AK question

[Toolfreak66]

I was just wondering why there are no American companies that produce AKs. It seems that we now make the receivers and import all the rest of the parts (minus the ones needed to be 922 compliant). Is there a law against producing them here?

[Aleksei Vasiliev]

"Lancaster's Commercial Division has become one of largest manufactures of original AK rifles in the United States."

It sounds like Lancaster makes them, and there might be more. Or maybe they just make the receivers.

[drummerdude1188]

I was just wondering why there are no American companies that produce AKs. It seems that we now make the receivers and import all the rest of the parts (minus the ones needed to be 922 compliant). Is there a law against producing them here?

Just about money, if it was cheaper to make them here we would, to set up all the tooling to make fsb,gb, etc etc... would cost to much to make it remotely affordable. Someday it may happen if they ban importation of parts but until then, things will be as they are.

[Toolfreak66]

"Lancaster's Commercial Division has become one of largest manufactures of original AK rifles in the United States."

It sounds like Lancaster makes them, and there might be more. Or maybe they just make the receivers.

I own a Lancaster. The one I have uses and NDS-3 receiver...meaning the parts were imported.

[bohoki]

economics why build something here that would double the cost of the end product