The American importer of the famed Russian-made AK-47 rifle announced that it plans to set up a U.S.-based factory later this year to build the guns here. Sanctions imposed last summer by the Obama ...

The Soviet-designed AK-47 remains the most ubiquitous firearm in world history. It hasn’t just been Soviet Army soldiers and insurgents around the world who have come to appreciate the rugged ...

Civilian AK-47-type rifles have become increasingly scarce at U.S. gun retailers, squeezed out by a convergence of import tariffs, geopolitical sanctions, climbing ammunition prices, and the dominant ...

PALM BAY, Fla. — Just down the road from a Krispy Krunchy fried chicken store, in a nondescript east coast business park in Florida, a 60,000-square-foot factory produces about 2,500 AK-47 rifles a ...

One small gun shop owner in New Hampshire is bringing back the Kalashnikov rifle, customizing the legendary gun known as the AK-47 for well-heeled firearms enthusiasts. Owen Martin, also known as "AK ...

July 22, 2015: The American distributor of AK-47 type weapons (Russian Weapons Company), was cut off from its source of weapons when the 2014 sanctions against Russia went into effect. In response the ...

American AK-47 owners can breath a sigh of relief: Sanctions imposed upon Russia for its actions in Ukraine will not create a Second Amendment debate over the popular rifle. While Kalashnikov Concern ...

The first model of the AK-47 assault rifle was introduced into service with the Soviet army in 1948. Designed to be cheap and reliable as well as simple to operate and produce, the AK-47 and its ...