{"id":1183,"date":"2019-10-08T08:16:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T08:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/?p=1183"},"modified":"2021-06-28T15:34:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T15:34:28","slug":"who-makes-the-best-ak-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/who-makes-the-best-ak-47\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Makes The Best AK-47"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>What&#8217;s The Best AK-47 For Your Money?<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The AK-47 platform is one of the most iconic guns in the world. It&#8217;s so iconic, in fact, that it\u2019s portrayed on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flag_of_Mozambique\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mozambique&#8217;s national flag<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It\u2019s the only modern firearm to occupy such an important part in a nation\u2019s history. The AK occupies a special place in the hearts and minds of people all over the globe, but here in America it has to contend with a crowded field of similar firearms like the AR-15.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This doesn\u2019t mean that the AK platform is without its fans on this side of the pond. There are, in fact, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rifledynamics.com\/redoktober\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shooting matches dedicated to guns that use the AK action<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Gun owners across the country value the AK for its simplicity, reliability, and hard-hitting punch with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/762-x-39\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7.62x39mm<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> round.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fast Facts: Who Makes The Best AK-47?<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike the AR-15 and similar guns AK-47s are all based on the same gas piston design<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The days of the cheap imported AK variant are pretty much over and done with<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best AK-47 for your money depends on the build quality and feature set you&#8217;re willing to pay for<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two events radically changed AK ownership in the United States. The first was the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1989-07-09-mn-5216-story.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bush Administration&#8217;s 1989 decision to ban the importation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of many different types of \u201cmilitary style\u201d firearms, including copies of the AK-47 made by Norinco in China. This had two effects on American gun owners: It raised prices on AKs here in the U.S., as Chinese AKs were, by and large, cheaper than other AK variants, and it increased interest in AK-style guns made in other countries, as well as those made here in the States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/762-x-39\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1187 size-medium\" title=\"AK-47 Magazines\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/ak-47_magazines-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"AK-47 ammunition\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/ak-47_magazines-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/ak-47_magazines-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/ak-47_magazines-1024x654.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/ak-47_magazines-610x390.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/ak-47_magazines-1080x690.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/ak-47_magazines-627x400.jpg 627w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/ak-47_magazines.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> The second event was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/a-history-of-the-federal-assault-weapons-ban\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which banned the sale of a select group of firearms based on cosmetic features and included almost all variants of the AK-47 available at the time. To get around the ban, gun manufacturers quickly learned they could adjust a few items on their guns (such as the muzzle device at the end of the barrel and type of stock used on the rifle) and their guns would suddenly become legal again. The AK was easily adaptable to incorporate features that made it no longer a \u201cbanned\u201d gun. However, adding those features cost money, and manufacturers passed those costs on to the consumer, raising AK prices even more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Features Are Best In The AK-47?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This brings us to today, where you can find AR-15s at prices that are equal to or less than an AK-47 style gun. There are also a wide range of prices for AK-style guns. The cost for rifles with similar features can vary by as much as a thousand dollars. So, the question becomes, what is the best AK-47 for the money? What makes a thousand-dollar AK worth the money versus a budget blaster?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To answer those questions, I talked with two of my friends who have long histories with the AK platform: Lee Williams and Michael Bane. Lee is a newspaper editor and the proprietor of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegunwriter.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TheGunWriter.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He is also a big fan of Eastern Bloc firearms in general and the AK in particular. As such, he is intimately familiar with the ins and outs of the platform. Michael has written and talked about the gun business for decades, first as a writer for all the major gun magazines and now as the host of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorchannel.com\/show\/shooting-gallery\/1630\">Shooting Gallery on Outdoor Channel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michaelbane.tv\/\">on his own website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lee Williams, TheGunwriter.com<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEssentially, all AK&#8217;s are the same,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re based on a reliable, proven design that\u2019s been proven to be very rugged in almost any situation. And if an AK doesn\u2019t work,\u201d he continued,\u00a0 \u201cit is probably due to a big issue, and it needs to go to a smith.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe low end AKs will all run. The thing about the AK,\u201d Lee said, \u201cis that it\u2019s meant to work with looser part tolerances than with, say, an AR-15. However, at some point, loose tolerances will catch up with you, and reliability will start to be an issue.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lee continued, \u201cEase of adding upgrades is an issue with the lower-end AKs. The AKs that cost $1000 or more are quicker and easier to upgrade, with better ergonomic features like a flange on the safety for easier use, a left-handed safety, and more choices in muzzle brakes for better recoil control.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnother thing you\u2019ll see in the higher-end AK guns is a milled receiver group versus the stamped receiver of less expensive guns,\u201d Lee said. \u201cHowever, in my opinion, that\u2019s a feature that Americans who are used to the AR platform demand in a gun. The fact is, the AK was designed to use a stamped receiver, and those work just fine.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn general,\u201d he concluded, \u201cthe more you pay for your AK, the better the fit and finish on the gun, and the quicker and easier it will be to add accessories onto your gun.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michael Bane, Outdoor Channel<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPrior to the import ban of the late 80\u2019s, you could buy AK&#8217;s for very little money because the market was flooded with cheap Norincos and other guns from Chinese manufacturers. At the same time, the AR-15 was an expensive gun, as Colt was the primary manufacturer. Now the reverse is true,\u201d Bane said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOld AKs shot patterns, not groups,\u201d he said. \u201cMilitary rifles of the day, especially surplus ones, weren&#8217;t really built to American standards of accuracy and accessorizing. Precision wasn&#8217;t a priority for most armies out there, and the AK was not designed with accuracy as job one.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWith the AK,\u201d Michael continued, \u201chigher standards of accuracy mean higher prices, and some of the newer good guns are quite good. Quality in AK&#8217;s has dramatically improved in the last 25 years, and now entry-level AKs are better than the surplus military products of years ago.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAccuracy, fit and finish and performance on the AK all go up as the price goes up,&#8221; said Michael. \u201cThere&#8217;s a bias in America that a forged receiver is a higher-quality than a stamped one, but that may not necessarily be true.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Built Tough Enough For The Russian Winter<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/ak_acessories.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1188 size-medium\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/ak_acessories-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"Which Is The Best AK-47 In This Picture\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/ak_acessories-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/ak_acessories-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/ak_acessories-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/ak_acessories-610x432.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/ak_acessories-400x284.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/ak_acessories-1080x764.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/ak_acessories-627x444.jpg 627w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/ak_acessories.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Low End AK-47s<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reliable, rugged, but not that accurate\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stamped receivers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Limited choices in accessories<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>High End AK-47s<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still reliable, but accuracy starts to improve<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Possibly uses milled receivers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More rails and easier to upgrade<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ultimately, choosing the best AK-47 depends on a number of factors. For someone who\u2019s looking to occasionally shoot an AK, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centuryarms.com\/century\/century-firearms\/ak-rifles-us-made\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an entry-level WASR or VSKA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> might be the way to go. If you need a bit more from your gun, look to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rifledynamics.com\/firearms\/rifles\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a quality build from Rifle Dynamics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or another manufacturer. And, if you\u2019re looking for something a little bit different, your best bet might be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iwi.us\/product-category\/firearms\/galil-ace\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a new version of the Galil <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or a similar gun that uses long-stroke piston action from the AK.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is there an AK model that holds a special place in your heart? Sound off in the comments below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s The Best AK-47 For Your Money? The AK-47 platform is one of the most iconic guns in the world. It&#8217;s so iconic, in fact, that it\u2019s portrayed on Mozambique&#8217;s national flag. It\u2019s the only modern firearm to occupy such an important part in a nation\u2019s history. 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