The quality of the rifle out of the box speaks to that, there was a lot of pride and experience put into building this rifle.
The quality of the rifle out of the box speaks to that, there was a lot of pride and experience put into building this rifle.
Started installing the UltimAK for the AMD-65 today and I am having to trial and error fit it with the lower handguard, no biggie just time consuming. I will post pics when everything is done with it.
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Ouch!! I just picked up an IO AK recently. Had no idea there were such issues. Time to do a complete tear down I guess. Oh and of course I have purchased two Pro mags. I sure know how to pick 'em.
Jeff
Jeff
Each one is different, some are good, while the rest are not.
Yeah the rivets shouldn't affect the rifle. But the rivets should be inspected every 500-1000 rounds just to make sure they aren't pulling apart, or that the receiver isn't ballooning out. I've seen some AKs that look like absolute **** with some really crap rivets, yet they still go bag every time. I'm amazed by the some of the pictures of the captured AKs from Afghanistan or Iraq. Those things are ROUGH, the AK is an amazing platform!
On the Ultimak website, they mention that the lower hand guards of the AMD-65 will need to be modified in order for the optic mount to fit properly. The company says it is an easy modification, but I have never tried it. Please let us know how it goes, and what from your experience works best for getting the Ultimak to fit on an AMD-65.
I got it on today and honestly it's not an easy task, I figured I could shave down the lower handguard a little to make it work. Wrong. I ended up having to figure out where the two straps are hitting on the lower handguard, mark it, and then use the dremel to cut out notches to let it slide over the straps. Even then it was still a pain and I scrapped a fair amount of paint off of the straps and the handguard in the process of doing it. Also with the UltimAK installed I cannot close the lever that holds the lower handguard in place.
Now as far as the UltimAK goes, it is freaking awesome despite all of the headache I had trying to get it mounted, it holds super tight to the barrel, but be careful where you have it mounted because if its too far aft it will jam up the gas piston. I kept having an issue with the piston getting stuck and I couldn't cock the rifle, then I looked at it and it had slid all the way back. They say in the instructions to try and float it as close to the middle as you can, now mine is as close to middle as I could get it and it works better. Now I am just waiting on my Vortex Strikefire to get here.
Not sure how well these let you see what I had to do but they are the best I have cause I am not pulling it back apart.
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OK I pulled it off so I could flip the lever for the lower handguard and get some pics for you guys. They aren't great pics but I am sure you will get the idea.
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Excellent work! And great photos!
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