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It’s pretty neat

@conceptualconcepts6.9 I'm hoping the 556 bdc is close enough for 545

I’m planning to do testing/filming tomorrow on this. Brass facts and a few other reviewers have mentioned a wandering zero but have never shown to what degree. And I’ve noticed a slight shift when I disassemble. The question is how bad is it? There’s an acceptable level with PDW’s but does it exceed that? Hopefully have a video out on this with some actual testing and results this weekend.

AK irons are less plug and play than the AR equivalent. Looks like the AKV uses the standard drum system most AK’s use. There’s a tool that makes it easier to shift the drum for windage and elevation you just screw the front sight up and down. www.amazon.com/Ficero-Adjustment-7-62x39mm-Windage-Elevation/dp/B0BBV6JD59 I’ve heard really good things about the AKV’s so they’re definitely nothing to sneeze at. Good find! And since they’re blowback guns they don’t have the same issues as the bigger piston operated brothers. The zastava’s are wicked AK’s and arguably one of the best fit and finish wise. The big downside is parts compatibility. They don’t fit AKM furniture. But there’s enough aftermarket support now that that’s kinda a moot point.

@@neverquit2640 norinco and polytech don’t use countersunk rivets and there are rifles here in the US on their 3rd and 4th barrel. One of my aquaintances has a mak-90 on its 2nd barrel. The riveting issue isn’t something I’m really concerned about personally. Especially since I haven’t really seen any real evidence of the breakages that people claim it’ll cause. If you have a link I would love to see it and would definitely reconsider my position. But until then my experience with flat riveted trunnions says it’s not a big deal.

@conceptualconcepts6.9 No one ever said the Chinese made quality shit either. I'm old enough to remember them being considered junk AKs for $150 back in the day before they dried up. The AKM as intended to be properly built per Soviet specs requires the trunnion and receiver to be dimpled together. Now to your point will the average shooter shooting semi a few weekends a year likely break their shit? Probably not. But that's not the point to me, the point is it being built the way it's supposed to be built. And in PSA's case would take minimal effort to do especially since they're essentially half way there.

@ people said the WASR was shit back 15 years ago lol. Now they’re considered best bang for the buck. General populace who say just because something is cheap means it’s garbage. Not gonna buy the “they’re crap because people said so when they were cheap and plentiful.” Sorry. I personally know of one in the around 30k round count and I’d refer to aregularguytraining if you don’t wanna take my word for it ruclips.net/video/Pl8Z5jqRYxc/видео.htmlsi=oAdezjpLFVf-fMP6 Now again, I repeat. If you have evidence provide a link and I’ll happy to look at it. But what I’ve heard overall from people is “because my favorite RUclipsr said so.” All this being said, I still don’t recommend palmetto AK’s as a whole. As I said in this video I recommend getting an import. But the rivets are lowest on my priorities. It’s due to poor QC and material management. Also their small bore AK’s are trash.

@conceptualconcepts6.9 it was shit though lol. Canted sights, mag well issues, etc. They got better with their QC, luckily, and as basically the only readily available military grade import with standard AKM compatibility, yeah, now it's considered the better option. I come from the days of cheap good AKs, bro. I take you for your word just fine dawg. I'm just saying from my part at a bare minimum I'd stay away from them until they own that issue. Then there's the other issues lol. If I was buying today I'd stick to what I said. I also don't own any Chinese guns like I said I'm from the day of cheap Bulgarians, Maadis, even relatively cheap Russians. Do I regret not buying some Chinese shit for resale down the road though considering how inflated the prices are..... maybe lol.

@ again, as mentioned 2-3 times now. I don’t recommend palmetto either unless they clean up their act. But I do once again state that I think the rivet thing is overblown . And have provided the reasoning and examples to support this. I have asked multiple people to provide links with evidence of the rivets failing as they claim they will. Not once has someone provided any.

This is true I have had wonderful luck with 9 of their ar15 kits

That’s awesome to hear, I’ve been toying with the idea of picking up one of their $300 kits to go with a receiver I have in the safe

@conceptualconcepts6.9 the only advice I have is avoid their own brand BCG's. I have one that I got with their 20" inch upper. After about 600 rounds, the gas rings started to loosen up. I suggest either a tool craft, bcm or literally anything else for a BCG.

