well i did the research and they seemed to have corrected the issues on the earlier versions , which is why i steer clear of brand new roll outs
one popped up at my favorite shop , and it was $100 cheaper than list price online and factor shipping and xfer savings tipped me into bringing it home
at first i did not like it at all , very uncomfortable , the polymer stock was several inches longer than a normal AK , not sure if it was because of so many years being use to a certain feel or what , but i put about 300 uncomfortable rounds through it and in the safe it went
sooooo,,,, had a Yugo stock set just sitting there ,crying use me , use me , so i dug it out , disassembled and 2 hours later i had the yugo sock set modified ,fit and installed , its a trooper so the front sight sits back further so the hand guard is shorter
with the yugo stock installed i went and ran 200 more rounds through it and i am loving this rifle , it does not feel like the same rifle , i have a compensator coming for it and right now the furniture i am re finishing it
i took amber shellac and layered a coat , added 2 pinches of dissolved and strained orange shellac flakes to the amber shellac and then 2 coats , let it cure for 2 days and knocked it down with 0000 wool
then i took red anoline dye and 2 drops in that solution and one coat , this was the final base coat ,it was bright orange with a pinkish hue to it i then took violate anoline dye and started stirring it into that solution and it started coming around to my desired candy apple red , i nailed it , it cant be a more perfect candy apple red if it was actually on a candy apple , now im sealing it with satin poly