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Posted: 5/3/2010 4:33:30 AM EDT
| I was curious why all the other AK's for the most part have flash hidders while the AMD 65 has a break? Was this the way it was set up originally from the factory for the military or something the factory had to had to do to get it imported to the US.? Are these AMD 65's good rifles or is the AMD 63 a better option? Who is the best importer for these. I see blonde wood grips and plastic grips out there so was curious on this as well? |
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Most AKs do not have a flash hider.
AKM style rifles have a compenstor which many people call a "slant brake". The compensator does not reduce recoil. It compensates for muzzle rise and movement to the right when fired from the right shoulder, particularly when fired FA. AK 74 rifles have a brake. I think the AMD has a brake (which does reduce recoil) primarily because it has a wire folding stock. Many people find a 7.62x39 caliber rifle with a wire folder to be uncomfortable to shoot if the rifle doesn't have a brake. |
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Most AKs do not have a flash hider. AKM style rifles have a compenstor which many people call a "slant brake". The compensator does not reduce recoil. It compensates for muzzle rise and movement to the right when fired from the right shoulder, particularly when fired FA. AK 74 rifles have a brake. I think the AMD has a brake (which does reduce recoil) primarily because it has a wire folding stock. Many people find a 7.62x39 caliber rifle with a wire folder to be uncomfortable to shoot if the rifle doesn't have a brake. What ever you call what is being installed on the AMDs bbl. ends today, it was not on them in 1965 when the very short bbl. AMDs were first built. 
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Most AKs do not have a flash hider. AKM style rifles have a compenstor which many people call a "slant brake". The compensator does not reduce recoil. It compensates for muzzle rise and movement to the right when fired from the right shoulder, particularly when fired FA. AK 74 rifles have a brake. I think the AMD has a brake (which does reduce recoil) primarily because it has a wire folding stock. Many people find a 7.62x39 caliber rifle with a wire folder to be uncomfortable to shoot if the rifle doesn't have a brake. What ever you call what is being installed on the AMDs bbl. ends today, it was not on them in 1965 when the very short bbl. AMDs were first built. Probably because the problem wasn't appreciated until the rifle entered service and end users began complaining. 
That happens more frequently than many imagine. For example, the M16 rifle originally had a open ended three prong flash hider. It was replaced with the bird cage style when the soldiers who got to be the beta testers for the rifle complained that the original flash hider has a tendency to catch on vegetation. |
The 'snake' brake, as the Hungarians call it, certainly was on the first and last AMD65. The principle difference between the 63 and 65 is the 63 has a standard-length gas system and a fixed wood stock. The 65 of course has the short gas system and the wire folder. Most 63s were equipped only with a muzzle nut. Now, the OP casually asks if an AMD 63 is a better option, as if it were available. There is a gun being sold called 'AMD 63' but it is really an AMD 65 parts kit with a fixed wood stock. I doubt if there is a real AMD 63 in the country. Several of us have converted our SA85Ms to look similar:
And here's a typical AMD 65 with Tapco extension/brake to make a 16" barrel. The brake is an exact copy of the original but with an extended tail. 
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Any suggestions on which AMD 65 option out there. There are the plastic grips and the wood grips available. I understand the FEG is the best receiver but do they all have the black plastic grips only while another importer used the blonde wood? This is the real deal it's a Hungarian FEG with the Ugly Plastic Grips and built by TGI. 
Are blond wood grips important to me? NO the Hungarian tank guys carried them with the ugly gray plastic grips, and that's good enough for this AMD-65 owner and shooter. 
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' I see blonde wood grips and plastic grips out there so was curious on this as well?'
Obviously you would want the wood grips like on mine, but the ones now being made mostly have the gray polymer grips because the wood ones have been used up. I have heard that the 65 was issued with the gray grips but some guys changed them to wood grips because it looked better. I've also heard the polymer grips are 'sticky'. You can get the wood grips on Gunbroker sometimes or here on the EE. There was only one wood grip made, and it was the pistol grip on the SA85M as well as both grips on the 63/65. |
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