Thanks for everyone’s help! I got the handguard retainer installed today. Used brownells aluma Hyde in matte black to match the gas tube and hg retainer. Great product!
That's awesome! I think I'm gonna go with the Romy in the mean time. Bulgarians are too hard to find at the moment. Romys are cheap enough to order that if it doesn't fit its no big loss in $$.
I wonder if a Romanian 74 retainer would work on this Bulgarian 74 build.
K-VAR has them but they don't have the sling loop... I think they were from milled receiver rifles... dunno if there are any dimensional differences. I'd prefer a sling loop but not a deal breaker.
I recently bought a Century Circle 10 M74 Sporter AK-74 off here and it did not have the original handguard setup. I have ordered the correct gas tube but the bottom handguard retainer plate is missing. I am trying to get this returned back to original configuration. I know there are bolt on...
classic issues with the 365. Its called firing pin drag. its common to some degree with small, compact striker fired handguns. I think it is way too excessive in the 365. It puts undue lateral stress on the firing pin and lots of people have reported broken firing pins along with other...