JCooperfan1911
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Hello friends and a good Sunday to you. As some of you may know, the Russian ammo ban of 2021 has many concerned about the supply of calibers such as 7.62x39mm and 5.45x39mm. While the economics and long term impacts are a hotly debated subject at the moment, fans of the Kalashnikov (AK) style rifles do have an alternative.
What may come as a surprise to many is that various 5.56x45mm/.223 Remington chambered AKs have been historically and are currently imported into this country. These are usually not half-baked civilian pandering examples, yet arms based on the select-fire variants of actual military AKs chambered for this intermediate NATO round.
Nations such as Poland, Serbia, and others utilized 5.56mm NATO Kalashnikov style rifles as service weapons for their armed forces. Since the announcement of the Russian ammo ban, much interest has been generated in these weapons and from all reports they have become a hot seller.
A young YouTuber and gun store owner by the name of Misha has many videos that go in depth about AK (and other) platforms and he is one of the very best sources for all things Kalashnikov. He just yesterday posted a film concerning the above mentioned weapons that I have found very topical and interesting and figured I’d share it with the group for those with questions about the variants available on the open market:
AK rifles have gained a strong following in recent years in the United States with many users enjoying their sheer simplicity, durability, reliability, and history. While sometimes derided as “evil commie guns of the enemy” by some, in fact many of our closest military allies utilize AKs and to claim these inanimate objects are “evil” sounds shockingly like anti-gun rhetoric. But we won’t go there.
Thanks guys and God bless,
-J.C.F.
What may come as a surprise to many is that various 5.56x45mm/.223 Remington chambered AKs have been historically and are currently imported into this country. These are usually not half-baked civilian pandering examples, yet arms based on the select-fire variants of actual military AKs chambered for this intermediate NATO round.
Nations such as Poland, Serbia, and others utilized 5.56mm NATO Kalashnikov style rifles as service weapons for their armed forces. Since the announcement of the Russian ammo ban, much interest has been generated in these weapons and from all reports they have become a hot seller.
A young YouTuber and gun store owner by the name of Misha has many videos that go in depth about AK (and other) platforms and he is one of the very best sources for all things Kalashnikov. He just yesterday posted a film concerning the above mentioned weapons that I have found very topical and interesting and figured I’d share it with the group for those with questions about the variants available on the open market:
AK rifles have gained a strong following in recent years in the United States with many users enjoying their sheer simplicity, durability, reliability, and history. While sometimes derided as “evil commie guns of the enemy” by some, in fact many of our closest military allies utilize AKs and to claim these inanimate objects are “evil” sounds shockingly like anti-gun rhetoric. But we won’t go there.
Thanks guys and God bless,
-J.C.F.
