AMD-65: The Specialist's AK Turns Standard-Issue
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The Hungarian AMD-65 (Automata Módosított Deszantfegyver
- "Modified Paratrooper Automatic Rifle") was requested first in 1964 because the standard AKM-63 rifles in Hungarian service were too long for a lot of troops. The Ministry of the Interior requested a new rifle 30% shorter and 10% lighter than the standard AK, and the result was the AMD-65. The designers at FÉG decided that the regular Soviet underfolding stock design was too complicated and expensive - and also prone to getting loose with use - and designed their own folding stock design. It was cheap, easy to make, and solid - but it gave a lousy cheek weld. This was an acceptable compromise.
The AMD-65 first saw combat use with elements of the Hungarian forces that occupied Czechoslovakia in August 1968, and they liked it. In a surprise move a few months later, the Hungarian MoD decided to adopt it as the standard infantry rifle for all troops, on account of its lower cost than the AKM-63. This was really not the role the AMD-65 was intended for, but the decision stood. Production for the Hungarian military ran until 1980, and commercial and export production continued another decade until 1990. In total, about 1,068,000 AMD-65s were made, accounting for 56.5% of all Hungarian Kalashnikovs. It was widely exported, and is seen in conflict zones worldwide to this day.
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I'd love to buy their books, but I really can't justify 100 bucks, ever gonna get a paperback version? 😅
I want one
Hungarian translate from this book?
@@skibur848 quality costs money! I feel you, i would have a very large library if books where not so expensive!
An AMD measured in Megahurts.
Oof size: Mega
You win the internet today.
Of all the gpu jokes yours was the best
I Watched a short where one beat the Hell outta Jim Fuller 😂
Where is the competing Intel version ? (BTW, in modern designs, it’s GigaHurts!)
AMD-65: For when you're *really* done putting up with Nvidia's garbage.
"So Nvidia, *fuck you!* "
🤣🤣🤣
took me way too long to get this
"AMD"... Okay I get it...😆😆
AMD - it's time we *heat* things up!
While I was in Afghanistan, a local turned in a AMD65, a Greek leand leased M1 Garand, and 2 really rusty Martini-Henry rifles. It was a real suprise when we realize what he had.
It must've been painful if you had to leave it behind. Or worse, destroyed.
AMD65 came most likely from the Afghan National Police contract; M1 Garand probably walked across the border from Iran, Martini-Henry rifles undoubtedly from the British era.
@robertmao9390 we looked up the serial number on the M1 to find it was Greek then found evidence that they were sold to Iraq.
@rodeanalfanteforcadela7645 even worse the M1 had all matching serials
@@robertmao9390 I have a AMD-65, its a nice light handy AK
I swear with Ian doing all these books I'll finally learn to read
You're a Marine right?
Doubtful. I still can’t read.
so you didn't take the LOTR | harry potter routes to that, apparently (that's more of a millennial trajectory, I suppose).
@@VaronPlateando of course I read them. That doesn’t mean I can read now.
i been sayin that for years
It's always a little funny to see front vertical grips that are literally the same pistol grip stapled to the gun a second time.
Makes me think of the South African gas launcher with two FAL pistol grips. The "Stopper" they called it, I recall.
These pistol grips are also part of the gun customization in Call of Duty: Cold War by the way.
The M249 has a specific forward grip as well; it’s literally just the pistol grip that’s had some picatinny mount screwed onto it lol
Reminds me of those American special forces guys in the Vietnam War who would bolt an M16 pistol grip onto the front handguard of their CAR-15s
Probably you know that already, i just wanted to write it down.
Simple fact is, that's quite cheap standard gun part, also being made in quantity... so it's not big of a deal to make few hundreds thousands more and screw them onto the handguards. And it looks better than improvised grips out of drill handles, witch tend to look out of place on the gun. In the matter of fact, pretty much everyone did that at some point. I saw video about Gulf War L85s with second pistol grip screwed on, polish wz. 96 Beryl had vert grip grinded out of standard pistol grip, Vietnam CAR 15s... If only StG 44 had separated pistol grip it would've also being screwed onto the handguard, ha ha.
Seeing how the nations of the Warsaw Pact adapted the AK platform to suit their own particular needs is one of my favorite aspects of the AK platform.
Soviets: "Behold **our** rifle!"
Warsaw Pact Members: "**My** rifle!"
