Installation of the rail is straight forward, there are two primary components, which are the upper and lower handguard. There is also a locking piece, and a few sets of screws. The only tools needed are your brain, and the allenwrenches that come with the handguards.

For people who are familiar with the AK, removal is as straight forward as field stripping the weapon, flipping the lever to pull off the lower handguard, and rotating out the upper handguard piece. If you are like me, who spends more time with the M4 platform, it will take a few extra minutes as you remember the top handguard is rotated out. I'll be doing a installation writeup at a later date to show how simple this really is.

After pulling it apart, the bottom rail goes on, clamps to the barrel, and after you slip the gas tube back in, the upper rail pops on and is secured with a few screws, and you are done.

Rail lockup is tight, and there is zero movement. The rail is secured to the barrel, and mounting optics, lasers, lights, VFGs or sling mounts all end up being very straight forward. The rails are cut to the standard 1913 spec, so most any railed accessory should mount without a problem.