Triad
10-11-2012, 10:44 AM
Well, I was at a local brick and mortar and saw this rifle hanging on the wall, with a price tag of $599. I had been kicking around buying an AK and finger fiddled with this one for a good while. Felt good in the hands and the red wood was pretty.
The store employee explained it was a "milled" receiver and not the desirable stamped receiver. I pulled the trigger anyway, and signed papers. 10 days later I picked it up and brought her home.
I had been reading some limited reviews on the web describing it as a "franken-ak" - I guess the parts are brought together from a number of sources and people are reporting some issues with the rivet/bolts at the rear of the gun.
I took it out (after doing a cleaning) and put about 500 rounds through it, trouble free. No FTE or FTF's. A few days after that I went and polished off the other 500 rounds I had. I was able to get it reasonably zeroed at 50 yards. Truth be told, I am pretty fond of this thing. I went and put my mitts on a Saiga and I can definitely see the difference in the receivers BUT I haven't had any issues yet. The 10 round mag I got with it fits nice in the mag well, with no wobble at all.
I don't like the bullet button it came installed with, I think I might do some looking into the Raddlock for the AK.
No pictures yet but for reference, it looks like this:
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f66/Triad47/dscn0071jpg_thumbnail0_zpsf112cbbf.jpg
The store employee explained it was a "milled" receiver and not the desirable stamped receiver. I pulled the trigger anyway, and signed papers. 10 days later I picked it up and brought her home.
I had been reading some limited reviews on the web describing it as a "franken-ak" - I guess the parts are brought together from a number of sources and people are reporting some issues with the rivet/bolts at the rear of the gun.
I took it out (after doing a cleaning) and put about 500 rounds through it, trouble free. No FTE or FTF's. A few days after that I went and polished off the other 500 rounds I had. I was able to get it reasonably zeroed at 50 yards. Truth be told, I am pretty fond of this thing. I went and put my mitts on a Saiga and I can definitely see the difference in the receivers BUT I haven't had any issues yet. The 10 round mag I got with it fits nice in the mag well, with no wobble at all.
I don't like the bullet button it came installed with, I think I might do some looking into the Raddlock for the AK.
No pictures yet but for reference, it looks like this:
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f66/Triad47/dscn0071jpg_thumbnail0_zpsf112cbbf.jpg