Several weeks ago I received a new AK47 conversion from Atlantic Arms. Its listed as the RAK HICAP. If you read my earlier thread you know I had to wait a bit to receive my rifle but Atlantic Arms was very generous and threw in some nice freebies for the wait. They even sent me some nice steel mags later when they heard I hadn't received them. A very good company if you ask me.
I took the weapon to the range yesterday with nine magazines and about 170 rounds of Yugo surplus, Wolf 112gr HP, and Wolf 154gr SP. The mags consisted of the Promag 30rd that comes with the weapon, 30rd and 45?rd Master Molder magazine comped by Atlantic Arms, the two steel mags compliments of AA, and four other steel mags bought locally. I started with the promag magazine since thats the one that comes with the weapon. Its not that bad of a magazine and it worked just fine. The Master Master molder magazines were next and I'm not a big fan of their quality. The 30rd mag worked fine but the last round of the 45rd round jumped out of the mag and failed to feed. (pic) All of the steel mags fed perfectly. The AK47 shot very smoothly and I was surprised how accurately I was able to shoot with it. I'm going to fit it with a POSP scope later to see what it is really capable of. I had one other FTF. This was ammo related. The primer of one of the Wolf rounds was obviously smashed in sideways. It popped but didn't ignite the round (pic) .
Earlier there was some debate about the bullet guide installed by Tennesee Gundworks on this conversion. To put it simply there isn't one. They welded a bead across the trunnion and ground it to a ramp. Regardless of what you think it worked just fine. Ammo fed smoothly and as far as I'm concerned its one less part that could break or malfunction. If its not broke, I'm not going to fix it. It feeds, it shoots, I'm very satisfied.
As far as handling the weapon the trigger was very crisp. A long but very smooth take up and a crisp let off with no trigger slap at all. The sights are good. The rear sight has a large notch which is good for fast shooting but not the best for pure accuracy. Regardless I would say its a very good example of the AK47 platform. I will probably cut some air vents in the front guard. It got pretty dang warm shooting all that ammo. It wasn't nearly as hot as the barrel but it was enough to make me nervous about melting plastic if I wasn't careful.
I took the weapon to the range yesterday with nine magazines and about 170 rounds of Yugo surplus, Wolf 112gr HP, and Wolf 154gr SP. The mags consisted of the Promag 30rd that comes with the weapon, 30rd and 45?rd Master Molder magazine comped by Atlantic Arms, the two steel mags compliments of AA, and four other steel mags bought locally. I started with the promag magazine since thats the one that comes with the weapon. Its not that bad of a magazine and it worked just fine. The Master Master molder magazines were next and I'm not a big fan of their quality. The 30rd mag worked fine but the last round of the 45rd round jumped out of the mag and failed to feed. (pic) All of the steel mags fed perfectly. The AK47 shot very smoothly and I was surprised how accurately I was able to shoot with it. I'm going to fit it with a POSP scope later to see what it is really capable of. I had one other FTF. This was ammo related. The primer of one of the Wolf rounds was obviously smashed in sideways. It popped but didn't ignite the round (pic) .
Earlier there was some debate about the bullet guide installed by Tennesee Gundworks on this conversion. To put it simply there isn't one. They welded a bead across the trunnion and ground it to a ramp. Regardless of what you think it worked just fine. Ammo fed smoothly and as far as I'm concerned its one less part that could break or malfunction. If its not broke, I'm not going to fix it. It feeds, it shoots, I'm very satisfied.
As far as handling the weapon the trigger was very crisp. A long but very smooth take up and a crisp let off with no trigger slap at all. The sights are good. The rear sight has a large notch which is good for fast shooting but not the best for pure accuracy. Regardless I would say its a very good example of the AK47 platform. I will probably cut some air vents in the front guard. It got pretty dang warm shooting all that ammo. It wasn't nearly as hot as the barrel but it was enough to make me nervous about melting plastic if I wasn't careful.
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