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No, they're just a name brand for one of the manufacturers of the AK style rifle. Internally they're just like any other AK and major parts like the bolt carrier, recoil spring, dust cover, and FCG are all interchangeable. Each manufacturer adds their own little touches to it to make it "their own" in other areas. Molot's is to use a RPK style receiver and bull barrel but it's still an AK. The 5.45x39mm version you saw being used is the Molot version of the AK-74. The style of stock they use for the ones imported into the US is so that they can get around the 922 compliance issues. Since it uses that style of stock they can market it as a "hunting or sporting" rifle. If they imported it in the standard AK look they would have to have 5 US made parts on it. That's why you see Zastava rifles imported by Century using Tapco triggers and magazines for example. Izmash took a different route with the Saiga AKs. They replaced the AK stock and pistol grip with a stock like what you would see on a Remington 700. Those ones are now on the Obama ban list as they are made by Izmash. Back during the Soviet days both plants were state owned and made standard style AKs for the government. Think of it as how Remington, Springfield, Winchester, and GE all made the M1 during WWII.
Here's a pic of a Vepr converted back to the standard AK look:
![[Image: 3843439_01_russian_vepr_ak_47_640.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/Aragorn007/3843439_01_russian_vepr_ak_47_640.jpg)
Here's a pic of a Vepr converted back to the standard AK look:
Here's a pic of a Vepr converted back to the standard AK look: