The SIG 556R has quickly become my favorite rifle since as an AK fan I have dozens of AK magazines, and thousands of rounds of 7.62 x 39. Like the AK it's a piston rifle, so a buffer and buffer tube are not required. The rifle weighs 7 pounds standard, but as you can see mine has a Troy battle rail which adds a little more than a pound. The rail does make the weapon front … [Read more...]
It's tough being the little guy on the block, especially when the guy picking on you looks like Drago from Rocky IV. Finland experienced a similar scenario in 1939 when the Soviet Union—partnering up with our favorite bad guys, the Nazis—faked an attack on one of their own villages to give them an excuse to invade their smaller neighbor to the west. The Soviets came at the … [Read more...]
Are you ready for Hillary Clinton to be President of the United States ? Millions of legal gun owners as well as myself are horrified by that very thought. The looming prospect of this happening is real, that being said if you are in the market for a military style sporting rifle like the AK47 there is no better time than right now to start researching and buying one. The … [Read more...]
Soviet Machine Guns have come in many shapes and sizes in the past 100 years, today we take a look at a WW2 vintage one, the DP28 . Shortly after the Communists were victorious in their revolution and ousting of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, they set to strengthen their armed forces. The problems with Imperial Russian military thinking became obvious to the Soviets after they … [Read more...]
At a Glance: Best AK47 Triggers OUR TOP PICK: ALG Defense AK47 AKT enhanced trigger with lightning bow CMC Triggers AK47 elite drop-in trigger BEST BUDGET OPTION: ALG Defense AK47 AKT ultimate trigger with lightning bow Comparison of Best AK47 Triggers PRODUCT DETAILS Our Top Pick ALG Defense AK47 AKT enhanced trigger with … [Read more...]
The venerable SVD “Dragunov” (after its designer, Yevgeny Dragunov) was one of the first successful squad designated marksman’s rifles ever developed, and it spawned numerous copycats and competitors. In the more than half-century after it was developed, however, virtually no successors to the design have been developed in Russia itself – until now. The Russian 164th edition of … [Read more...]
