The World’s Best AK-47
Do you remember when your mother would ask you “If all of your friends jumped off a bridge, would you jump off a bridge too? That’s the way I feel about AK-47’s.
Most of my friends own an AK-47. Many of my friends own several AK-47’s. And yet I have avoided buying one for years.
My reticence to invest in the AK-47 weapon platform has been driven partially by a focus on NATO calibers and partially by disdain for the poor manufacturing quality of most AK-47’s.
Arsenal, Inc. of Las Vegas Nevada is manufacturing AK-47’s which provide solutions to both concerns.
Arsenal builds AK-47’s in NATO 5.56 x 45mm (U.S. .223) caliber, as well as the Russian 7.62 x 39mm and 5.45 x 39.5mm calibers.
I would recommend that you select an Arsenal model that features:
- U.S. manufacture
- Milled receiver
- Threaded muzzle
- Bayonet lug
- Black polymer furniture
- Scope rail
The NATO buttstock works better for people with longer arms; the Warsaw Pact buttstock works better for people with shorter arms.
Caliber choice is an open argument. I prefer 5.56×45 because I think that’s the ammunition I will be most able to find when civilization really collapses here in the United States.
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it’s my ak47!
February 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 am
For me accuracy is the most important factor, reliability next… What is the most accurate semi-auto in 7.62 x 39… as someone said “inaccurate rifles just are not that interesting” amen!
March 28th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
YES SR. THAT’S THE BEST POWERFULL RIFLE AK-47, 7.62 x 39 mm , I LOVE 5.56 x 45 mm. BUT NEVER EQUAL. AND SURE I’LL GET MY OWN AK-47.
April 11th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Only AK I like is my IMI Galil AR. I like 5.56mm too because it shoots so flat out to 250 yards. Hammer forged chrome lined 16″ barrel, milled receiver, FN folding stock, tritium flip up night sights, and 35rd mags. My rifle can shoot 1 moa and thats good enough for the 5.56mm since it can only fragment to about 200 yards. Certain parts can interchange with original AK47 with some mods. If you want the best AK this is it. Gonna be hard to find original Israeli made ones. Only the Valmet M76 and FN FNC are the other 5.56mm with AK action, good luck finding them. The Sig 556 has similar long stroke piston AK action. For me reliability comes first in these types of weapons. I can tell you they never jam.
June 10th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
mr b as for the most accurate 7.62X39 rifle im not shure ,but milled reciver rifles are defanatly more accurate than a stamped reciver AK.such as the (wasr 10)so you can go for a SKS they have milled steel recivers ..or a VZ 58 ..or one of many milled ak 47 rifles…you can also get a AR-15 in 7.62X39mm (M16 style)..personally I own a (wasr10 AK47),(yugo SKS),and a (AR-15 in .223/5.65) I think the sks is defanitly more accurate than my AK and the sks has a much eaiser to work saftey mechanisim ..but the ak is eaiser to field strip and the magazines work better..juist my 2 cents…if u do some reasearch you’ll find more 7.62X39 rifles that I havent mentioned
July 27th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
I don’t get it. Why would anyone buy an AK in .223 instead of just buying a superior AR 15? The whole reason to get the AK-47 is for the 7.62×39 caliber.
July 30th, 2009 at 8:26 am
i like the Lancaster ak47s rifles, but arsenals are really nice guns
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:19 pm
I got an AK-47 in the Bush years before the Obama admin. double the prices of them and I love it. It is a Romanian one but built very well. I will take an AK-47 over an AR-15/M-16/M-4(sic) any day of the week!
October 11th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Check out the Saiga ak’s, I bought one and I love it. Its plenty accurate,shoots very well, looks great(not used and beat up),very inexpensive compared to AR’s and import AK’s and has that AK reliability.
November 26th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Milled receivers are nice but don’t dicount the stamped, I have a Hungarian AMD 65 Paratrooper built on an Arsenal 1.7mm stamped receiver built by a gunsmith for himself w/double hook trigger(important upgrade for any AK) and some other refinements. 12″ barrel and 4in” suppressor and just 25 inches long folded, buttersmooth and light trigger pull, and just in case you didn’t know-with the lacquer coated rounds and a lttle practice with your finger behind the trigger, you can dump a 30 round clip in seconds, that’s a blast!
December 4th, 2009 at 9:07 am
My AK’s an old Romanian military rifle. Hasn’t jammed after a few hundred rounds. That’s why AKs have been beating the hell out of AR for 50 years
December 8th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
This is really good information on the Arsenal, I have never heard of them. I have a sig ar type in 223 and an Hugo ak. I can’t bring myself to buy a glock pistol yet, they feel like crap and are dangerous if carried with one in the chamber. The ak feels like crap too but it is a battle proven weapon and I have never seen holes in a gun store floor from Police officers like I have with the Glock. If you check it out, you will find a lot of accidental shootings with Glocks, one Pro Football player included.
February 7th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
There’s just a certain fatness you have to require in a rifle. You cannot keep downsizing bullets forever, like NATO is trying to do. It really blew my mind when the USA put down their Colt .45. That gun is and always will be a honey which is why I have one. The AK line is hardcore!
February 23rd, 2010 at 3:29 pm
As an opfor at Fort Dix training our troops(guard and reserves) prior to their deployment,I can assure you that the “big bang” round scares holy hell out of all concerned fired from the ak.Yeah,it’s romanian junk,but it will scare a troop into being alert and in the “war” mindset.God bless our troops and all that they may encounter.I died by blanks every day and won my share,but in the end….its all for the troops.
March 17th, 2010 at 3:18 pm