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Vickers Guide: KALASHNIKOV Volume 1

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60+ FIREARMS.
COLLECTIONS IN THE U.S., SWITZERLAND, RUSSIA
17 SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. 
360 PAGES OF INSIGHT.

  • 360 pages
  • 13″ wide by 11″ tall (approx.)
  • Commercial quality, section sewn style binding which allows the book to lay open flat
  • Full color prints on premium quality photo paper stock
  • Foil stamped, red linen hardcover
  • Full color protective dust jacket
  • Ribbon page marker

AK-47 & Soviet Weapons, 2016

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  • Gun Buyer’s Annual #179
  • ASIN: B01AVUSKCS
  • 114 pages

AK AMMO GUIDE and an AK GEAR GUIDE

  • INTERARMS AK-T ON THE COVER (THE MAGPUL-ENHANCED 7.62mm HUNGARIAN UNDER-FOLDER DELIVERS COMPACT FIREPOWER!) 
  • TOMORROW’S KALASHNIKOV (KALASHNIKOV CONCERN’S CUTTING-EDGE COMBAT RIFLE, THE FUTURISTIC AK-12!) 
  • COMRADE IN ARMS (JAMES RIVER ARMORY’S RUSSIAN 7.62mm AKM REVIVES A TRUE COLD WAR CLASSIC) 
  • ISRAELI WARRIOR REBORN (THE IWI U.S. GALIL ACE PISTOL DELIVERS 7.62x39mm POWER WITH APLOMB) 
  • 21st CENTURY AK-74 (KALASHNIKOV CONCERN’S NEXT-GEN UPGRADE KIT FOR THIS BATTLE-HARDENED 5.45mm WARRIOR) 
  • TWO RIVER ARMS TABUK (PROVIDING AMERICAN SHOOTERS WITH AN IRAQI-STYLE 7.62x39mm KALASHNIKOV!) 
  • SHADOWY SPEC OPS (RUSSIA RETOOLS ITS INFAMOUS SPETSNAZ FORCES FOR MODERN, MURKY BATTLEFIELDS) 
  • INTO THE FOLD (GO HANDS-ON TO MAKE AND SHAPE YOUR VERY OWN AKM RECEIVER FROM A FLAT) 
  • AMER AK AN STEEL (DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES BUILDS MAGPUL-UPGRADED AKs RIGHT HERE IN THE U.S.) 
  • MARSHALLING TALENT (MASTER BUILDER TED MARSHALL CRAFTS A CUSTOM BULGARIAN 5.45mm AKS-74! ) 
  • 9mm COMRADE (KALASHNIKOV CONCERN’S NEW PL-14 OFFERS A REFINED PISTOL READY FOR DUTY AND DEFENSE! ) 
  • ABOVE THE 38th PARALLEL (INSIDE NORTH KOREA’S INDIGENOUS PRODUCTION OF AK-PATTERN RIFLES) 
  • CLOSE-QUARTERS VEPR-12 (K-VARS SEMI-AUTO 12 GAUGE TURNS UP THE HEAT IN CLOSE QUARTERS WITH A FULLY FOLDING STOCK! ) 
  • KREBS AC15 (NEXT-GEN SAIGA FEATURING AR-STYLE UPGRADES AND ROCK-SOLID 7.62mm AK POWER!) 
  • POLAND’S TANTAL (MEET RADOM’S 5.45x39mm wz.88, A DIRECT ANSWER TO THE RUSSIAN AK-74) 
  • DIY KALASHNIKOVS (AMERICAN GUNSMITHING INSTITUTE HELPS YOU BUILD AND MAINTAIN YOUR VERY OWN AK ) 
  • CENTURY RAS47 (A DOMESTICALLY BUILT AK THAT DELIVERS RELIABLE, NO-NONSENSE PERFORMANCE!) 
  • INTER ORDNANCE AKM 247-C (A HIGH-QUALITY, POLISH-STYLE 7.62x39mm AKM BUILT RIGHT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES) 
  • AIRBORNE PREDATOR (THE SOVIET UNION’S HIND Mi-24, A BATTLE-HARDENED HELICOPTER THAT SOLDIERS ON TODAY!) 
  • FANNING THE FLAME (MOSSBERG’S BLAZE-47 SERVES AS THE IDEAL .22 LR TO FEED YOUR SHOOTING NEEDS!) 
  • BUILDING THE BLOCKS (CHILDERS GUNS’ U.S.-MADE RECEIVERS HELP TAKE YOUR AK BUILD TO THE NEXT LEVEL) 
  • STEPPING UP (AN EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK AT THE BIGGEST THING IN AKs—-THE .50BMG-CHAMBERED AK-50!) 
  • NEW PRODUCTS (NEW GUNS AND GEAR THAT CAUGHT OUR EYE) 
  • AK BUYER’S GUIDE 
  • STOCKS, GRIPS & FOREGRIPS 
  • OPTICS, SIGHTS & LASERS 
  • RAILS, MOUNTS & HANDGUARDS 
  • MAGAZINES & DRUMS 
  • AMMUNITION 

The AK47 catalog

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The AK47 catalog
Volume 1
by Rob Stott
80 pages
full color photographs, most never before published or posted.

The AK47 catalog covers:
Soviet AKM/AKMS 1960-77
Polish AKM/AKMS post 1990
Polish AK47 grenade launcher variants
Romanian/Yugoslavian full power sniper rifles.

AK-47 Kalashnikov Variation; 1991

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AK-47 & Kalashnikov Variation
Masami Tokoi,
Dai-Nippon Co, 1991
ISBN: 4-499-20582-4

168 pages
Japanese

Packed full of great color photographs.
Most (but not all) variants .. this is where you can really see the differences in the AK variants
Written in Japanese, so you’ll also want a copy of the english translation
Been out of print for a long time, but there are still copies available from time to time.
A must have for the true AK collector

AK-47 and Kalashnikov Variation
by Masami Tokoi, 1993
ISBN 4-499-20582-4
Softcover
$54.50
Published by:
Dai-Nippon Kaiga Co., Ltd., 
Tokyo, Japan

Japan is the source of some of the most remarkable AK47 books published. These books, rarely seen outside of Japan, are virtual firearms museums, lavishly illustrated with full color photos taken with a level of care usually reserved for antiques and artworks.

Avtomat Kalashnikov

AK47 and Kalashnikov Variation. This book is a photo encyclopedia of the world’s Kalashnikov models, listed alphabetically by nation of origin. Each Kalashnikov model is shown in large full color photos with close ups

Many unique model features and markings. Being built by more nations and in greater numbers than any other military rifle in history, AK-47 and Kalashnikov Variation truly exposes us to this fascinating subject in greater detail than any previous work.

section of book is devoted to accessories, bayonets, grenade launchers, night vision sights, and silencers.

A Soviet AK-47 manual is reprinted in its entirety,still in Russian.

Text and photo captions are in Japanese,

All model names and nations of origin are listed in English, which will sufficiently guide one through the pictures.

An English language translation supplement published by an importer can be occasionally found