Midwest Industries Drop-In M-LOK Aluminum AK Handguard

@Andrew Johnson Because people want them and they work?

AR wasn't anymore designed for attachment handguards than the AK was. Designs were made for both later that adapted that which was there to allow them to accept such modular attachment facilities.

I do agree optics, especially scopes, on AKs are cludegy due to the dust cover.

@Andrew Johnson I dont get why people complain so much about chin wield on AKs or HKs or B&Ts
You just tape or wrap a rubber/foam riser on top of the stock, very easy solution

@Andrew Johnson You answered the question yourself. It's because we can't get the AK 12 and AK 15.

@SP mclaughlin BUT WAAAH, THAT'S TOO COMPLICATED.

We never used cheek risers IN AMERICA! What's a cheek riser???

@iksnilol Heck, I'm american and even I dont get this simple mindeness
Too many AR15 simps

@Uncle Yar the Galil ACE seems to do it well enough too

@SP mclaughlin Thank you, I was looking into this last week.

@SP mclaughlin best part is, now it's becoming popular to run tall optics on ar's for nvg use.

@iksnilol I mean I've known about the A2 cheek riser since like the early 90s when I could look at gun magazines at the store.

@William I had to google it, holy crap ir existed!

@(G)Rapefruit Depends on the folding mechanism. The 100-series side folder mechanism (usually seems on polymer stocks and the metal triangle format) hinge left, which will interfere with locking closed with an optic mount in the way.

For my AK, I just committed to red dot on the ultimak and solved most problems, but magnified optics would be a real pain to solve for.

@ I don’t know if any actually credible SF member who went and specifically used an AK or a rifle that took AK mags and ammo “because that’s what’s common over there”.

It’s one of the dumbest yet most prolific myths or stories I’ve seen in the online gun world, and yet I’ve never once come across an actual example. I’m not saying it’s never happened because I’m not omniscient; but I am saying it is not really a good reason or even a common argument outside of Internet keyboard commandos.

@Tim U Actually it was extremely common in Vietnam for SF to use captured AKs. Both for commonality, plus to blend in when disguised (they very commonly operated with ethnic Chinese, Cambodians, Hmong, and South Vietnamese in their units who would be disguised as commies), plus some just thought it was better.

@(G)Rapefruit The M16 carry handle, as far as I know, has had provisions since very early on to mount an optic in the groove.

@Tim U RS Regulate mount with the picatinny upper. Thats how you solve the problem of where to mount a magnified optic on an AK

@Tim U Erm...

The original point of FN's SCAR rifle was to have a firearm that could fire both NATO and Russian 7.62 ammo with some component swap.

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