{"id":32456,"date":"2015-02-02T07:27:29","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T12:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=32456"},"modified":"2015-02-02T07:27:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T11:52:39","slug":"top-5-non-ak-7-62x39s-shot-show-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/top-5-non-ak-7-62x39s-shot-show-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top 5 Non-AK 7.62x39s from SHOT Show 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_32479\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1838.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-5-non-ak-7-62x39s-shot-show-2015\" title=\"The Top 5 Non-AK 7.62x39s from SHOT Show 2015\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32479\" title=\"The Top 5 Non-AK 7.62x39s from SHOT Show 2015\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1838-400x147.jpg\" alt=\"The Rock River is picky about which magazines it uses. But it shoot incredibly well.\" width=\"400\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1838-400x147.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1838-150x55.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1838.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rock River is picky about which magazines it uses. But it shoot incredibly well.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One noticeable theme at this year\u2019s SHOT Show was the ubiquitous Anti-AK rifles and pistols chambered in 7.62&#215;39. The non-AK 7.62&#215;39 isn\u2019t exactly a holy grail within the American firearms community, but it is a concept that has a strong cult following. We could look to the<a title=\" Ruger Mini 30\" href=\"\/blog\/ruger-mini-thirty-alternative-ak\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-5-non-ak-7-62x39s-shot-show-2015\" title=\"The Top 5 Non-AK 7.62x39s from SHOT Show 2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Ruger Mini 30<\/a>, for example\u2014a rifle that only has one flaw: it won\u2019t take AK mags.<\/p>\n<p>And Rock River has recently begun shipping their <a title=\"LAR-47\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rockriverarms.com\/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&amp;category_id=558\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-5-non-ak-7-62x39s-shot-show-2015\" title=\"The Top 5 Non-AK 7.62x39s from SHOT Show 2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockriverarms.com\/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&amp;category_id=558\" campaign=\"Rock River LAR-47\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">LAR-47 series<\/a><\/a>. We\u2019ve got one in for review now\u2014spoiler alert: it is a tack driver with some annoying personality traits. <a href=\"\/blog\/rock-rivers-new-lar-47-line-ar-ak-new-gun-review\/\" campaign=\"Rock River LAR-47\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\"><a title=\"LAR-47 Review\" href=\"\/blog\/rock-rivers-new-lar-47-line-ar-ak-new-gun-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-5-non-ak-7-62x39s-shot-show-2015\" title=\"The Top 5 Non-AK 7.62x39s from SHOT Show 2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can read the whole thing here<\/a><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So why the rush for the 7.62 x 39 rifle (or pistol) that bears almost no relationship to the most ubiquitous rifle in the entire world? Beats me, but the five companies below have skin in the game.<\/p>\n<p>[one_half]<\/p>\n<h2>The Rhino Arms MM-47<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rhinoarms.com\/product-category\/mm-47\/\" campaign=\"Rhino Arms MM-47\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\"><a title=\"Rhino Arms MM-47\" href=\"https:\/\/rhinoarms.com\/product-category\/mm-47\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-5-non-ak-7-62x39s-shot-show-2015\" title=\"The Top 5 Non-AK 7.62x39s from SHOT Show 2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Rhino Arms MM-47<\/a><\/a> may be the smoothest rifle in this list. I got to check these out at SHOT, and I was immediately smitten. If I were to pick one of these guns to add to my permanent collection&#8211;and this is coming from a diehard AK guy&#8211;this would be it.<\/p>\n<p>Look at the way the receiver has been milled to keep strength, but balance weight. These are clearly well thought out rifles. We&#8217;ll have one in for review ASAP, and see how well it works.<\/p>\n<p>[\/one_half]<\/p>\n<p>[one_half_last]<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32478\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1837.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-5-non-ak-7-62x39s-shot-show-2015\" title=\"The Top 5 Non-AK 7.62x39s from SHOT Show 2015\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32478\" title=\"The Top 5 Non-AK 7.62x39s from SHOT Show 2015\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1837-400x208.jpg\" alt=\"The Rhino MM-47, my new favorite.\" width=\"400\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1837-400x208.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1837-150x78.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1837.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rhino MM-47, my new favorite.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[\/one_half_last]<\/p>\n<p>[one_half]<\/p>\n<h2>The Galil Ace<\/h2>\n<p>This offering form IWI makes sense, especially in the Middle East, where there is more 7.62 x 39 than anything else. And the rifle and pistol are a fine compliment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.israel-weapon.com\/?catid={3B7B48F5-CA99-4282-9D7F-13C8CCA5A4DA}\" campaign=\"Galil Ace\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\"><a title=\"Galil\" href=\"https:\/\/www.israel-weapon.com\/?catid={3B7B48F5-CA99-4282-9D7F-13C8CCA5A4DA}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-5-non-ak-7-62x39s-shot-show-2015\" title=\"The Top 5 Non-AK 7.62x39s from SHOT Show 2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IWI\u2019s catalog<\/a><\/a>. With a Tavor and a Galil, I don\u2019t see how you could go wrong. I&#8217;ve yet to get my hands on one of the new ones. The Galil has always seemed like what you would get if you asked a technologically sophisticated country to fix some of the flaws with the AK.<\/p>\n<p>[\/one_half][one_half_last]<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32483\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1842.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-5-non-ak-7-62x39s-shot-show-2015\" title=\"The Top 5 Non-AK 7.62x39s from SHOT Show 2015\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32483\" title=\"The Top 5 Non-AK 7.62x39s from SHOT Show 2015\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1842-400x226.jpg\" alt=\"The Galil Pistol.\" width=\"400\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1842-400x226.