Gun Policy News
9 January 2003
News24 (South Africa)
CAPE TOWN — The 280 AK-47 assault rifles confiscated at a warehouse near the Cape Town International Airport on Wednesday resembled the old AK-47, but had been redesigned to accept three different calibre bullets.
The guns, imported under the brand name Saiga from the Russian factory that manufactured the original AK-47 rifles, included versions capable of taking 7.62 calibre rounds, .233 and 12-bore shotgun rounds.
The gun dealer who allegedly imported of the guns... (GunPolicy.org)