The Eternal Debate: Which Is Better, the M16 or the AK-47?: Rest assured, no matter which you think is better, the M16 and the AK-47 are both weapons that will get the job done on the battlefield ...

Since most AK bolt carriers allow easy detachment and replacement of the piston head and stem, the KNS gas piston is practically a drop-in replacement in most AK rifles.

Key point: The Kalashnikov’s success has to do with its gas operating system. Recently, Blake Franko of the National Interest published an article about the ubiquity of the Kalashnikov AK-47 and ...

Gas System This combination of port, cylinder, piston, and return spring is key to the AK-47's reliability.

The agent also describes the AK-47’s gas piston operating system, describing a “gas returning metal tube” that caused the bolt to recoil and eject a spent cartridge.

The BFT47 offers a traditional AK-47 profile and control set while incorporating preferred features and noteworthy upgrades. Its gas-operated, semi-automatic action is driven by a long-stroke piston.

The gun borrows Kalashnikov's design with a long stroke gas piston and rotating bolt and AK’s bolt carriers. Thus, the base concept relies on the AK-47, with the rest, besides the ‘heart’ of ...

The AK-47: a malevolent ‘super-power’ that changed the course of history The Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947 model is arguably the world’s deadliest ever weapon. Len Williams finds out why it has ...

Can the gas-piston AR system overtake the longest serving military rifle, or will the gas impingement system soldier on?

"We started with the proven AK-47 design, utilizing the Russian Heritage of the long stroke, gas piston, rotating bolt design," the company says on its website.

Detroit police are investigating whether a group of AK-47 wielding robbers who hit two gas stations Wednesday morning are responsible for several similar crimes that have recently occurred across ...