AMD 65 Hungary AK

[Spooky130]

Ouch...might be better to either trade/sell the fixed for a folder then.

It is possible to do the retrofit of the triangle stock but it is easier and almost cheaper to build a gun from the ground up with the right receiver and trunnion from the get go...

Spooky

[lloydkristmas]

The AMD is probably the least ergonomic AK I've ever used. The wire stock manages to suck worse than the Romanian wire folder, and the standard front handguard/grip isnt great. And once youve got that big muzzle brake permanently attached to keep legal length, youre losing much of the only real advantage the AMD ever really offered: compact size.

Here's a guy who swapped the handguard of his AMD (photo borrowed from another site) for a more effective one that will accept a light. Still a no frills, compact weapon, but the wire stock leaves a lot to be desired.

[anthony1]

I would get one if it weren't for the HUGE permanently attached muzzle break. The stock sucks too, but l'm sure there are ways around that.

[CumbiaDude]

Perhaps not exactly what you had in mine, but there is an interesting article on the NYT War Blog about the AMD-65 (full-military model) being used by the Afghan forces - and the complaints they have about the weapon.

[CRAMBONE]

As far as the muzzle break, mine has just got a small tack weld under neath the barrel and it should be fairly easy to cut the weld with a dremel when I SBR the rifle.

[dwhitehorne]

As far as the muzzle break, mine has just got a small tack weld under neath the barrel and it should be fairly easy to cut the weld with a dremel when I SBR the rifle.

If your is anything like mine, the weld will break in the first few hundred rounds you put through it. David

[tresmonos]

Ouch...might be better to either trade/sell the fixed for a folder then.

You can cut the rivets and press in new rivets. Not difficult.

[tresmonos]

It is possible to do the retrofit of the triangle stock but it is easier and almost cheaper to build a gun from the ground up with the right receiver and trunnion from the get go...

Spooky

And you don't risk damage to the receiver when built up correctly from the start.

[Spooky130]

And you don't risk damage to the receiver when built up correctly from the start.

Very true. I think that's why retrofitting them is so expensive - not every AK hack can remove trunnions and still use the receiver afterward!

Spooky

[BCMaDdIcT13]

I think I will stick with my Arsenal Bulgarian SLR 107UR SBR and my Romanian Draco SBR for now.
Been looking at the Mini Draco. But that handguard would have to go.