The AK-47 and AK74 Kalashnikov Rifles and Their Variations
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A real must have for Kalashnikov enthusiasts!
Joe Poyer's book The AK-47 and AK-74 Kalashnikov Rifles and Their Variations is fantastic. It provides moderately informed readers with the kind of encyclopedic and in-depth knowledge to quickly become very well informed about Kalashnikovs. It can also still answer questions the better informed might have. The chapters in the book on development history and the part by part descriptions really provide the reader a solid foundation for knowledge on this topic. There are also chapters on accessories, non-Russian Kalashnikovs, other assault rifles influenced by the Kalashnikov (like the Belgian FNC and the Swiss SG 550), SVD type sniper rifles and the best explanation I have seen of the brilliant but overly complicated AN-94 Abakan assault rifle. Poyer even includes a decent guide to maintaining and firing the AK in the appendices. I personally enjoyed the technical information the most. For example I had read elsewhere that the newer AK-74 and 100 series rifles had a...
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Product Description
The AK-47 and AK-74 Kalashnikov Rifles and Their Variations provides a detailed, profusely illustrated examination on a part-by-part basis of the famed AK-47/AKM rifles, the AK-74/AK-74M series and the new Century series of rifles, the AK-101 through AK-108. It is another in North Cape Publications, Inc., Shooter's and Collector's Guide series In addition, every AK/AKM-type rifle manufactured in the Warsaw Pact countries plus the People's Republic of China, Finland, Iraq, North Korea and Yugoslavia are described in detail, with a short history on the reason for, and the process of their development and use. This new, 2nd edition, revised and expanded includes new information regarding the scope and use the Kalashnikov series of rifles plus information gleaned from the use of the AK-47 in Iraq by insurgents. Mikhail Kalashnikov is one of the foremost small arms designer's in the world. His Kalashnikov action has been widely imitated. This book also includes detailed descriptions of rifles based on his design such as the Belgian FNC, the Israeli Galil, the Indonesian SS1 series, the Indian INAS, the Swedish Ak-5, the Swiss SG-550 series, Singapore's SAR series and many others. The book also includes separate chapters that describe the accessaries issued to each soldier, the entire range of Kalashnikov bayonets, telescopic sights (both military and commercial, the sniper rifle variants and their telescopic sights produced by the old Soviet Union as well as other nations. An exploded view, serial numbers and markings, an assembly/disassembly guide with photos, instructions on cleaning, maintenance and repair, and shooting the Kalashnikov rifles and a guide to legislation affecting these rifles and finally, sources for accessories and parts complete the book. Top to learn more







Almost 100% impressed!!!!
To much useless info