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Palmetto State Armory has been busy doing R&D on their new and very curious JAKL series of 5.56 AK/AR hybrids. We caught up with them at the NRA Show in Houston and found the platform to be novel.

Michael Crites

Updated: June 18, 2022

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Palmetto State Armory has been busy doing R&D on their new and very curious JAKL series of 5.56 AK/AR hybrids.

We caught up with them at the NRA Show in Houston and found the platform to be novel, using a 6061 monolithic upper designed to be compatible with any Mil-Spec AR-15 lower.

However, they use a long-stroke piston design similar to the AK, which allows a fully captured buffer system for those who are fans of side-folding braces and stocks. To tune the JAKL for suppressor use across a range of loads (steel case, anyone?), it uses a toolless 4-position gas block.

Enjoy some of PSA’s propaganda videos, below.

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