It's easier to replace a few parts to be compliant than to have to wonder and worry about it.
In addition to the 3 trigger group parts, you can change the piston, muzzle brake, forearm(upper and lower count as 1)
And the grip. Those are the easiest to change cheaply.
Now you could change the rear stock to a US made stock but then you would need an adaptor and stock of choice which can be more costly than the above mentioned parts.
If you want to keep original configuration, well your going to have limited options like US made MB, US made piston and possibly changing in out some floorplates and/or followers in your steel mags(along with the 3 US trigger group parts) or go with all US made mags.
Good day!
Edit; where are you in OKLA? If in Tulsa area you could look at mine.

It is Compliant with the use of the 20 rd Tapco mag that comes with the AMD from Centerfire systems.
Usage of non US made mag or other mag without 3 US parts would be "Non Compliant" without any other Additional compliant parts changes.



Edited for clarification.

The gas piston is the short one. Still, its available. The muzzle brake doesn't come into the formula because being welded, it now is simply a barrel extension. You change the character of this rifle by changing the forearm and Hungarian wood. Take the easy and smart way out - use polymer mags. I use Bulgarian waffle mags in my FEGs with USA followers and floorplates. Along with the Tapco G2 trigger set it came with, that's all it takes. I don't have a picture with the Bulgarian mag, but here it is with the original Tapco. Familiarize yourself with 922r and write up a 'compliance sheet' you can keep in your records or with the rifle showing the parts list with 'imported' or 'USA made'. Number the imported parts up to 10 and use '0' for each USA part. This not only keeps you straight on what's supposed to be part of the rifle - it also serves as evidence that you understand the requirements and have made sure the rifle remains compliant.

Get a piston specifically made for an AMD-65; grips are standard AK. TGI makes most of them. Century did a few too. My TGI is excellent

Get an ultimak gas tube, new grips, and a new us made followers for the mags

You are correct, maybe he meant Gas piston, but then most of the advice on here is wrong.

Try these sites, they may help keep you out of prison for listening to people that don't understand the law...

http://gunwiki.net/Gunwiki/BuildAkVerifyCompliance

http://www.tapco.com/section922r/

http://www.ak-47.us/AK47_Parts.php

Now I'm not the expert on AK's and AMD's that many on here are, but I am a lawyer and can read the code...

Correction gas piston

quote]Originally Posted By C_1:
If you want to use surplus mags with your AMD65, you should follow 922r, and have at least 6 US parts. The US fire control group and pinned brake, all together, counts as 4. Get a US made pistol grip, and you need just 1 more US part. You can either go with US made magazine followers, magazine floor plates, handguards, the gas piston, or a stock.[/quote]

On the TGI AMD the muzzle brake doesn't count because it is welded which makes it part of the barrel.

Here's what I did:
AK builder muzzle break.
AK builder piston.
Ronin AMD front and rear grips.
HTS


Also replaced the selector plate.

I know this is digging up a dead horse, but on the AMD-65, which doesn't have an upper foregrip, would the lower alone count as a 922r compliant part?

This is the way I have personally interpreted things from reading several gun boards. If someone replaces the Hungarian front hand guards (top & bottom) and Hungarian pistol grip, and trigger assembly parts, with all US parts, you don't have to use the Tapco / US mags, assuming that the Hungarian AMD-65 is the model with FEG Receiver, and FEG barrel from TG International.

For example:

Evil features allowed (10)

1) Hungarian FEG Barrel & welded Muzzle Brake (treated as one part)
2) Front Trunion
3) Receiver, Hungarian FEG
4) Bolt
5) Bolt Carrier
6) Gas Piston
7) Stock
8) Magazine Body
9) Floor Plate
10) Follower

US Made Features (5):

1) Trigger
2) Hammer / Sear
3) Disconnecter
4) Pistol Grip
5) Front Hand Guards (top & bottom)


Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer or govt. employee. Someone correct me if I made a mistake here.

Here is my AMD 65 fully compliant.


1) Trigger
2) Hammer / Sear
3) Disconnector
4) Ironwood Designs Pistol Grip
5) Ironwood Designs Front Hand Guards (top & bottom)

Some of you are fundamentally misunderstanding how 922r works. It is NOT a count of US made parts. It is a count of foreign parts. You cannot have more than 10 foreign parts in a non-importable-configuration rifle.

The handguard is one part that can be counted. And, to answer your question, removing the Hungarian-made handguard and replacing it with a US handguard would lower your foreign part count by one. (I am unsure about how this works if you could somehow have a US made lower handguard and foreign made upper handguard, albeit I suspect the lower handguard is the one that is used for this determination.)

Personally, I think it's a no-brainer to replace the pistol grip and handguard on the AMD-65 anyways... they really suck.

So if you want to run surplus mags, you need to change how many parts with U.S.?

The magazine comprise 4 parts (body, follower, plate, spring) so that means one might have to change grips (2), forearm (1), and Stock (1)?

Would this resume compliance?

What happens if you add a drum

I really don't see how foreign, removable magazines can count as gun parts