@@Hybris51129*Our Rifle*
I recently just shot a full auto Vz 58 and amd 65 both wires stocks like these back to back it was so cool to see and feel the differences the vz had so much bark and fireball
@@Hybris51129
Czechoslovakia: keep your change
Indeed, the whole dynamic of the Warsaw Pact was ambivalence. Nations like Hungary were aware their armies were basically just cannon-fodder for the USSR, and so they were torn between paying the bare minimum to satisfy the USSR while paying enough to have a proper army the people of could be proud of and count on to serve them if the USSR's grip ever loosened.
I remember seeing this gun in Metal Gear Solid 3 and thinking the devs just came up with their own fictional tacticool AK variant. Was surprised to learn it was an actual gun shortly after.
This rifle was already featured in Medal of Honor 2010. There were three AK in that game: East German MPiK-MS, Hungarian AMD-63, and standard AKM
@@Etendard1708 already? MGS3 was made way before 2010. Still, that's neat.
@@Etendard1708 I did like that detail about moh 2010. It was cool to see other aks as opposed to just akms
Is it bad that your original assumption seems so right?
@@daltonbecker4494 considering what they did with MGS5, it made sense to me.
Never heard of this processor
😂😂😂
It was made exclusively for the Eastern European market by the Hungarian branch of AMD.
It's fire rate is measured in Megahurts.
This comment section is EPIC !!!! 👏
My first thought, too 🤣
Greetings from Hungary!
My father used this type of assault rifle during his military services in the 70s.(He had to go another 6 months in the late 70s.) He was the only guy in his platoon to use it with a 20 round mag, the others had to use theirs with a 30 round mag. In fairness,he was a radio operator so he also had to carry the radio. Unless he had to be the driver for the battalion commander, BC(rank Lieutenant Colonel), on his side, which happened often, considering my father's bad behaviour, then 30 round magazine, since the radio stayed inside either the GAZ 69 jeep or the command truck. The officers,including said BC got 20 round mags, because they often carry their leather map (holding) bags and the 30 round mag almost always catched the strap of the bag.
Thank you
The GAZ 69 is a cool looking jeep, wish I could own one
I had the same in 1995 We shoot with this 9 bullets at all during the one year...
13:08 the firing modes are "Shoot one bullet" or "Shoot all the bullets". Makes sense to me.
You silly, It's the infinite ammo cheat!
@@peppermillers8361IDDQD or IDKFA
less confusing than safe - automatic - repetition
my granddad was working on the machine that made the "long grater" handguard as he called it.
his factory was one of the first to begin making these, he was always proud of the work he did with his friends back then.
when I was in Egypt with him decades ago we managed to meet one of these old guns. I have never seen 2 men who speak no common languages be soo friendly that fast ever.
I was a conscript in
2002. We were issued AK-63D during basic training and AMD-65 on duty. It didn't matter much to anyone as everyone was convinced that we won't ever have to use them under the umbrella of NATO. Anyway we pronounce the manufacturer as "fayg" instead of spelling out the initials. Too bad they've been bankrupt 20 years ago without any hope of revival. The new rifles are sourced from CZ now.
I would have thought that the number of these rifles would have kept them viable. I wonder why they went bankrupt?
@@williamromine5715 They went private in the 90s (formerly a state owned company) and -as far as I am aware - when export possibilities were limited by the 2004 firearm law (don't recall the official name), the company lost many export markets and went bankrupt.
@@williamromine5715 the armed forces required more modern weapons that they were not able to provide so the government orders seized. Domestic civilian market is non-existent due to strickt gun control. Meanwhile the US restricted foreign imports to protect its domestic firearms production and that was the end of it. The factory always produced natural gas powered home appliances like space heaters, furnaces and water boilers besides firearms, they were spinned off as different companies and still producing.
@@williamromine5715 In 2004 the Hungarian goverment orders a complete ban of gun-exports. Coupled with it, that between 2002-2014 the military expenditure was minimal& shrinking. Furthermore, MoD spent that minimal resources on a very stupid way, f.e. required an extended air-refueling capacity for fancy Gripen jets in the Air force, but forsake any modernisation of the Army.
Furthermore, in 2004 it was a huge (by hungarian standards) embezzlement at FÉG about USD 8 million. The main part of the FÉG holding was bought out from bankrupcy by MPF Industry Group, but no longer produces rifles.
