Will This Russian Handgun Become ‘The AK-47 of Pistols’?

[Catskillkid]

Will This Russian Handgun Become ‘The AK-47 of Pistols’?

God damn...that thing looks fugly.

Also, I thought the Glock was the AK-47 of pistols (sorry...not sorry 1911 guys)

 

[Bananabandit]

Thats pretty fugly indeed. Kinda looks like the S&W knockoff of Glock

 

[Phauxtoe]

looks like a Knock off of the Arsenal one,
Russia hasn't invented anything original since the AK47

 

[Edwardteach72]

looks like a Knock off of the Arsenal one,
Russia hasn't invented anything original since the AK47

The Strike one By Arsenal, Russian design and made by an Italian factory

 

[Edwardteach72]

 

[Podmonkey]

How can this be a knockoff of the Strike One, or whatever it's being marketed as nowadays, when the former is an alloy framed, hammer fired(its shrouded) gun and the latter is a polymer framed striker fired gun?

The Kalashnikov rifle already has a perfect pistol analogue in the Glock.
Both are ugly, somewhat awkward guns with sub optimal sights and triggers(supposedly)
that nevertheless are renowned for their simplicity, reliability, ruggedness and effectiveness. They are a perfect mirror of one another. There are numerous other parallels to be made as well.

 

[meketrefe]

sorry, the glock is already the ak47 for the pistols.
That is not theory but based on facts / track record

 

[Podmonkey]

sorry, the glock is already the ak47 for the pistols.
That is not theory but based on facts / track record

Well not facts. Comparing any handgun to rifle is an abstract exercise. But there are many parallels between Glocks and AKs.
What would an AR15's pistol analogue be I wonder? What's a ubiquitous, lightweight, accurate pistol with an unwarranted reputation for unreliability?

 

[Robin]

looks like a Knock off of the Arsenal one,
Russia hasn't invented anything original since the AK47

Well, not quite original. The Sturmgewehr 44
Despite its limited proliferation (only about 80,000 were made) and its abbreviated combat life, the MP-44 nevertheless holds a historic place in firearms development as the world’s first select-fire assault rifle, not to mention the precedent it set as a weapons system. Although denied by Anton Kalashnikov, its influence on the design of the AK-47 assault rifle is readily apparent, and the MP-44 can still be found serving in many African and Middle Eastern armies and militias to this day.



Robin

 

[meketrefe]

Well not facts. Comparing any handgun to rifle is an abstract exercise. But there are many parallels between Glocks and AKs.
What would an AR15's pistol analogue be I wonder? What's a ubiquitous, lightweight, accurate pistol with an unwarranted reputation for unreliability?

Loose fit concept/directive is the same. Spartan too.

result = it goes bang every single time.