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POTD: Call Of Duty Inspired Zastava ZPAP85

Photo Of the Day and Bravo42 Photography gets our attention in this Call of Duty-inspired build, including a thermal optic, suppressor and weaponlight. You can look at the build details below: @agm.usa Clarion @zastava_armsusa ZPAP85 @jmaccustoms Forend and Stock @deadairsilencers Wolverine @clouddefensive Rein First, looking at the Zastava, the ZPAP85 comes equipped with a dimpled 1.5mm receiver, bulged trunnion, chrome-lined […]

XLogic AK Ghost Muzzle Brake & Widow Flash Hider by Strike Industries

The AK market is still very much alive and thriving in 2025 and the guys over at Strike Industries and XLogic are all here for it with a new pair of muzzle devices specifically designed for AKs and AKM-patterned rifles. The new Strike/XLogic AK Widow Flash Hider and Ghost Muzzle Brake are designed for slightly different user […]

China is Making Iraq Military Industry Great Again

POTD: Suppressed M240 With 1.5-6x Elcan SpecterDR

In the early 80s, Iraq Military Industry was quite impressive for a Middle Eastern country. With the help of Yugoslavia, the country produced several different AK-pattern rifles, light machine guns, and various sniper rifles. Iraq also produced a pistol called “Tariq” with two versions, a 9 mm that was based on the Beretta 951 and […]

Travis Haley Interview (Part 1): Why Was His First Gun a Chinese AK?

POTD: Suppressed M240 With 1.5-6x Elcan SpecterDR

Previously, we published an interview ( Part 1 and Part 2) with Jim Fuller, a gunsmith who had an immense influence on the AK community in the USA. Today we will publish the first part of my interview with Travis Haley, the person largely responsible for the creation of the modern manual of arms for […]

Travis Haley Interview (Part 2): What is the Best AK?

POTD: Suppressed M240 With 1.5-6x Elcan SpecterDR

In Part 1 of this interview that I recorded in 2018, Travis Haley talked about his first gun, a Chinese AK rifle, and why he bought it. In Part 2 I asked him about the pros and cons of this AK weapon platform in general. Vlad: What would you say are the strengths and weaknesses […]

Travis Haley Interview (Part 3): Essential AK Rifle Upgrades

POTD: Suppressed M240 With 1.5-6x Elcan SpecterDR

In Part 1 of this interview which was recorded in 2018, Travis Haley talked about his first gun, a Chinese AK rifle, and why he bought it. In Part 2 he discussed the pros and cons of this AK weapon platform in general. In Part 3, we talk about the upgrades for the AK platform […]

[GunCon 2024] Stuff & Things’ NEW STizon Kit For 9mm AKs

POTD: Suppressed M240 With 1.5-6x Elcan SpecterDR

At this year’s GunCon 2024 event at Brownell’s, Stuff & Things Inc. (also affectionately referred to as STInc USA) showed off their brand new STizon Kit, which is their take on the Russian PP-19 Bizon AK variant. The Russian Bizon was originally chambered for the 9x18mm Makarov cartridge and features a helical magazine that runs […]

The STizon 9mm AK Magazine Conversion Kit

POTD: Suppressed M240 With 1.5-6x Elcan SpecterDR

Luke C ( @BallisticAviation) is at GunCon 2024 hosted by @brownells  and @TheGunCollective  to talk with the guys from Stuff & Things. This company specializes in creating some pretty interesting AK accessories and conversion kits and their latest kit is the STizon magazine, a 9mm Luger helical magazine compatible with popular 9mm AKs like the […]

POTD: The Finnish Rk62 In The Hands Of U.S. Marines

POTD: Suppressed M240 With 1.5-6x Elcan SpecterDR

We have recently seen a series of Photo Of The Day where U.S. Marines shoot various foreign firearms, in equally foreign places, and today is no different. Above you see U.S Marine Corps Sgt. Caleb Sumerel, a Spring Hill, Tennessee native and a section leader with Mobile Reconnaissance Company, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine […]

Russian BRT Dronoboy Anti-UAV Muzzle Attachment

POTD: Suppressed M240 With 1.5-6x Elcan SpecterDR

FPV kamikaze drones have really changed the battlefield. They are small, fast, cheap and devastating against infantry and vehicles alike. The Russo-Ukrainian war is probably the conflict where these machines have been used most extensively and ever since the sides started deploying them, they have also been trying to come up with solutions for defense […]