Pitiful design, doesn't work without modification on hungarian ak63ds - Samson Ambidextrous Cheek Rest for AK47 Folding Stock

This item is poorly designed. To start, it's a very tight "fit" that requires a nylon mallet to beat it on with. Once it's on - which it will certainly scratched the finish on your stock putting it on - the screw holes don't have enough clearance, meaning the underside of the underfolder arm prevents the screws from making it trough. So then I milled out some material from the inside of the mount so it would sit low enough and give the screws clearance. Once I did that, the screws were too short to even reach the other side. A thread or two bite in then strip out because the screw head bottoms out before they can get a good bite into the threading. Took a pair of vice grips to squeeze the 2 sides closer together so the screws could get a bite into the t-nut on the other side. FINALLY it's installed, but wait... I go to fold the stock and the t-nut protruding from the mount scratches my receiver and the center support rivet. Last but not least, the cheek rest is made of aluminum so if it's cold outside, prepare to have your cheek frozen to the cheek rest. This part could easily have been made of polymer to save weight and not be so cold.

In the end, I scrapped the mount portion. I took the cheek rest portion and stuck it to the underfolder arm using double-sided tape. Then I used small zip ties through the mounting holes and around the underfolder arm to keep it locked in place. Finally I wrapped it all in paracord which not only secures it further to the underfolder arm but doesn't get cold like bare aluminum does. It's actually quite solid and comfortable now.