The AK-47 was adopted by the Soviet Army in 1947, and for years was considered a state secret. The agent’s drawing clearly shows the weapon’s most defining features, including the pistol grip ...

A Saiga AK-47 and AK-74 made by Arsenal, a Las Vegas-based company that modifies guns imported from Russia, are listed as out of stock. The AK-74 uses a smaller caliber than its older sibling.

An exclusive excerpt from C.J. Chivers's The Gun about the history of the AK-47 and its relationship to the M16 ...

In 1946 Kalashnikov sent the Main Artillery Commission in Moscow his drawings for a new gas-operated rifle based on the M43 cartridge. The committee gave him ... 1949 one of his rifles, the Avtomat ...