Swing by SilencerCo's booth #20205 to see these guns at SHOT Show plus the Rifle Dynamics Saiga 12 with SilencerCo's Salvo12 suppressor, shown below left. [gallery link="file" columns="4" ids ...

There are some incredible gunsmiths out there when it comes to the Kalash. Jim Fuller is one, obviously (someday I'll get to take the Rifle Dynamics AK Builder Class). Owen Martin appears to be ...

Whereas the original AK and its AKM variant use the 7.62x39mm cartridge, the AK-74 was the first of several subsequent Kalashnikov models to be chambered in a smaller, lighter 5.45x39mm cartridge.

2. Russian schoolchildren are taught to assemble AK-74’s. Russia’s military may no longer be using it, but the AK-74 serves a curious purpose elsewhere in contemporary Russian society: schools.

The main difference between the AK-74M and the AK-12/15 appears to be the new rifles are set up to accommodate weapon accessories that have become must-haves in modern, high-tech armies. The AK-12 ...