But not the whole FÉG went bankrupt. FÉG was a kind of industrial holding, manufacturing not only weapons, but different kind of gas-appliances, even some sewing machines as well. The gas-appliance parts of the company survived. VARA-FÉG Kft. (VARA-FÉG Ltd.) produces gas-aplliances for homes, and FÉG-VESTALE produces industrial appliances.
In todays strange twisted world, Ian may have known the proper pronunciation, but wanted to avoid it to prevent a possible You Tube strike.
Fun Fact: the AMD 65 is the preferred rifle of the Ocelot Unit of the Spetsnaz GRU.
I always wanted to use it in game.
@@TheKruthix you can in MGS: peace Walker.
It's my favorite gun in peace walker as well. Super awesome at close range in those many lame "take out the vehicle and the infantry support" boss fights.
Happy to see someone mention this.
Which is weird because MGS3 takes place in 1964, at least a year or two too early for them.
Never knew AMD started business by making guns 😂
AMD was the model not the manufacturer.
Advanced Micro Destructions
@@broworm1 W comment.
@@richardturk7162o rly??
@@richardturk7162 It's a joke, Dick.
Ian talking about the AMD 65.
"Brandon Herrera enters the chat..."
Old Spitzer Nips built the rifle for Ian.
This is the weirdest Linus Tech Tips video they've done yet.
Linus pew pew tips
I love that they started with plastic furniture and later got wood. Most countries did it the other way around lol.
It's for durability. Most of the Soviet Bloc couldn't into plastics but in case of the AMD-65 they really didn't try anything drastic. On the other hand field experience showed issues with the heat melting the foregrip and temperature differences wearing them out. So it was less about economics and more to fix a quality issue. So yes, exact opposite as the reason for the bakelite parts in later AKs.
Wood is more majestic 😃🤷♂️👌
I am happy to see some attention from you to Hungarian firearms. Greetings from Budapest!
As a Hungarian im really glad to see this❤
As someone who is hungry, I am glad to see this too.
That is a really cool profile picture.
@thomasbane0 thx man
When my father was conscript they used AMD-65s so they did when he was a prison guard. Once I was able to shoot with it, not gonna lie the 7.62×39mm packs a punch...altough the stock itself a bit uncomfortable. I'm happy to see it mentioned
My first AK build was one of these when Tapco was selling parts kits for like $100 with the 922R compliance parts and 3 mags.Oh the good old days of cheap parts kits with the barrels.
My first was a Romy G kit with the G2 from Tapco for the same price!
Me too! Except mine was about $250.
Kills me to know what I missed out on when I was still too young to buy a gun lol
@@Pattamatt1998 I bought a Ingliss 1944 Bren parts kit in 2001 for....... 109.99
I now have a beautiful semi auto bren. Now I am doing an MG42. One of two kits that were gifts from way back when they were cheap.
@@bad74maverick1 man that's nuts lol, what a great deal. A semi-auto Bren might be one of the few machine gun conversions I'm really interested in.
The backwards pistol grip is pretty ghetto. Awesome.
This is one of my favorite AK copies. Perfectly encapsulates an oldschool tactical feel
This thing with the suppressor on it gotta be the hottest thing ever for me. Even hotter than AKMS with PBS.
I always just figured it was a fairly specialized paratroop, vehicle crew, etc. weapon. Interesting to learn that it was so much more widely used.
It was my service gun.
Short, cheap, reliable. The true AK spirit. I think Kalashnikov would be proud.
The issue with the longer barrel was that was the expensive part, because rifled barrels are arguably the most difficult thing to make. If you can shave 100mm off a ~400mm barrel, you save a fortune in production time, raw materials, and more. That muzzlebrake is complicated in its own right, but can be made with softer steel, cut with simpler tools, and worse comes to worst, be left off the gun entirely. If you keep your full-length barrel, you must have that extra 100mm of high-quality steel, must pay to cut it precisely, and so on. Making AMD65 with the full-length AKM63 barrel would have raised the price considerably!
Thanks! I was wondering where the nearly 50% savings came from. Wooden furniture can't be that expensive and the muzzle brake looks expensive. Looks can be deceiving?
Speaking of the cost of wood. I wonder how much they saved by using the folding metal stock instead of a wooden buttstock. For regular infantry I'd think a proper hold would be pretty important. Also important for hand to hand fighting, rare as that is.
@@donjones4719 I think the main argument was that all the tooling and manpower could be focused on just making the folding-stock very well instead of keeping two things going with divided manpower and resources. Communists loved arguments based on Economy of Scale.
