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After much deliberation, I ordered a 7.62x39 Galil ACE pistol. Plan is to run it suppressed.
I’ll report back my thoughts when I get range time with it.
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Just an FYI...that ain't gonna work with the factory piston.
The X39's consistently run so fast suppressed that they override the magazine and fail to feed. --I'm assuming you're talking about the very-short ACE pistol, here (the longer gas systems will run suppressed, you just won't like shooting them). I believe we ran into this issue even with 'loose' cans like the Wolverine that don't have much backpressure; the guns are just very overgassed from the outset.
KNS makes an adjustable piston that solves the issue nicely, and unlike AKs, Galil uses a coil-spring pin to hold pistons on instead of those pain in the ass flush rivets.
Also consider their 'plastic delete' mod at some point, to shed that ugly, bulky plastic IWI slapped all over what is essentially still a Micro-Galil underneath. The plastic is needed for the AR magwell on the 5.56 guns, but the x39's have the same riveted-on paddle catch as any AK, and the plastic is simply a mostly cosmetic funnel for the magwell.
Lastly, when (not if) you SBR/brace the thing, they also make a couple stock adapters that let you avoid the stupidly heavy IMI stock (I swear it's like they used a solid bar of aluminum for the M4-esque 'buffer tube' or something). The MPX skeleton stocks set up to fold on the right side were a really cool pairing back when you could get them.
I believe you can also put one of those nice ALG triggers in them (though you'll also want a good electro optic or much finer front sight post if you want to do precision shooting)
I personally think the Galil is a fat tank for what it's doing, and is fundamentally hamstrung by an antiquated design, but it's a better sow's ear to build a silk purse from than anything that won't have to be highly modified from the ground up as a 2000$ custom build.