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That time the Danes tried to copy the Russian AK-47 rifle

Dec 20, 2017 |

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 […]

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Strike Industries Offers New ‘Featureless Grip’ for California Compliant AK Rifles

by Dan Zimmerman |

Aug 16, 2017 |

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You may have seen FN’s Cali-compliant AR’s. Or many you saw our post on Smith & Wesson’s take on an AR that will pass muster with the latest Golden State gun laws. Both rifles feature so-called featureless grips. Because being able to wrap your thumb around a rifle’s pistol grip is clearly a radically dangerous […]