AK-47

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The Riley Defense RAK-47 comes with a lot of historical baggage – is it still warranted?

A prototype design by Tinck Arms, the rifle doesn’t use a true direct impingement gas system, but a hybrid system using a remote short-stroke gas piston.

AK’s are effective rifles. They’ve certainly proven that over the decades but the Zastava M70 ZPAP is a fantastic and relatively modular rifle at an attainable price point.

American Tactical and Schmeisser as well as U.S. Palm have some hot new AK mags incoming including 60-rounders and true banana mags.

Custom skeletonized buffer that allows the use of any stock or brace on rifles and pistols that don’t have a reciprocating buffer in the buffer tube.

In 1968, American troops in Vietnam reported scattered incidents where dead NVA soldiers were found with parts of their exploded rifles protruding from their skulls. Technical Intelligence attributed this to poor metallurgy and bad ammunition. The situation was a little more complicated than it appeared.

The Romanian PSL is a rather unique rifle. Beyond just being a piece of Cold War history, they’re still in widespread usage today. If you like the idea of a “long-range” AK and building it yourself, take a look at building a PSL.

Century International Arms is going back to building AK-pattern firearms in-house with an ambitious new project, “Project 74.”