Built on the same standard as the military RPK, Vepr is 50% more reinforced than a standard, stamped AK rifle. Each rifle has been manufactured using state of the art technology, effectively creating a heavier duty piece that will last through not just a lifetime but for many generations to come. The RPK-style barrels are hammer forged and chrome lined using techniques that make them four to five times stronger than a standard AK barrel, giving the Vepr rifles substantially extended service life over AK type rifles.
Vepr AK rifle in 7.62x39mm caliber, 16.5-in barrel, stamped receiver, chrome lined hammer forged barrel, removable muzzle nut with 14x1mm left-hand threads, 1000 meter sight leaf with adjustable windage, black polymer furniture, Warsaw length buttstock with hidden compartment for cleaning kit, Cleaning Kit and Cleaning Rod, shipped with one 5-rd magazine, 922(r) compliant with US or foreign made magazines. Interchangeable parts.
Features:
- True factory Molot AK-47 style rifle in the US market
- Heavy RPK-style hammer forged chrome lined barrel
- RPK-style 1.5mm stamped receiver
- RPK-style trunnion block
- RPK-style ribbed polymer handguards with stainless steel heat shield
- Polymer original Warsaw length buttstock with cleaning kit trap door
- Windage adjustable 1000m rear sight leaf
- Scope mount side rail
- Accepts all mil-spec double-stack AK-47 7.62x39mm magazines
- 14x1mm left-hand muzzle thread
- 922r compliant with foreign made magazines
Specifications:
- Caliber: 7.62x39
- Operating System: Semi-Auto, long stroke gas system
- Breech Type: 2 lug rotating bolt
- Magazine Type: Detachable double stack magazine
- Weight with 5-rd magazine: 8 lbs
- Overall Length: 34.75"
- Width: 2.9"
- Height (w/o mag.): 7.8"
- Barrel Length: 16.5"
- Rifling: 4 groove RH twist, 9.4"
- Twist rate: 1 in 240 mm
- Weight w/o Magazine: 7.8 lbs (3.54 kg)
- Muzzle Velocity: 710 m/s
- Effective Range: 400 m
- Maximum Range: 1350 m
- Rate of Fire: 40 rds/min (practical)
- Sight Leaf: 1000 m
- Interchangeable parts
- Handgaurds: stamped receiver RPK
- Buttstock: stamped receiver buttstock with some filing / fitting, Note: the receiver on FM-AK/Vepr/RPK is thicker than on AK based rifles.
The information below comes from our Gun Caliber Dictionary and is for
general reference only. It does not describe the specifications of this
particular item.
The 7.62X39mm (7.62mm Russian) was adopted by the Soviet Union in 1943, first in the SKS semiautomatic, and then in the famous AK-47 selective fire assault rifle. The concept was based on Russian experience with the 7.92X33mm Kurz in the German MKB42, the world's first assault rifle. The 7.62X39mm has more case capacity, thus higher velocity and somewhat more range than the German cartridge, but the concept remains: A short to medium-range cartridge that offers a high volume of fire as, literally, troops closed in the assault. Although officially replaced by the 5.45X39mm in the AK-74, the 7.62X39mm and its AK-47 remain in use the world over, very possibly the most prolific military rifle and cartridge ever made. The 7.62X39mm has been adapted to the AR platform, and also chambered in various civilian platforms. Firing a 123-grain bullet at 2365 fps, the 7.62X39 is low in recoil and is an excellent deer cartridge at short to medium range.
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Craig Boddington
