Inside the WBP AK Factory: From Ironing Boards and Swords to AK-47s

If you spend enough time shopping for a civilian AK, you’ll keep running into one name: WBP. The Polish manufacturer has built a reputation over the last decade for making rifles that look and feel like the military classics, but with the fit, finish, and reliability that modern shooters expect. If you had walked into WBP’s shop in Rogów, Poland, a couple of decades ago, you wouldn’t have seen rifles. You’d have seen ironing boards and parade sabers. That’s where the company started. But over time, WBP shifted gears—first into defense manufacturing, then into building some of the most respected civilian AK-pattern rifles on the market.

I’ve handled and shot the Fox, the full-size Jack, and the Mini Jack, and the consistent theme across all of them is attention to detail. The receivers are cleanly riveted with proper alignment. The bolt and carrier run smoothly without that gritty “break-in” feeling you get from some imports. Magazines seat easily and lock up solid. Out of the box, these guns just feel like they’ve been put together by people who care.

A big reason for that is how WBP builds them. Every major component—bolt, trunnion, barrel, top cover—is made in-house in Rogów, Poland. They’re not buying surplus parts and slapping them together. Even the tooling used to machine the rifles is designed and built on-site. The result is tight consistency from gun to gun.

Barrels are nitrided instead of chrome-lined, which is partly due to environmental regulations in Europe, but also because nitriding hardens the steel throughout the surface rather than adding a layer that can eventually flake. In 5.45×39, WBP claims sub-MOA performance. The 7.62×39 guns aren’t benchrest rifles, but 2–2.5 MOA is about average, which is excellent by AK standards.

There’s a lot of noise in the AK market right now, with rifles coming from all over the globe at wildly different quality levels. WBP rifles are on the short list of modern imports that I’d buy without hesitation. They’re not the cheapest, but you’re getting a new-production, all-Polish gun built under one roof with serious quality control.

If you want the long version, we toured the WBP factory to see exactly how they’re built—from raw steel to final assembly—and it’s worth a watch. Seeing the process makes it clear why WBP has carved out such a strong position in the civilian AK market.

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