@@briantoplessbar4685 still? What was the velocity/barrel length?

@ standard zastava m70 2168- 2270p with the AAC. Got hi 2280s-2310s with atx The real issue wasn’t the average but the dispersions we had rounds way in the 2100s and rounds almost at 2300 with the AAC

Oof sounds like they haven’t upped the velocity then. Thanks for the update

@@judyolson8551 that’s awesome! I’m glad they’re working for you!

@@martyedmondson8548 it’s a hoot and a half

@@glennf9950 lol

It’s a primary arms GLX 2.5-10

@conceptualconcepts6.9 Thanks very much 😀

I’ve heard good things about the AKV. Never had time behind one though

I bought a used AKV and it feels great. Had one jam but it most likely just needed cleaned. I recommend an optic since the iron sights aren't your normal AK sights that easily zero but do keep in mind this is my first rifle so I'm still learning.

Glad you enjoyed it!

@@kman0146 they definitely do seem to have over expanded. Moving on to the next project before fixing the problems with the previous

@@13bredlegextraordinaire I’m glad to hear AAC working well for you and hopefully it’s been cleaned up. I’ll revisit in an ammo testing video in the near future

@ granted I didn’t do a scientifical test as you did and it was just plinking i’m just glad there’s an option to keep running my AK’s.

@@13bredlegextraordinaire hey if you’re hitting out to 3-400 yds then what more can you ask for?

@ yea I liked it for the price for sure especially when Tula is 12 dollars a box were I live

@@sleeperzzzzs the TDI chassis was the only good part about it haha. It’s rare to find someone who doesn’t want to beef on RUclips’s comment section. Thank you for being a king amongst men

@ here’s another compliment i’m jealous of your k104 sag build that is a sexy setup rip kusa

Love the company they started as, hate the company they turned into

@@conceptualconcepts6.9 yep they are shooting themselves in the foot with these bad AK 47s

@@Grizzlyman420 planning on it in a future video. Gonna test a bunch of 7.62x39

Sounds very palmetto of them

That’s good to hear!

I hear that’s part of it

Why would you hurt me like this 😭

Oofta

Cast metal is no bueno, just ask century arms

Hahaha

Absolutely agree!

Truer words have never been spoken...

I’ve been saying the same thing man! Now they have the 308 scar…yet can’t even make a decent AKM. Very frustrating!

PSA seems to be shooting for volume sales to make money. If that's true, it is unfortunate. Firearms prices rise while quality suffers, just like the automobiles, and about everything else, being manufactured these days. I understand the need for budget lines, but America has little need for another fast food style firearms manufacturer. In the late 80's through the mid-90's we bought Euro and Chinese AK's for $130 to $170 and SKS's $60 to $80 and resold them at $30 to $75 profit, depending on make, model, and condition. We also charged $20 if they wanted the Cosmoline removed. Now the damned things cost near or over $1k, and parts quality, especially with core parts, seems to have fallen by the wayside.

Thanks! Yeah I actually like my GF5 but it’s definitely not what I’d grab for serious use

Because they shoot 100 rounds a year and believe they're awesome rifles because they've never had a problem.

@@weezem SO DAMN TRUE

It’s almost cultish, I think people have wrapped their identity around jUsT aS gOoD.

@@weezemI get ridiculed for speaking out against PSA! Exactly what you said they put a few mags through their gun and think it’s good to go. I really do think their ARs are decent but the AKM line are dog 💩 it’s funny none of the big time RUclipsrs never have issues with their AKMs. People get really upset when you call PSA out but the facts are the facts

@@Grizzlyman420 Let them figure it out like the rest of us do. They're cheap for a reason.

"But muh lifetime warranty"

Their warranty department is arguably busier than their manufacturing line lol. I’m sorry you had to go through that

.... Not to mention your GS3 has the wrong rivets and the wrong riveting process

@@Mr_Clean wait a minute I thought they were not riveting their Ak;s

I’m glad your GF3 is running strong! Hope it keeps up for you

Oofta, I was looking into testing some of their 77gr they keep advertising at 10.99 a box. I’ll post something on it when I do

@@conceptualconcepts6.9 they supposedly use 77gr SMK bullets so in theory they should be fine (if the powder is loaded properly and they seat the bullet correctly)

@@Grizzlyman420 Oofta couldn’t blame you there! Tella 7.62x39 ammo is non corrosive and labeled as such. I have about 1.5-1.75k rounds through my guns without cleaning to verify. No signs of corrosion. However some RUclipsrs claim it is. And primarily base this off of their 5.45 line. Which from my understanding definitely is.

