Cheap AK in pistol configuration. More portable and concealable than the AKMs they are based from. Really appealing for people that want a big bullet in a tiny platform. Appeals to Hood sensibilitie that may not prioritize ergonomics/stabilizing versus simply having the capability affordably. Because if you buy a Glock 19, as in a handgun, you can buy a Draco. So people in the Hood will use it.

Being a reflection and glorifiaction of that, Rap culture picked up on that aesthetic, and the people that like that scene are going to mimic what they see. Its a self-feeding cycle, now with more normie folk being enticed. Much as morons are wont to copy-paste their favorite guntuber. Different races, same fucking phenomenon. Guess there's a lot of things common across cultures.

Cugir's Dracos are perfectly fine. "Shitty Draco" from you just means you're not even here to argue in good faith. Things run mechanically fine. Cugir/Romarm figured out how to chop barrels and tune components without resorting to Krink boosters.

I bullpupped mine. 12.25" inches of barrel, still about 22" OAL, shorter than a bullpup rifle, which NFA still restricts to 26" minimum. Somehow still in handgun configuration.

I'm around 2250fps on my 125gr loads.

This thing travels around with me in my truck and work-provided lodging. At home I have other platforms I prefer. On the road, this is my baby should the situation escalate beyond what I am CCing.

Before bullpupping, having owned a Vector, I know how to sling-stabilize something without a stock. So when I encounter other Draco users at the range hip-firing, I can approach them with a positive attitude. Turns out a lot do want to be able to shoot it well if needed in addition to it being their fun blast cannon.

Most common advice they accept from me isn't slinging it, but shared news that even with a smooth rear trunnion, they can still get a pistol prace that will mount sandwiched by the pistol grip to the receiver. Better than nothing, and its too easy to let them know: google "M14LH muzzle device" to find a brake, flash hider, blast can/forwarder as suits what they want to address about their specific Draco/variant. 3Dmetal printing only keeps getting better, and a Sharps Badlands does all three for me. Ultimak gas tube rail, and get your choice of cheap red dot like a Sig Sauer Romeo5.

Whose gonna have one typically, Black and Hispanic shooters, let's be blunt. You don't hear Country songs about Dracos, though many rednecks I know run AKs including these. When I talk to these Draco users, turns out some of them served, but there's an appeal to these lil bastard AKs they prefer over their issued M4/M16, or even full-sized AKs with stocks.

Go deep enough into the 2A rabbit-hole of supply, you'll find frangible and purpose-designed tumbling rounds for a variety of calibers. At the surface, most AR15 users would not know to select 55gr M193 equivalents for a commonly available, as in on the shelves in bulk, for bullets more likely to YAW on impact. Hell, their main load may be 62gr m855 greentip equivalent that was tuned for better barrier penetration, oops! People just mindlessly fucking parrot Guntubers. They have to be taught, and being a condescending fuck already shuts that avenue down.

At some point, someone new to guns was ignorant. Either help them out or stay in your fucking lane unless its a safety issue.