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Posted: 12/30/2016 12:01:18 AM EDT
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Does anyone know if they are any good. How do they compare to a WASR or N PAP
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I purchased an Interarms (owned by High Standard) AK47 with the traditional red wood furniture several months ago and was very disappointed. I ordered it from an online gun store, and had it shipped to my local FFL dealer. It looked good in the pictures, and I too searched for info on the Interarms AK, and could not find much. A couple of positive reviews but nothing too bad.
It looked good when I picked it up at the FFL dealer and did the paperwork. When I got it home, and upon further inspection, there was one really sloppy rivet on the top left side of the rear trunion (rivet crushed crooked). The trigger pin hole on the right side was too large for the pin, and you could see the pin move back and forth in the pin hole in the receiver when you squeezed or moved the trigger. You could look inside the receiver a see that the bullet guide was installed a bit crooked. The gun functioned okay, though I only fired about 30 rounds or so through it. I also noticed that there was a bit of mushrooming on the rear of the bolt carrier, where it contacts the hammer when cycling (after only 30 rounds). Like I said, I was disappointed, although most of the fit and finish was good. I called the dealer I bought it from and complained about the sloppy rear trunion rivet. He contacted customer service at High-Standard/Interarms, and the guy (with cs @ HS/I) wanted pictures of the rivet. I sent the pictures, and he said if I paid to ship it back to them they could take a rubber hammer and fix the rivet. That was all I needed to hear... really? A rubber hammer to fix a bad steel trunion rivet? Also, you could see a space/gap at the top of the rivet hole in the receiver which likely caused the rivet to compress crooked (receiver rivet hole/trunion misalignment). Here is a pic like the one I had...  I traded mine for a new AR15 and took my loses.
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