I don't know much about AK pattern rifles, but I have been wanting to get an AK and an RPK sometime in the near future and I need to know if their trigger groups are compatible.

So first off ill just say that I am 100% new to the AK world. My main area of interest is older military surplus firearms but I figure with the election coming up I need to go ahead and make a move on an AK. A gentleman has offered to sell me his PARS import Egyptian Maadi. The slant brake looks...

Why do AKM stampings look like YXY, and AK-74 stampings look like yXY? Also, Tula AK-74 stampings are different too, they're more like: '|'XY

Hi Guys, I just bought my first Draco-C, and i wanted to put a suppressor on it. I read that if the barrel exceeds a certain limit its considered a rifle? And all the posts i read are of people welding and pinning it permanently to get the certified rifle description. But i just want a...

I'm going to be building a Russian 1982 AKS-74 clone soon and want to make it dead on for the year, but like many people I've had little to no hands on with a original Rusky. So I have some questions about the parkerized under finish. First, what type was used; magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, ect...