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  • Perfect Paperback: 200 pages
  • Publisher: North Cape Publications, Inc.; 4th Expanded edition (August 15, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1882391411
  • ISBN-13: 978-1882391417
  • Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8 x 0.5 inches
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1.0 out of 5 starsBook Review - Kalashnikov Rifles and Their Variants, 3rd Edition
By Amazon Customer on September 2, 2010
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I read reviews of this book on Amazon before buying this book. One reviewer stated that the author used photos of semiauto as stand-ins for photos of the original full-auto weapons. My first impression was that the reviewer was being unduly picky, and I didn't pay much attention to that statement.
That reviewer knew what he was talking about.

If you buy this book, do NOT buy it expecting any reasonable accuracy when it comes to photographed weapons.
For instance, on the side of page 11 you will see a semiauto build of a Bulgarian AK-74. It's easily identifiable by its light-colored wood furniture, its East German pistol grip (Identified as such in Fig. 2-49 on p. 39), and by the fact that it was built using screws (?) instead of rivets. It's referred to as a Soviet AK-74 in the color page, a Bulgarian (correctly) on page 91, and as a Romanian AKM-86 on page 101. It is also the same rifle used in the assembly/disassembly section in Appendix C.
Also, on the color page you will see an obviously Romanian AK identified as a Soviet AKM.
There are technical errors in his parts descriptions. In Fig. 2-11 on p. 23, he seems to think that the rear flange on the gas tube (2) and the spring clip (3) are one piece. If that were true it'd be impossible to remove the handguard from the gas tube. In Fig. 2-27 on p. 29, he refers to a "Trigger/Sear Pin". That pin doesn't hold a sear.... But it DOES hold the trigger and DISCONNECTOR. As it turns out, what he refers to as a `sear' is actually the vestigial tab on the back of the disconnector in a semiauto AK (Fig. 2-23 on p. 32) Another small error is that he lists the position of the full-auto pin (which actually holds a sear) on p. 30.

There are some incorrect `facts' in his text.Read more ›
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2.0 out of 5 starsOK starting point, but...
By William on January 3, 2009
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As a collector, I honestly didn't think this was all that good of a book. While some of the information is useful, much of it is either half-right, generalized, or outdated.
The pictures are very poor in general - on page 4 and 5 for example all of the weapons are semi-auto variants, most with US-made receivers (including a screw build). Some of them are obviously the same rifle with different furniture put on to make them look like various countries' rifles. The same sort of thing happens pretty often (for detail pictures of the AK-74 for example, he only uses pictures of a Bulgarian example instead of a Russian example, even though he is talking about features that the Russians designed and used first).
These might be OK to get a general idea of what a rifle from a country looks like, but it is of no help to a collector who wants to look at mold markings or something. One problem I found was that he does not include close-ups of design and stamping differences between different countries, or variations in production in each country as time went on.

He over-simplifies too many things for a collector. He mentions the wire folding stock used by Romania and E. Germany but makes no mention of the differences between the two (push-button versus lever style, etc). He mentions the AK-74 muzzle brake, but only mentions 2 of the 5 variations that the Russians have, and then uses a picture of a Bulgarian example. Couldn't he at least have gotten a picture of an actual soviet brake, since they are pretty widely available even in the US? He makes no mention of the design and production differences between Bulgarian, Russian, and DDR brakes, or even Romanian 22mm and Russian 24mm which are not interchangeable, etc.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA real must have for Kalashnikov enthusiasts!
By Steven H. Warrick on July 12, 2008
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Joe Poyer's book The AK-47 and AK-74 Kalashnikov Rifles and Their Variations is fantastic. It provides moderately informed readers with the kind of encyclopedic and in-depth knowledge to quickly become very well informed about Kalashnikovs. It can also still answer questions the better informed might have. The chapters in the book on development history and the part by part descriptions really provide the reader a solid foundation for knowledge on this topic. There are also chapters on accessories, non-Russian Kalashnikovs, other assault rifles influenced by the Kalashnikov (like the Belgian FNC and the Swiss SG 550), SVD type sniper rifles and the best explanation I have seen of the brilliant but overly complicated AN-94 Abakan assault rifle. Poyer even includes a decent guide to maintaining and firing the AK in the appendices.
I personally enjoyed the technical information the most. For example I had read elsewhere that the newer AK-74 and 100 series rifles had a stronger locking system than earlier AKs but there was no explanation why. Poyer explained this with comparison pictures and specifications showing the larger locking lugs on the AK-74 bolt. At the same time I don't agree with all of Poyer's conclusions. For example I don't really see the AN-94 as "The Future of Russian Small Arms". It's much more complicated and expensive than the Kalashnikov rifles as well as being heavier. That it is still in very limited use more than twelve years after adoption backs up my conclusion.
Finally there are areas where Poyer could improve a third edition. An index and better organization would be helpful. Likewise he should include a chapter on RPK machine guns, more info on the Chinese and Yugoslavian variations and info on the newer optics. Notwithstanding this, the book still easily merits five stars.
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