{"id":87879,"date":"2018-02-13T14:58:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T19:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=87879"},"modified":"2018-02-13T14:58:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T21:20:28","slug":"century-draco-nak9-shot-show-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/century-draco-nak9-shot-show-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Century Draco NAK9: AK Pistol that Takes Glock Mags &#8211; SHOT Show 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_88043\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gastatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Dracon3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"century-draco-nak9-shot-show-2018\" title=\"Century Draco NAK9: AK Pistol that Takes Glock Mags - SHOT Show 2018\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88043\" title=\"Century Draco NAK9: AK Pistol that Takes Glock Mags - SHOT Show 2018\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-88043\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Dracon3-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Century Draco NAK9: AK Pistol that Takes Glock Mags - SHOT Show 2018\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Dracon3-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Dracon3-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Dracon3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Dracon3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Dracon3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-88043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Draco NAK9. It just makes me smile.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Century Arms crushed it out of the park a few years ago with the introduction of the Draco, an eminently affordable AK-style pistol.\u00a0It featured all the ergonomic wonder of a Kalashnikov in an\u00a0ultra-compact package.\u00a0 The Draco was an instant hit.<\/p>\n<p>New for 2018 is the Draco NAK9, which is cut from the same cloth as the original only the NAK9 is chambered in 9mm.\u00a0 That makes it easier to control and cheaper to feed.<\/p>\n<h2>Specs<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Made in Romania<\/li>\n<li>14x1mm LH thread<\/li>\n<li>Stamped receiver<\/li>\n<li>Accepts Glock 17 and 19 mags.<\/li>\n<li>Picatinny optics rail on top of the dust cover<\/li>\n<li>Rear sling mount<\/li>\n<li>Compatibility with AKM handguard<\/li>\n<li>Comes with one 33 rd. mag.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a wild step for Century. AR-pattern pistols stepped down to 9mm have been flying off shelves, so it makes sense that the AK masters would follow suit. The result is a blend of old and new.<\/p>\n<p>The NAK9 looks AK\u00a0and takes AKM handguards, complete with standard AK-style sights. Of note, the NAK9 retains a standard AK 14x1mm LH thread pitch on the muzzle. Don\u2019t try your 7.62 can or muzzle devices, please.<\/p>\n<p>[one_half]<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_88040\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gastatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Dracon.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"century-draco-nak9-shot-show-2018\" title=\"Century Draco NAK9: AK Pistol that Takes Glock Mags - SHOT Show 2018\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88040\" title=\"Century Draco NAK9: AK Pistol that Takes Glock Mags - SHOT Show 2018\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-88040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Dracon-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Century Draco NAK9: AK Pistol that Takes Glock Mags - SHOT Show 2018\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Dracon-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Dracon-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Dracon-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Dracon-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Dracon.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-88040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The NAK9 sold out to distributors in Q1.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[\/one_half]<\/p>\n<p>[one_half_last]<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_88042\" style=\"width: 395px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gastatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/dracon2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"century-draco-nak9-shot-show-2018\" title=\"Century Draco NAK9: AK Pistol that Takes Glock Mags - SHOT Show 2018\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88042\" title=\"Century Draco NAK9: AK Pistol that Takes Glock Mags - SHOT Show 2018\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-88042\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/dracon2-385x300.jpg\" alt=\"D\" width=\"385\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/dracon2-385x300.jpg 385w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/dracon2-150x117.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/dracon2-768x599.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/dracon2-1024x799.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/dracon2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-88042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The price on the NAK9 is $724.99.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[\/one_half_last]<\/p>\n<p>Up top, the NAK9 sports a Picatinny rail, so you can put on a red dot or your optic of choice. Most importantly, for the modern world, the gun runs on Glock magazines.<\/p>\n<p>Glock magazines have become the default setting for 9mm carbines, with good reason. They work, and there are lots of them. It must\u2019ve taken some doing to get an AK to run them. But Century has done it.\u00a0 Yes, what we have on our hands with the NAK9\u00a0 is another smash hit.<\/p>\n<h2>Pricing<\/h2>\n<p>MSRP for the Draco NAK9 is $724.99.\u00a0 But I&#8217;ve seen listings<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/Search.aspx?Keyword=Draco%20NAK9\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"century-draco-nak9-shot-show-2018\" title=\"Century Draco NAK9: AK Pistol that Takes Glock Mags - SHOT Show 2018\"> on GunsAmerica<\/a> for $675. Already sold out to distributors for Q1, might want to buy one if you see one.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centuryarms.com\/draco-nak9.html\" campaign=\"CenturyArmsSHOT2018\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">CenturyArms.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">***Buy a Draco NAK9 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/Search.aspx?Keyword=Draco%20NAK9\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"century-draco-nak9-shot-show-2018\" title=\"Century Draco NAK9: AK Pistol that Takes Glock Mags - SHOT Show 2018\">on GunsAmerica<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New for 2018 is the Draco NAK9, which is cut from the same cloth as the original only the NAK9 is chambered in 9mm.\u00a0 That makes it easier to control and cheaper to feed.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":88043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,226,111,1027],"tags":[132,527,617,1025],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-87879","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-clay-martin","9":"category-industry-news","10":"category-shot-shot-2018","11":"tag-buzz","12":"tag-century-arms","13":"tag-industry-news","14":"tag-shot-show-2018"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Century Draco NAK9: AK Pistol that Takes Glock Mags - SHOT Show 2018<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"New for 2018 is the Draco NAK9, which is cut from the same cloth as the original only the NAK9 is chambered in 9mm.\u00a0 That makes it easier to control and cheaper to feed.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/century-draco-nak9-shot-show-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Century Draco NAK9: AK Pistol that Takes Glock Mags - SHOT Show 2018\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New for 2018 is the Draco NAK9, which is cut from the same cloth as the original only the NAK9 is chambered in 9mm.\u00a0 That makes it easier to control and cheaper to feed.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/century-draco-nak9-shot-show-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-02-13T19:58:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-23T21:20:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Dracon3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Clay Martin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/x.com\/wayofftheres\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Clay Martin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/century-draco-nak9-shot-show-2018\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/century-draco-nak9-shot-show-2018\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Clay Martin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2d1bfff6535fbff35f392292b3a6438a\"},\"headline\":\"Century Draco NAK9: AK Pistol that Takes Glock Mags &#8211; 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