@@conceptualconcepts6.9 thanks for the response! I might have to pick up some tella 762. The blade stuff from aac seems decent but I won’t buy anymore FMJ. When I get this GF5 back I’ll probably sell it. Im thinking how will they fix it? They’ll just use the same poorly heat treated parts 🤷‍♂️ I kid you not 250 rounds and the lug on the bolt that rolls over the right side of the trunnion lug was rounded over already on the bolt…hopefully that makes sense. I bought this gf5 to keep rounds off my imports and if something happened in a self defense situation I wouldn’t mind when the feds take it. It’s weird all the RUclipsrs PSA stuff works flawlessly 😂 the gun market today is just dog 💩

AAC steel cases vary quite a bit in length. Totally out of spec. That's why the bullets are seated at different depths.

@@donwyoming1936 I agree! The blade stuff is good though. Shoots good

Oofta, that’s terrible. Arguably palmettos warranty department is busier than their production line

Yep my GF5 is trash

That’s more than 90% of customers will ever put through them. The way I see it is if you’ve never owned an ak before get a psa to see if you like it and if you do then go buy a better ak

@@jacobrohlinger9038 the sick part is you can get a wasr cheaper than the GF5. About 1100$ for the GF5 not including your FFL fee etc. PSA is seriously a joke. You can’t tell that to the fan boys though because they claim PSA is the next best thing since sliced bread. If every ak was like the battle field Las Vegas ones or these cherry picked guns for the RUclipsrs we’d be in business but their QC sucks and it seems they have toddlers putting together their guns

@ I got a gf5 but it’s one of the Romanian builds. But wasrs are also going for almost 1k when gf3 is 600

Thank you! I really appreciate it. Yeah palmetto has been a learning process here. There’s so much bias on RUclips it’s hard to tell who’s honest. So I’ve been learning as I go on and sharing what I’ve come to.

@ totally get it. I remember when I got my one and only PSA in 2020, and was indoctrinated into the idea of thinking it was the greatest thing ever, until I sheared the gas tube lever one week into owning it, and it wouldn’t even accept surplus Romanian magazines. Never again.

Thanks for the understanding lol. My personal position atm is to get imported guns/ammo while you can and hope palmetto cleans up their act before the possibility of further sanctions.

@ that’s a good plan for the channel I think. I’m happy you’re not a shill, and love to see where the channel will go in the future. It’s insanely hard to get American made 7.62 ammo in Alaska because we can’t get ammo shipped here, so it’s slowly drying up. If you ever decide to do a long term on Century’s new BFT 5.56 I’d be curious. I want century to succeed, but with their troubled history it’s not high on my purchase list. That being said, thanks again for the good stuff 🫱🏻‍🫲🏽

@@AKsandPBRs thanks man! I probably won’t get a century unfortunately. one of my friends had his VSKA sheer off a bolt lug and my experience with their warranty department has been terrible. (In 2011 I was lucky enough to get one of their 5.45 tantals that were made with 5.45 chambers and 5.56 bores. Century told me to get wrecked.) long story short I won’t even touch them anymore

What issues did you have? My FMJ were out of spec?

@ I don’t have a way to make sure mine were within spec, but I had multiple light primer strikes, ammo just wouldn’t cycle , I repeated the drills with same mags, same rife but different ammo (Norma 762 brass, Tulammo) no hiccups…. It was weird 🤷🏻🤷🏻🤷🏻

@@abgarcia373 hmmm yeah that is weird! I noticed on my FMJ the bullet were seated all over the place as far as depth. They all ran fine but another issue with PSA go figure! The blade stuff is nice though! They load it with hornady SST rounds

@ I still have a few rounds left, I’ll check once I make it home and see how they look

@@Skullsworth very good insight, I appreciate the info and will pin this comment! Thank you

AAC steel cased 7.62X39 suffers from cases being longer than both CIP & SAAMI standards. This also results in much of the ammo exceeding the maximum overall cartridge length. This ammo should have never left the factory. It shows a complete lack of quality control over the most basic of cartridge dimensions.