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It's not a knock off that RWC is making. What they do is take what limited supply of "sporterized" Saiga AKs and shotguns they could get their hands on before the Kalashnikov Concern ban and do a poor conversion back to a full fledged AK, which they should have been to begin with. Instead of using welds to fix holes in the receiver that are left from the conversion process they use poorly done rivets or rubber plugs, which is cheap and unreliable. A properly done conversion uses welds to fill in the holes or at the very least a good rivet job. A "sporterized" Saiga AK looks like the following:
![[Image: iz240.jpg]](https://www.atlanticfirearms.com/images/stories/virtuemart/product/iz240.jpg)
and a properly done conversion looks like the following:
![[Image: iz132l%20(1%20of%2012).jpg]](https://www.atlanticfirearms.com/images/stories/virtuemart/product/iz132l%20(1%20of%2012).jpg)
That conversion has the receiver done properly which RWC has not shown the ability to do. The above conversion is only a partial as the handguard is still the "sporterized" version and it doesn't have a threaded barrel. The two rivets above the pistol grip are where the FCG pins were located before the rifle was converted. It's the easiest indicator that the rifle was once a "sporterized" Saiga, as they are the only rifle to have had that done to them. You can better see what I'm talking about in the following picture of the unconverted rifle:
![[Image: iz2402.jpg]](https://www.atlanticfirearms.com/images/stories/virtuemart/product/iz2402.jpg)
When the conversion is done correctly they are one of the best AKs you can buy.
BTW, the unconverted rifle above is an AK-74 and the converted is an AKM, the modern version of an AK-47. It should be noted that the unconverted rifle is New York state compliant with no modifications needed.
and a properly done conversion looks like the following:
That conversion has the receiver done properly which RWC has not shown the ability to do. The above conversion is only a partial as the handguard is still the "sporterized" version and it doesn't have a threaded barrel. The two rivets above the pistol grip are where the FCG pins were located before the rifle was converted. It's the easiest indicator that the rifle was once a "sporterized" Saiga, as they are the only rifle to have had that done to them. You can better see what I'm talking about in the following picture of the unconverted rifle:
When the conversion is done correctly they are one of the best AKs you can buy.
BTW, the unconverted rifle above is an AK-74 and the converted is an AKM, the modern version of an AK-47. It should be noted that the unconverted rifle is New York state compliant with no modifications needed.
and a properly done conversion looks like the following:
That conversion has the receiver done properly which RWC has not shown the ability to do. The above conversion is only a partial as the handguard is still the "sporterized" version and it doesn't have a threaded barrel. The two rivets above the pistol grip are where the FCG pins were located before the rifle was converted. It's the easiest indicator that the rifle was once a "sporterized" Saiga, as they are the only rifle to have had that done to them. You can better see what I'm talking about in the following picture of the unconverted rifle:
When the conversion is done correctly they are one of the best AKs you can buy.
BTW, the unconverted rifle above is an AK-74 and the converted is an AKM, the modern version of an AK-47. It should be noted that the unconverted rifle is New York state compliant with no modifications needed.