In a past thread, I asked about a picatinny rail for an AK, preferably the receiver cover style. Everyone said "buy a foreend mount," and then pointed out what was widely considered the best, and I considered above my price range.
So, I found a cheaper model. I'd be really happy with it, even, if only it seemed to fit right.
Its an upper and lower set, the lower matches up nicely with the wood lower its replacing. I have to cut some of the plastic out to get it to mate, but I expect that sort of thing.
The upper, on the other hand, is way off in length.
I'm putting this on a Yugoslavian underfolder M70 model (M70B2, I think? A2?).
Breaking the rifle down, the orignal wood upper is about 1/2" longer than the replacement unit I've purchased.
As it is, I haven't gotten the gas tube out of the upper yet, but even with that discrepancy, I can't imagine that the end plates somehow compromise the missing length.
When I put it together, are the foreends expected to just not line up right, somehow leaving extra length at the front or the back, or is it that the Yugo M70 has a different length of foreend set up? I've looked at pictures of the Yugos and standard AKs online, and I don't appear to see a size difference, so I'm a bit baffled.
So, I found a cheaper model. I'd be really happy with it, even, if only it seemed to fit right.
Its an upper and lower set, the lower matches up nicely with the wood lower its replacing. I have to cut some of the plastic out to get it to mate, but I expect that sort of thing.
The upper, on the other hand, is way off in length.
I'm putting this on a Yugoslavian underfolder M70 model (M70B2, I think? A2?).
Breaking the rifle down, the orignal wood upper is about 1/2" longer than the replacement unit I've purchased.
As it is, I haven't gotten the gas tube out of the upper yet, but even with that discrepancy, I can't imagine that the end plates somehow compromise the missing length.
When I put it together, are the foreends expected to just not line up right, somehow leaving extra length at the front or the back, or is it that the Yugo M70 has a different length of foreend set up? I've looked at pictures of the Yugos and standard AKs online, and I don't appear to see a size difference, so I'm a bit baffled.