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1842-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1842.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Galil Pistol.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[\/one_half_last]<\/p>\n<p>[one_half]<\/p>\n<h2>The MGI<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mgi-military.com\/store\/index.php?product_id=116&amp;type=&amp;category=18\" campaign=\"Shot Sow MGI\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\"><a title=\"MGI\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mgi-military.com\/store\/index.php?product_id=116&amp;type=&amp;category=18\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-5-non-ak-7-62x39s-shot-show-2015\" title=\"The Top 5 Non-AK 7.62x39s from SHOT Show 2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Modularity is king at MGI<\/a><\/a>. This new version builds on a concept we first saw last year. It is an AR style rifle (and now a pistol, too) that takes breaks the rifle into four main units: the upper, the barrel, the lower, and the magazine well. With one serialized lower, the rest can be mixed and matched to accommodate a variety of calibers. It is a bad-ass gun, too. We reviewed one last year. It doesn&#8217;t feel as tight as most well built AR-15s, but that&#8217;s due to the modularity. The dovetails that hold on the magazine well have just a bit of play. The good news is that the system shoots straight and runs reliably. We couldn&#8217;t make it fail, and we tried.<\/p>\n<p>[\/one_half][one_half_last]<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32482\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1841.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-5-non-ak-7-62x39s-shot-show-2015\" title=\"The Top 5 Non-AK 7.62x39s from SHOT Show 2015\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32482\" title=\"The Top 5 Non-AK 7.62x39s from SHOT Show 2015\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1841-400x174.jpg\" alt=\"MGI's new 7.62 x 39 pistol.\" width=\"400\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1841-400x174.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1841-150x65.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1841.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MGI&#8217;s new 7.62 x 39 pistol.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[\/one_half_last]<\/p>\n<h2>The CMMG Mutant<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmmginc.com\/category_s\/1998.htm\" campaign=\"CMMG Mutant\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\"><a title=\"CMMG Mutant\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cmmginc.com\/category_s\/1998.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-5-non-ak-7-62x39s-shot-show-2015\" title=\"The Top 5 Non-AK 7.62x39s from SHOT Show 2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CMMG continues to make inroads on the market<\/a><\/a>. They\u2019re making some AR-10s that have a strong following. The move into 7.62&#215;39 seems natural for a company that\u2019s mastered the .308. Just dial it back a bit. I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s more to it than that, but you get the picture.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve got a Mutant inbound for testing, and will have the full write up ASAP. It looks like a worthy gun. I&#8217;m eager to see how it handles magazines. That is always the sticking point in this design, and something a manufacturer has to live with, or engineer away. My gut says CMMG will have engineered a solution that will keep the bolt from dragging on the rounds as they&#8217;re presented.<\/p>\n<p>[full_width]<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32477\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1836.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-5-non-ak-7-62x39s-shot-show-2015\" title=\"The Top 5 Non-AK 7.62x39s from SHOT Show 2015\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32477\" title=\"The Top 5 Non-AK 7.62x39s from SHOT Show 2015\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1836.jpg\" alt=\"The CMMG Mutant.\" width=\"900\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1836.jpg 900w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1836-150x45.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1836-400x120.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The CMMG Mutant.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[\/full_width]<\/p>\n<h2>The SIG 556xi<\/h2>\n<p>Taking modularity to the next level of precision, <a title=\"SIG 556xi\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sigevolution.com\/sig556xi\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-5-non-ak-7-62x39s-shot-show-2015\" title=\"The Top 5 Non-AK 7.62x39s from SHOT Show 2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sigevolution.com\/sig556xi\" campaign=\"SIG\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">SIG has built a rifle system<\/a><\/a> that is easily adaptable to users\u2019 needs. In its AK configuration, it will accept AK mags. This is a major plus for those, like me, who hold this point up as the benchmark of success.<\/p>\n<p>The SIG will appeal to those who like the modularity. It will allow them to train with one highly capable rifle, without having to learn new safety mechanisms, or magazine change tricks. Mostly.<\/p>\n<p>[full_width]<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32481\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-5-non-ak-7-62x39s-shot-show-2015\" title=\"The Top 5 Non-AK 7.62x39s from SHOT Show 2015\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32481\" title=\"The Top 5 Non-AK 7.62x39s from SHOT Show 2015\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32481\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1840.jpg\" alt=\"The 556xi Russian has a long barrel. Will it add to the accuracy of the 7.62 x 39?\" width=\"900\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1840.jpg 900w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1840-150x52.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Not-an-AK-1840-400x139.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 556xi Russian has a long barrel. Will it add to the accuracy of the 7.62 x 39?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[\/full_width]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So what\u2019s the big appeal of the 7.62 x 39 platform? I think it is AR familiarity combined with the availability of 7.62 x 39. It may also be a patriotic thing. The AK for the patriot who wouldn\u2019t be caught dead with an actual AK.<\/p>\n<p>So what about it? Do you own a non-AK in 7.62 x 39? I don&#8217;t. But I will.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AR-15s in calibers other than 5.56 are nothing new. Yet one big trend recently is the attempt to perfect the 7.62&#215;39 in AR form. Is that the answer? Or can the AK be refined? 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