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It’s a little unfortunate, but unsurprising, that an American built AK was subpar. I believe these American rifles generally use cast instead of forged bolts.
Plus the cost to manufacture a relatively small batch of American AKs must be higher than it would be for a company jumping into ARs nowadays. Think cost to make steel revolvers vs polymer pistols. Materials plus (lack of) demand plus cost to make in the US. Hard to keep a quality made US AK at a competitive price.
In all fairness, I used to own a C39v2. It was never awful and never got as bad as the one in the video, but you could see the bolt wearing oddly and was sold soon. I still own a Yugo Zastava O-PAP (Century) and a Russian Molot Vepr FM. Both are holding up much better than the C39v2 after way more rounds.
To each their own, just my opinion.
Plus the cost to manufacture a relatively small batch of American AKs must be higher than it would be for a company jumping into ARs nowadays. Think cost to make steel revolvers vs polymer pistols. Materials plus (lack of) demand plus cost to make in the US. Hard to keep a quality made US AK at a competitive price.
In all fairness, I used to own a C39v2. It was never awful and never got as bad as the one in the video, but you could see the bolt wearing oddly and was sold soon. I still own a Yugo Zastava O-PAP (Century) and a Russian Molot Vepr FM. Both are holding up much better than the C39v2 after way more rounds.
To each their own, just my opinion.