Maadi Heavy Barrel?

[recon]

I don't recall any heavy barrel Maadi's? This one is a RPM Model
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=348163273

[imanaknut]

I think that just because the RPM barrel is 20 inches long the seller thinks it is "heavy" when in fact it is just a longer version of the standard 16 inch barrel.

[El Laton Caliente]

I have one... It is a 20", not a 21" RPK barrel and is not nearly as heavy. Some/most did have bipod cuts, although many came w/o the bipod.

[El Laton Caliente]

I think that just because the RPM barrel is 20 inches long the seller thinks it is "heavy" when in fact it is just a longer version of the standard 16 inch barrel.

Yea, basically a stretched 16"... I had to modify a RPK retainer to fit the barrel in my project rifle... I'm putting Russian RPK stocks on a RPM rifle...

[recon]

I have a 20 inch maadi. The barrel is skinny compared to this picture.

[imanaknut]

Mine does have a bipod cut section of the barrel with a thin tube in place for the bipod, but unfortunately mine came without the bipod.

[El Laton Caliente]

I'd bet you a standard AKM gas block and front sight fit it...

[imanaknut]

Measured my RPM barrel just behind the bayo relief cut and it is .594". Measured both an SAR-1 and Maadi ARM and both are about the same diameter. Measured a Norinco NHM-91 (long barrel) and it was approx .692".

[recon]

So it would seem then that the ones with out the bipod have the thinner barrel than the ones that have the bipod?

Seems to be. This one is a RML Model. http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=352152064

This one is a RPM Model. http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=348163273

There is a difference in the diameter of the barrels.