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Kalashnikov unveiling modernized AK-47
UPI ^ | May 7, 2015 | Richard Tomkins

Posted on 05/11/2015 9:23:40 PM PDT by Daffynition

MOSCOW, May 7 (UPI) -- A newly modernized AK-47 assault rifle is being debuted in Russia this weekend by its maker, Kalashnikov Concern.

The upgraded weapon features a universal kit, with increased firing capabilities within a range of 300 yards in all weather conditions, an upgrade to the rifle's stock and receiver cover, a modernized handguard and forearm units, a new belt, the translator-fuse and ergonomic grip fire control.

(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Sports
KEYWORDS: ak47; banglist
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1 posted on 05/11/2015 9:23:40 PM PDT by Daffynition
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2 posted on 05/11/2015 9:29:31 PM PDT by gwgn02
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" translator-fuse "

Is that Russian for trigger assembly?

3 posted on 05/11/2015 9:41:29 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: Daffynition
This is great news. In a few years, they ought to start offering a civilian version of it. Which means some AK owners will be willing to part with their old one on the cheap to help defray the cost of the new one. And I'll be sitting here waiting for a seller.


4 posted on 05/11/2015 9:47:30 PM PDT by Viking2002 (The Avatar is back by popular request.)
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Looks like this one is 5.45 instead of 7.62x39.

“New belt.”
Belt fed would be nice.

Also a three position selector.


5 posted on 05/11/2015 10:03:51 PM PDT by alpo
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At least the AK-12 pictured is 5.45


6 posted on 05/11/2015 10:05:35 PM PDT by alpo
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I expect sticker shock with these when the civilian version is available. But, you know it will go like hotcakes..............Might even consider going 7.62x39 for the first time in my life. 5.54, never.


7 posted on 05/11/2015 10:06:19 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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I wouldn't even mind if I could get my hands on a cheap old SKS with no bluing and bad furniture so I could give it the full Tapco treatment. A man has to work on a budget, ya know.


8 posted on 05/11/2015 10:12:40 PM PDT by Viking2002 (The Avatar is back by popular request.)
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Ak74?


9 posted on 05/11/2015 10:13:22 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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Look ma it’s one of them there A K Spray And Prays.


10 posted on 05/11/2015 10:38:08 PM PDT by Romans Nine
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"Ak74?"

Article did not mention what caliber the Russians were going with. Seems a while back I read something about them having second thoughts about their pipsqueak cartridge as the US (other than the vested interests) has had. Dunno if they have acted on that.

11 posted on 05/11/2015 10:49:49 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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Too much stuff attached to it, or this particular one anyway.
Seems like its got a nicer grip plus rails, uglier stock.
No bayonet. Gotta have the bayonet. Can’t rightly oppress people without them.


12 posted on 05/11/2015 10:58:16 PM PDT by buwaya
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I suspect they got rail envy and saw all the garbage the tacticool guys were hanging all over the AR and demanded the same.

Sure looks like someone checked out a few AR builder catalogs and said "This we must have!".

13 posted on 05/11/2015 11:03:20 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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That metal craftsmanship is...umm...well, I do not quite have the words. LOL.


14 posted on 05/11/2015 11:20:32 PM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: Viking2002
Classic Arms has Chinese ones for $300. That's about as cheap as they get.

Sadly gone are the days when you could pick up an SKS for $69 and a thousand rounds of steel core for $89.

15 posted on 05/12/2015 12:22:56 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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It looks like rails that happen to have a gun attached.


16 posted on 05/12/2015 2:26:16 AM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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Not that cheap, but one with a cracked stock is $40 off:

http://www.jgsales.com/chinese-sks-type-56-semi-auto-rfile,-7.62x39,-military-surplus-issue-with-bayonet,-c-r.-used.-p-58288.html

(I have bought from these guys before, good experience)


17 posted on 05/12/2015 3:19:44 AM PDT by dynachrome (We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.)
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To: doorgunner69
The most interesting change is the safety and selector setup: two different levers. The rearmost appears to be the safety and the forward selects between automatic ("AV" and semiauto ("PR"). Big change from the old system and a bit more ergonomic - though weird.

The rest looks like the folding stock lays on the left side of the receiver when folded and they have succumbed to the silly stuff we have slapped all over our M-4 Carbines, i.e., laser pointers, vertical forward handgrips, etc. etc..We started with a short, handy carbine that only weighed 5 pounds or so then larded the things up with "necessary accessories" and put the weight up to M-1 Garand size. Sheesh!

They have finally moved the rear sight to the rear of the receiver cover to improve the sight radius - and I will have to assume that they have gone to using a peep sight in that location. Thereby adopting what the Finns (Valmet) and the Israelis (Galil) have done for decades to improve that little beast's precision.

18 posted on 05/12/2015 3:45:37 AM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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J G Sales has some ChiCom Type 46 on sale right now for less than $300.

L


19 posted on 05/12/2015 3:55:36 AM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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The selector type they used reminds of HK91 & G3 rifles.
20 posted on 05/12/2015 7:48:05 AM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. – Robert Heinlein)
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