[ED: During the holiday week we’ll be running some popular older TTAG content that you may have missed. Here’s a review of Century Arms’ popular Yugo N-PAP AK from back in 2013. Enjoy.] By James Grant When the hardy Century Arms Yugo N-PAP rifle showed up at my FFL, I couldn’t help but imagine a … Read more
By Troy The first Kalashnikov clone I shot was an imported, Chinese MAK-90 which belonged to a friend. I was shocked by the low recoil and by how accurate I was with it. I came down with the “AK fever.” Unfortunately for me, this is not about now I acquired my friend’s MAK-90. The AK-47 … Read more
Because it’s an ultra-reliable rifle that shoots big-boy 7.62mm ammo . . . Why NATO copied Russia’s AK-47 The famous Soviet automatic rifle was such a success that even a NATO member state tried to create its own version. Early in the Cold War the opposing sides in the East and West invented small arms … Read more
As our regular readers can attest, we all make mistakes from time to time. Typos, mis-stated stats, loading the wrong photo. When that happens, we fix it and move on. Electrons are cheap and rectifying those kinds of problems is easy. Not so much, though, when your medium is metal. So imagine artist Salavat Shcherbakov’s chagrin … Read more
CMC’s AK Elite single stage drop-in trigger for the Kalashnikov family of arms has been on the market for a little while now. But I’m sure you know that because fellow Armed Intelligencia cohort Jon Wayne Taylor put out his review of the trigger with flat shoe last month. We were both unaware the other … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvu31cTA95E Perhaps gunning to be the next “complete systems provider,” Arsenal Firearms USA has expanded into rifles and suppressors to add to their existing ammunition and STRYK pistols offerings. Better yet, the suppressors and rifles appear to be as unique and as innovative as the pistols are. For the time being, more info on the suppressors can be found … Read more
“I’m here because I believe in a system of love and karma, but to counter-balance that, in case it fails, I’m buying an AK-47.” – Justin Kerson (not pictured above) in Some Californians rush to buy guns before year’s end [via ktvu.com]
TTAG gave away an IWI Galil ACE in 7.62×39 at this year’s Texas Gun Fest to one very lucky winner. It’s a truly great firearm, in essence a modernized AK-47 (read our review here). But for those who don’t feel like 7.62×39 has enough oomph, well, IWI US just announced that they’ve begun shipping the ACE … Read more
That’s right, the brain child of Mike Pappas and Gary Hughes, a functional silencer for any AK-47 — but, but, that’s impossible! — is about to hit dealer shelves. Thanks to a heck of a slick mounting system and carefully-designed baffles and bore, Dead Air Armament will have the first silencer truly capable of working on … Read more
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