Of course, the AMD65's stock would become notorious, as Ian mentions, for being very ill-suited to the common riflemen and they said so loudly. They also might have just been shouting so much because they were deafened by the muzzleblast, but I can't prove that. 😁
AKs were to be used like SMGs not rifles
Interesting…. I literally had one of these come in my gun shop yesterday. Only difference is the owner exchanged the grips for BakeLite
Bakelite is gooderer.
Price?
$1349 is what he wants for it magazines and all included
@@masoncrossno-ye2rfif its a legit amd you should buy it and put it up on gunbroker for 2500
It's not "bake-lite", its bakeliet or bakelite, named after a man called Baekeland
Hi Ian!
It is an honor for you to present our weapons, greetings from Hungary!
A book on Hungarian AKs. That's just what I need for the niche in my library.
When I started this video the view count was at 9.7K. I'm not even halfway through and its lept to nearly 12K. Love to see it ❤️
This gun and 35 years of service it is the reason why my father is half deaf, he said they used to put spent shell casings in their ears when it started to hurt but it was considered g@y lol
My grandfather server in the People's army from 1976 to 1978 as a conscript and later from 1979 till 1989. All throughout his service life he used the AMD and he adored it, although he was in an air defense radar unit so it is understandable. He always tells me that the rifle was accurate enough, compact and light enough to be used my everyone and still says that no automatic rifle more accurate will be ever produced other than AK style rifles. He loved it and has fond memories of it.
Hollywood has been using the infinity sector setting since the inception of celluloid.
It honestly makes the most sense for a rifle you are planning on exporting. "0" for Safe, "1" for Semi, the number for the burst size for guns with Burst, and "∞" for full Auto. Even if you also have bullet icons like later HKs.
The main designer at FÉG was Zala Károly (Károly Zala or Charles Zala in english). It worth to mention, that there is some variants of AMD-65 --- the AMP-69 is the most notable. AMP-69 was specially created to fire rifle grenades.
Colonel Trautman carried one in Afghanistan in 1988.
It was Trautman that taught Rambo to drive a tank into a helicopter. To eat things that would make a Billy goat puke...
Yes, but without the muzzle brake...🤔
I thought he carried a pig snout sandwich.
😉🤣
They wanted to make a short gun, but it didn't work out. The barrel became shorter, but the weapon remained almost the same length due to the muzzle brake installed on it. I would have just put a compensator on it, like on the AK-63 and cut the front grip shorter. Anyway, I loved it. I have had 6 AMDs in my years of service, never had a problem with any of them. Greetings from Hungary.
Back in the early 2000s a bunch of those Hungarian 20 round mags came to the US in really nice shape. Think they were around ten dollars each. Never knew they were purpose built for the AMD-65.
I have a bunch of those along with the Hungarian magazine pouch for them.
I love that they introduced a selector option for the Infinite Ammo cheat. It cannot be overstated how convenient using infinite ammo is in combat.
When I was in Iraq in 2010 the contracted guards carried those. The contract company was American, the guards were from Sierra Leone. I always wondered how that variant of the AK came to be there. I don’t know if they belonged to the US government or the company.
i remember reading somewhere that iraq bought a shit ton of aks from everywhere and they end up with a bunch of old soviet/warsaw pact guns in storage
@@juanignacioflores3820First Iraq bought them (to supplement the Yugo clones Iraq was producing under license), then after the US invasion, when we went to go reestablish the Iraqi Army (that State Department "experts" stupidly insisted we disband, thus dumping a bunch of military trained - for certain values of "trained" - young men into the unemployment lines and pissed off at the US for firing them, and thus ripe for recruitment by bad guys), we ended up having to buy a bunch MORE AKs from everywhere, because the Iraqi Army AKs they had bought before the invasion were worn out from years of abuse.
@@juanignacioflores3820 There is a fun anecdote in Hungary, that during the Iraq-Iran war, there were cases where the Iraqi transport plane have been loaded at one end of the runway at the Budapest International (it only had one terminal and one one runway back then), and the Iranian one at the other end with rather heavy crates. Go figure.
Also post-2003, the Hungarian government sent a bunch of surplus weapons to Iraq, including old T-72Ms.
I've always loved how the Hungarian solution to the "we need a vertical foregrip" dilemma was to just bolt a standard grip to the foregrip.
My dad was issued this in 1992 during his mandatory service. I'm proud we designed this nugget.
