Aklys brings the sound of a sneezing Velociraptor to an AK (PHOTOS)

By Chris Eger

The concept: an integrally suppressed AK that still goes carbine length and weights in the 7-pound range. (Photos: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
Joe Meaux with Aklys Defense is ready to send his integrally suppressed AKSV Velociraptor into regular production.
The Baton Rouge-based manufacturer has burned up the social media pipes in the past week with their Krink-sized shiny AK SBR and was at SHOT Show on Wednesday with a couple of examples in tow.
Developed over the past 10 months as their fifth (hence “V”) integrally suppressed AK design, the prototype on hand was crafted on a Sharps Bros custom lower with a folding stock but everything from the trunnion forward is all-Aklys. The magic is a 12-inch multi-stack chamber system sandwiched around a 9.3-inch barrel to keep a handy and lightweight profile.
“It’s meant for an optimal defense carbine,” Meaux said about the Velociraptor which is small enough to fit in a backpack with the stock folded.
Yup, there is a Velociraptor in there, as well as one of AD’s ZK-22s.
Using a stamped receiver and a fixed Magpul MOE stock, they have kept the weight down to under eight pounds and say they can go lower if a customer wants a Warsaw Pact polymer stock, which

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