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    Midwest Industries AK Rail

    I've started to review the new MI Universal AK rail.

    http://www.midwestindustriesinc.com/...ategory_id=241



    Questions, comments or anything else.....? Fire away, I'll answer whatever I can. I think this will also start a AK project as well for WEVO Staff.




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    That's a good looking piece of equipment and looks like good quality especially for the price. Definitely blows away the handguards that Tapco has out. I have been going back and forth on whether to put rails on mine or leave the wood but this piece has me leaning once again toward the rail side.

    Thanks for the review and the information.


    OOH I just looked at the linked website and saw that it will soon be available in green and flat dark earth. OOH OOH!

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    Stick,
    can this be mounted to a saiga 12?

    Chris

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    Quote Originally Posted by CCK View Post
    Stick,
    can this be mounted to a saiga 12?

    Chris



    Good question, I'm not sure and don't have enough time on the Saiga. I'll see if I can find out.

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    Would it be possible to see a sight height comparison with the Ultimak rail, possibly with an Aimpoint Micro series on it.

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    I don't own an Ultimak rail, so thats not going to be possible from me. Another person might have one they can show.....

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    There are two (2) anti-rotational set screws that adjust up against the gas piston tube to keep it from rotating.

    I just installed 2 of these railed handguards on 2 SAR-2's. Nice unit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Talyn View Post
    There are two (2) anti-rotational set screws that adjust up against the gas piston tube to keep it from rotating.

    I just installed 2 of these railed handguards on 2 SAR-2's. Nice unit.
    Great! That's what I was hoping to hear. This handguard is the perfect solution for my problem with putting a light and an aimpoint on my wasr-10. I think I'll order one tomorrow.

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    Sodak,

    I'm sorry, I completely missed your reply, I'm glad it got answered.

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    Make sure you reinstall the cleaning rod thru the barrel & gas block guides before you put the lower handguard on. I couldn't get mine to go in the whole way once I had the handguard all the way on. I had to take it back down once I gave up on trying to fiddle with it to no avail.

    I don't use it because I use other bore cleaning tools but if you want to retain the "look" the rod has to go on & down the whole way before installing the hand guard IMO.

    One other thing is that the unit will not allow you to use the factory forward sling mount thats built into the handguard bracket on a SAR-2 since the side rail came right up to the sling bracket. So I installed a CQD forward sling mount on the side rail.
    Last edited by Talyn; 27 August 2009 at 19:51.

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    I also installed Magpul XTM panels on the side & bottom rails. I put 2 panels on coming from the back end on each which give you a good hand-hold position. I put ladder rail protectors on the remaining front portions of the side & bottom rails (except for the left with the CQD sling mount) for other attachments like a light mount & vert grip.

    The XTM's barely snap shut on the rails and are tight. The rails must be at the upper end of the Picatinney specs.

    My .02

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    Can you use this on a Yugo underfolder?

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    I don't have a Yugo so I don't know if it needs any special handguard.

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    Hey Talyn, did you use locktite when attaching the rail?

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    I got to look at mine today and I'm pretty happy with it so far. Instalation was easy and midwest is nice enough to include the needed locktite and allen wrenches for assembly.I haven't got to shoot my gun with it on yet, but I hope to change that tomorrow.

    As others have said, it looks to be of good quality and for the price it would be tough to beat. I can't think of any other accessory that offers both a railed handguard for a light and vfg, but at the same time allowing the mounting of a red dot. Seems like a good deal to me.

    I have seen a few things I don't care for on the rail though, but these aren't really the fault of MI. It's more or less the nature of a railed handguard and the reality of putting optics on an AK. I found that sticking a surefire G2, a bunch of xtm panels, and an aimpoint 9000sc does add a lot of weight to the gun. The gun has gotten pretty heavy and it's all up front, which isn't great. I would guess that a lighter flashlight and something like an aimpoint micro would help cut down on the weight quite a bit. Since this was kind of my budget-ish build, I'm just going to live with the heavier aimpoint since I got it pretty cheap($200 new from midway) and this isn't my main go to gun at the time.

    I wish I could cowitness my red dot, but it sits too high on the handguard for that to happen. To solve this I might get some QD rings to I can romove my aimpoint if it goes down so I can use my irons.

    Talyn I should have heeded your warning on the cleaning rod deal better. I can't get mine back in either. I guess it's catching on various edges on the receiver or something. It's not a big deal since all I had it on there was for emergencies(think getting something stuck in the barrel), but I might still ry and see if I can get it in there.


    So all in all, I think it looks to be a good product MI has put out on the market. However, I still have to reserve my final judgement until I can get out and shoot the thing. Hope I can get to that soon.

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