I recently saw a picture of my dad reading the soldier's oath for the other conscripts after basic training with such a gun slung on his shoulders. I really did not expect to see a video about it here. While these were, let's put it mildly, not universally beloved guns, they have quite a distinctive look and it is somehow both surreal and very cool to hear their story from you, an American gun expert speaking in English. Thank you!
As a former professional soldier in Hungary I used AMD-65d and AKM-63d and CZ BREN-2. My opinion is the AKM-63d was the best.
A tgi amd 65 was my first rifle. I believe it was $360 brand new. It was the most fun rifle to shoot ive ever had. I regret selling it
Gun jesus and AK Jesus is the collab we need
This was my first ak build. What a time. Original barrel kits for 250. I sliced about 2" off of the front grip to allow easier mag changes.
I actually believe the grip aids in mag changes. Everyone over sweeps the mag insertion. Just stick the mag against the grip and sweep it in and it becomes an aid. (Your doing it wrong kid)
I LOVE my AMD 65. It is super reliable, never had a jam, FTE/FTL with it and with the built-in muzzle brake, it is super easy to handle. There were 2 for sale, about 10 years ago… brand-new… at $600. I should have bought both!
Brandon did a really great job with this build. He should offer one as an incentive for his campaign donors.
Finally! A successor to AMD64.
which is a successor to x(termination)86.
Damn, why didn't I make this connection… probably because my mind wanted to go 6502 from 65 ("too much" 6502 in my early IT stages). And somewhere in the back of my mind there was the AIM-65 rattling around which I just fully remembered.
Got one of these nearly twenty years ago. One of my favorite interesting weapons in my collection.
A couple of additional comments - If you carried these in a right-handed carry ready position for any length of time you would soon hope to have a glove as the stock release button will dig into the knuckle on your thumb. Additionally, if you did a mag dump the unprotected gas tube would get really hot and since there was no handguard you need to be careful how you handle it afterward. I've fired thousands of rounds of blanks through these as OPFOR. Just a note - the issued sling for these was a leather version (at least that's what came with the ones we imported in 1999) along with spare 20-round magazines, vinyl mag pouch and std cleaning accessories. Still have some AMD 65 marked shipping crates...
I assumed the same. Just because you’ve got a forward grip doesn’t mean that having hot as hell metal parts won’t be a problem.
AMD-65 have this cool uncle energy
Thanks for the video! The infinity sign is actually the number eight. It shows how much ammunition you could shoot at the "Honvédség". :)
The AMD-65 is to me the best looking out of all the AK's. The black and dark grey parts and the simplistic design makes it look so sleek and cool. Plus it helped Sly used it in Rambo 3 in the first infiltration of the Russian base.
Me at the range: "I love my AMD-65." My friends on either side: "We f@#$ing hate you."
AMD? My AK says Nvidia.
Nvidia-47
@@paleoph6168 Guess mom bought me an norinco. :( Dad already bought me a Krinkov last year... You know how that went.
XAK-4780Ti
The stock is definitelly AMD. No support.
@@XtreeM_FaiL Ray tracer rounds
A lot of the ANA guys we trained had those, they were neat. The ak not the ANA
I love my amd 65 I've owned it for 5 years now one I'll never sell. Although mine has a welded cheak rest.
I like mine too, been wanting to get the cheek weld. The kns piston is a game changer for these.
Been wanting a cheek rest, but everything else is enjoyable.
AMD-65 built on a nodak spud receiver was the first rifle i ever bought when i turned 18. Bought it from a tech on his lunch break at an exotic car dealership called Foreign Cars Italia in NC for $600.
One of my favorite rifles. Thanks for doing this video. Did a brief conscription service with this rifle. I now own 3 of them in the US as SBRs and I also own a gas version in Hungary, called the Keserű gorkíj 65. They are fun rifles to shoot and their are ways to make the stock comfortable to shoot.
I built mine from a beautiful unissued parts set, numbers matching, factory barrel. I used the short barrel but pinned and welded a slightly longer replica muzzle brake so i would not need to sbr it. It is loud!
Thanks Ian, i built one from a like new parts kit about twenty years ago. I m still loving it to this day !
40’s and drums work surprisingly well in these
This has been my favorite style of AK ever since Medal of Honor 2010
That very specific handguard setup, foregrip, and folding stock, all just looks great.
