Nice, first Kalashnikov is building a US plant now this.
Rut roh! Should I call customer support to cancel the 5.56 bolt carrier group I ordered from them (Never called them but know it might not be easy)? Should I avoid PSA?If PSA is building it, I am sure it is a real POS. F- that company.
Should I avoid PSA?
Rut roh! Should I call customer support to cancel the 5.56 bolt carrier group I ordered from them (Never called them but know it might not be easy)? Should I avoid PSA?
Nice, first Kalashnikov is building a US plant now this.
Will this end up like the PSA 1911?
RWC is planning on building a plant and they're not allowed to contact or do business with Kalishnikov Concern in Russia due to the sanctions, so Kalishnikov is not really "building" anything.
I didn't know that. That oughta make some liberals mad.
Hate to burst other people's bubbles but this is most likely PSA building guns from Polish/Romanian parts kits and adding their own or other's U.S. parts to make them compliant so they won't be true "100% US AK's" since many parts still come from overseas. We will see how reliable they are but the track record for many U.S. assemblers of AK's has not been good, at least not for me to give them another chance.
To add to the "Kalashnikov Concern" USA bit (and I have it in parentheses for a reason) they will have zero connections with the real KC to the point they are not even allowed to talk to them:
http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/20/news/kalashnikov-made-in-usa/
So based on their circumstances what you will have at best is RWC reverse-engineering what they have in stock/what is already available in country (no AK-12's, no Vityaz-9 clones, no new KC products) meaning we will be stuck in 2014 when the imports stopped or at worst they will be like PSA building guns from parts kits then they slap the "Kalashnikov" brand on it hoping to fool gullible gun buyers.
I hope I am wrong about this but again the track record of American AK assemblers making promises and falling short of them is the only thing they seem to be consistent about.
And before you ask, no I will not buy any of these to try out. I have been burned by too many U.S. builders to give them another chance unless it is for a model that is commercially unavailable nor ever will be and at that point I am going to a qualified AK gunsmith. If the Kalashnikov USA becomes legit and other reviews are glowing I might give it a chance.
Nope it says US made except for the furniture. The article or rep could be wrong, but I have no reason currently to believe that.
http://www.armoryblog.com/firearms/rifles/palmetto-state-armorys-new-ak47/
I guess we will see especially what the markings on the trunnion and rear sights say since those two spots are generally the dead giveaways of where the rifle is from.
If the reviews come back glowing for this rifle (over a period of time) and it is true the vast majority of parts are made in-house correctly to military arsenal specs I will eat my words on U.S. AK's.