Finished in dark grey parkerization and come with 1 -30 round mag rifle hard case backed up by a 2 year warranty.

We have a limited number of these hard to find rifles being produced for us and do not expect to have them for long due to a lack or part kits to build them from.

Its a very famous gun The AK-47 assault rifle was developed in 1947 by Red Army soldier Mikhail Kalashnikov.

Social Sharing Kalashnikov branches out with concept store that sells mock weapons, cellphone cases, T-shirts Susan Ormiston CBC News Posted: Mar 10, 2017 7:31 PM ET Last Updated: March 16, 2017 Merchandising the AK-47 The National 4 years ago 5:42 Kalashnikov Concern, the manufacturer of the worlds most notorious assault rifle, is expanding into a wider range of products, including clothing and souvenirs featuring the AK-47 5:42 comments It may be the only place in the world that will sell you guns at the airport instead of taking them away.

Next to that are racks of kids T-shirts printed with I Love AK.

The Kalashnikov is Russia, and Russia is the Kalashnikov.

Artyom Baranowsky Thats AK-47, the famed Russian rapid-fire assault rifle that has made its manufacturer, Kalashnikov, a worldwide name.

Why not I think its a good thing from Russia, good souvenir, says Artyom Baranowsky, manager of the first Kalashnikov concept store in Russia.

Opened last summer, it sells Kalashnikov-branded products ranging from cellphone cases to bullet-shaped thermoses to mock rifles and pistols.

Theyre actual Kalashnikov weapons you can assemble and disassemble; some shoot low-power plastic pellets, others cant shoot at all.

A symbol of power, described by the average Russian as a weapon used to protect freedom, to make peace, not war, regardless of its deadly legacy.

Kids t-shirts reading I Love AK are hot sellers in the Kalashnikov concept store at Moscows Sheremetyevo airport.

Other souvenirs at the store include actual Kalashnikov guns and rifles but not ammunition.

Susan OrmistonCBC ) Baranowsky says he sells at least a pistol a day.

He records the passport number of the customer, whos required to put the item in their checked luggage.

Impact of sanctions was drastic at first The store is one way Kalashnikov Concern is branching out to stay alive.

Canada barred any business or trade with Kalashnikov Concern and added its CEO to a list of individuals banned from entering Canada.

The U.S. had been the companys biggest market, so the impact of sanctions was drastic at first as exports plummeted by nearly half, according to deputy CEO of sales and marketing Vladimir Dmitriev.

As long as you are being cut from one of the most profitable and prosperous markets, you have to find some other strategy, he told CBC News at Kalashnikovs corporate offices in Moscow.

We found that answer in the diversification of the business itself.

Vladimir Dmitriev, deputy CEO of sales and marketing at Kalashnikov Concern, says western sanctions initially hurt the company but it has now rebounded.

Corinne SeminoffCBC) Dmitriev says export volume has now nearly doubled again, with new customers in 30 countries that do not support the sanctions.

A few years ago, it looked like Stalingrad, Dmitriev says, referring to the city nearly destroyed in a Second World War battle.

Its a rapid expansion for us not only the width of products we are supplying but the quality of operations, and the sales model as well.

Vladimir Dmitriev But now the 200-year-old gun factory is being totally rebuilt to contemporary standards.

In 2014 the arms maker was reorganized into a public-private company (Concern), with 51 per cent being held by the state-owned Rostec, and 49 per cent held in private hands.

Kalashnikov is producing a modern AK for civilian use, due out later this year, with a military version to follow.

It acquired a controlling stake in a company that makes unmanned aerial systems (drones) and another stake in a company that makes assault landing boats.

Kalashnikov has found new, ready markets, particularly in the Middle East, where it could build a new factory.

Its a rapid expansion for us not only the width of products we are supplying but the quality of operations, and the sales model as well, Dmitriev says.

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