The amd 65 is my favorite ak of all time. Remember those 20 rd mags tho. 30s can be clunky to get in and out on a fast mag change.
I like the A frame side folder with a cheek rest job done!
I wonder if that AMD-65 came the remnants of the White Claw can from the test fire.
I absolutely love my amd 65s . They have been my go-to rifle for years .
I look at one of those Hungarian AKs, and my support hand wants to blister.
I built an AMD-65 built off a very nice parts kit back in around 2005 and it's been a great little gun. Other than changing over to the wooden grips for aesthetic preference and using a slightly longer muzzle break that's pinned/welded it's all original.
It's still less deadly than the AMD mountain bike.
😂
Ouch.
This was the first AK I owned and built myself. And I absolutely love it to pieces. The only thing I modified on it was I had AMD-65TECH weld a cheek riser onto the original stock. Super fun gun to shoot.
Very nice of the Ocelot Unit to donate one of their rifles for this video.
Damn it! I’m drowning in books and now I need another!
The AK guy IS Brandon Herrera.
Love mine - thanks for the education on it!
shout out to the homie congressman Herrera
Long time favorite firearm of mine. Great video as always. 👍
Another excellent video as always....
AK pattern rifles are my favorite but somehow I have never had one of these.
I joined the US ARMY in 1976 and in 1999 i did a tour in Hungary and Croatia doing MSR patrols, we landed in Tzar Hungary and we were getting off the plane i saw a platoon of Hungarian soldiers marching by all carrying AK's, now all my military career i was told the guys carrying the AK were the enemy so needless to say my butt tightend up just slightly.
You probably mean Taszár, Hungary.
@@foldvarimarton yep just forgot how to spell it, that was in 99-2000, Thanks for the correction, I still chat with a Hungarian soldier that I know Tomas Horvath, again thanks
The end of the cold war made for some strange bedfellows. But for us, the view of the west was one of envious fascanation during the cold war, rather than fear. At least from a civilian perspective, can't quiet speak for the military. But most soldiers were conscripted.
I've played with the AMD65 enough to be familiar with its problems, but I still think it's one of the coolest AK's ever made.
AMD vs NVIDIA...well the comments didn't disappoint 🤦♂
Ive always been fascinated by the AMD-65
a great very interesting video and rifles Mr.GJ.have a good one Mr.
Didn't know forgottenweapons started a channel for Ian's Gun Tips.
Good to see that we got an upgrade to the AMD 64 that I had in 2005.
I'm Polish. I see anything Hungarian= I give a like!
And a Hey, Bober!:-))
Opposite shit here Bratak
@@fegyvervideodirex Gryzie!
Complete off-topic. My IanPAT bonnie hat was delivered today. Totally worth it!
I have an older tgi Knoxville gun with original barrel and feg reciever. Its my favorite ak
Yep, I’ve shot maybe too mags out of mine, took the slick tanker grip off and put the paratrooper grip on.
Intel: "our stuff is 64-bit"
AMD:
underrated
I'm so glad you made this video years after I bought mine, because holy fuck the prices are going to go up because of you.
Good video though.
Back in 2010 I purchased a CAI AMD 65 from JG Sales which had the same set up as this model. Unfortunately after removing from the box and starting the cosmo clean up the finish literally peeled off as I took a solvent filled rag and wiped the muzzle break leaving bare metal. Apparently CAI had used spray paint to finish the unit I purchased. Thankfully JG took it back, but in hindsight I could have just paid extra and had a gunsmith refinish it properly. At the time I knew a gunsmith who offered Parkerizing and he did a great job on my Bulgarian Makarov. 😢 I still wish they were available today at reasonable prices. I think I paid $375/400 at the time.
One of the most iconic medic guns in Squad. A nice way to add another silhouette to the lineup
I believe the "off-brand" version of this is called the FEG-47. I bought one 15 years ago for under $300 and it was one of the best AKs I've ever had.
When Ian and Brandon get together... what a great shot show that would be!
I have a parts kit of this gun somewhere in storage I was going to have built for me. I’ve got to hunt it up and do something with it now…..
Easily one of my all-time favourite AKs, it just strikes that perfect balance of badass and classy. It also feels decades more modern than mid-'60s, both in aesthetics and function (shorter barrel, foregrip, folding stock, etc), especially in the context of mass-use standard issue rifles.
I'm sorry, I can't hear you Ian! I mag dumped an AMD-65 back in 2006 and my ears haven't been the same since. --Mike