, SSAI-MC XAE and SSAI-MC XJC all received a price drop. One of their main stocks the SSAR-15 OGR [Read More…]
Manticore Arms has only been around since 2010 but they’ve been making quite a name for themselves lately, especially in the AK accessory market. Their newest AK product is their Keymod Alfa Rail. Made for standard stamped AKs, their new forend allows users to [Read More…]
ALG Defense posted a sneak peak on their Instagram page recently, they’re working on new trigger for the AK-47. If you don’t know who ALG Defense is, they were founded by Amy Lynn Geissele in 2012 and they’re the sister company to the famed trigger [Read More…]
I stumbled across the Law Tactical AKuracy sight when browsing their webpage for the write-up on their upcoming Gen-3 folding stock adapter. In short, the sight is a drop-in replacement for stock AK-47 sights that provides a dovetail to use Glock pistol sights. Its so [Read More…]
Honestly, I am surprised that General Kalashnikov did not purposefully put in a bolt-hold open mechanism into an AK or its magazines. Recognizing the potential advantages of the system, the Yugoslavians built the functionality into their magazine. Sadly, Yugo [Read More…]
This select fire bad boy cost a little more than the typical WASR-10 at your local gun store. It’s a Vietnam War bring back rifle picked up near the Mekong Delta. It has a milled receiver, front folding spike bayonet and even comes with the original cleaning kit. [Read More…]
Optic mounting on an AK is problematic for two reasons: one, the platform is not ideally designed for optics mounting. Second, when an AK operator does decide to shoehorn glass onto this six-decade-old design, there are actually many good options for solid mounting [Read More…]
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