I watched a review of them at 1,000, 2,000 and 5,000 rounds. There were a few minor issues, but overall was stated to be a good rifle. I have an Yugo npap and a m92 krink sbr. Have had a couple of WASR's that were junk over the years, but they ran fine. Never had this problem. The DDI comment makes sense now. Just wanted a cheaper AK truck gun that was semi-plain jane. New parts will be in tomorrow and I will check the headspacing too. Will update after i run a couple hundred rounds through it this weekend.
As noted in other threads, the American ak market is Pathetic, a race to the bottom to see who can make the cheapest ak, quality be damned.