Picked up a new underfolder recently.  These are fairly new to the market, very few reviews and not many pictures so I thought I post a quick first look review.  Hopefully will follow up with a range report once the weather is a little warmer.  Destructive Device Industries took over all the old Waffen Werks assets and is now producing their own rifles.  Right now they are producing milled underfolders and fixed stock versions.  Some early reports on these were good so I thought I'd pick one up.  The rifle actually shipped in a Waffen Werks box but I could see no markings on the rifle indicating anything other than DDI.

I like the placement of the serial number and manufacturer markings under the trigger guard



It is also marked DDI on the rear of the receiver



The finish on the rifle is excellent, perhaps the best I have ever seen on an AK.  It is a deep dark black and it very evenly applied to the whole rifle.  Will definitely be interested to see how it holds up







The internals look good, definitely looks like it was fired at the factory







Chrome lined barrel from Green Mountain



Tapco G2 trigger



I opted for bakelite on this one, added the grip and mags myself.  Surplus stuff but it looks to be in great shape



The underfolding mechanism works well, it has a little play in it but locks up tight and is comparable to other underfolders I have had experience with







Overall, for $800 I am very impressed and I hope it shoots as good as it looks

Im not a ak guru like some on here, so there maybe things wrong i dont see, but that looks sweet to me. Hope she shoots just as well.

Looks good.

The company names just keep getting gayer and gayer, Destructive Device industries lol

Rifle looks great, been very curious about these, thanks for the pics and review OP!

Not a problem, I really like it so far. Definitely curious as to how it will shoot and luckily it will be in the 50s here this weekend

I am jealous! Great rifle.

Looks good!

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Love the bakelite furniture and magazine. Looks good.

Looks great!
Thanks for sharing.

I've been trying to decide between one of these and the NPAP DF.

Thanks for the review and great pics!  Looks like a well-built piece!

Looks like the hole for the safety selector is out of spec. I had that same gap (gap between selector and dust cover) on a vector polish underfolder kit rifle I owned.

I almost purchased one of these DDI rifle as well. But ended up with factory Bulgarian underfolder instead.

Just picked mine up today, I plan on running it pretty hard in the rain tomorrow so Ill report back after.

Please do.

 

She ran fine, kinda over shadowed by all of the RPK's and the one RPD! It was Rusky good time for our Red Dawn event.

I put 400 rounds through mine today.  Had one failure to feed.  Shot about 5 inches low out of the box at 50 yards but got it sighted in quick.  Overall I am very pleased with the rifle

And i didnt get a invite.

nor I......



 

A few more from the Red Dawn event. DDI AK47U center of first pic with letterman jacket.

Those RPKs!!!

We were busy.....$5 $5 $5$5

The one with the carry handle is yugo right?