A well made AK variant can be incredibly reliable and accurate believe it or not. It still requires routine maintenance to stay at this level of overall quality though. Sure, you can neglect the rifle or run it dry (unlubricated) but it’s not the most ideal state of operation; for any weapon system for that […]
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Romanian Fighter: The Short-Barreled PM md 90 AK Variant
Romanian versions of the AKM have long been among my favorite variants in the AK world. The foregrips are a real aid to shooting full-auto models, and they help control the semi-auto Romanian rifles better in rapid-fire, too. The original Romanian AKs were the Pistol Mitraliera model 1963 (PM md. 63), with a fixed stock, and the […]
Kalashnikov the correct nomenclature – Part 2
After the AK went into mass production, Kalashnikov did not stop his work there. As the stamped receiver concept was pretty much still on his mind, he put his work into modernizing the AK. In 1959 the Modernized version of the AK came into being and was accepted into service in the Soviet Red Army […]