JC from United States, NC Public Profile

I was able to get this rail mounted onto the rifle and tightened down as tight as possible using both hands and material to avoid losing grip while tightening. The lock up was very stiff. I did however notice the rail was not set tight up against the rear sight block. The spring loaded front clip on the rail was connected to the lip of the rear sight block, as designed, but it was about halfway on leaving a small gap. I know the rail was installed as far forward as possible because the safety lever, factory stock from Palmetto btw, was already being slightly pushed down from the top rail. I installed this rail carefully several times to ensure something just wasnt misaligned. Though this issue was never resolved, I was still able to tighten down the ratchet mechanism making it very solid. I was willing to accept the gap issue and the safety lever being lightly pushed down due to the aesthetic and functionality this rail offered. I mounted up my LVPO and set it up for storage. I was being clumsy and accidentally, but fortunately for me, knocked over the rifle and the rail popped loose. The failure point was at the small spring loaded clip at the front of the rail. The rear lockdown was still very tight and locked on. Out of curiosity I attempted to recreate the issue and took the rail back off and set it back up correctly with tightening everything down. I then smacked the front of the optic rearward and the rail popped back off the same was it had when it had fallen over and

I have a palmetto ak and when tightened down the piston catches in the gas tube and refused to go into battery. In order to avoid this I had to loosen the main connection bolts so it could fully close. When firing it became loose because of this. You have some set screws on top that you I used to create a bit of standoff so the main handguard bolts could be tightened better. When tightening it all down with normal amounts of pressure it ended up fracturing the aluminum. It looks great and feels great but if you still want it I'd suggest getting some sort of shim that fits between the upper and lower handguard. Otherwise kind of useless with a real firearm