AMD 65 Question

[hardknocks]

hello all.
was considering picking up my first AK and it was a low priced TGI FEG AMD 65 from a online dealer. its a side folder and want to know if this can be converted to wood stock if i dont like the side folder? i would prefer the underfolder but its kinda a $$$ thing.
help a newb out.
thanks

[imanaknut]

Welcome to the group !!!

You can convert the AMD-65 sidefolder to a fixed stock. Unfortunately it is not a simple unbolt and rebolt.

You would have to remove the folding stock rear trunion, and install the rear trunion for a fixed stock. Remember that the rear trunions are riveted in place. Not easy but can be done.

[Schuetzenman]

Ima's advise is sound. There is no EASY way to convert the AMD65 to a fixed stock. IMO it has the worst designed wire folder stock bar none. However, the weapon does grow on one as you use it. You will have to put your jaw bone on the stock to get any kind of head support while looking through the sights. These were orginally made for mechanized unit troops, (APC's and Tanks etc.). I don't know what the Hungarian weapon designers were smoking when they came up with that folder.

[alismith]

When I first got mine, I hated the side-folding stock, but after shooting it for a while, like Schuetzenman says, it "grows" on you. The only shortcoming I see with the whole setup, on mine, is there's no place to attach a sling. Other than that, I like it.

[hardknocks]

Hello
not easy does not bother me at all but nearly impossible might. i believe from the research i done the amd 65 for 440 bucks is a good deal and a decent shooter.
I have checked the amd65 out last week at a gun show and it dont seem like it would be much fun with the wire stock but it might work.
also done some reading about different legal issues and its pretty crazy stuff, if the stock was swapped for wood stock it seems to be no problem correct?
If it can be done with tools i can probably do it. but if my computer takes a dump im in deep doo doo!
i have experience with handguns/rifles/shotguns but with all the different AK styles its mind boggling.
thanks for helpin a noob
regards

[Schuetzenman]

To swap it out you will need to drill out the rivets that hold the rear trunion in the receiver. I can't recall if the rivet pattern matches that of a fixed stock trunion. I have built 2 AMD65 rifles and well over a dozen AKM types. Riveting is not easy, do it wrong and the turnion will be loose, or it could just scream amature hour if done poorly. You should try to find an AMD64, this is the fixed stock Hungarian rifle that has a forward grip like the 65 but it has a conventional buttstock made of wood.

[imanaknut]

My AMD-65 is one of my favorite shooters, and because of that, it has fired well over 10,000 rounds. Funny thing is that I learned long ago how to shoot without that painful sounding cheek weld. I figured if I could shoot a pistol without welding my face to it, I could shoot a rifle the same way, and with the lighter weight of the AMD-65, a good old 100 round drum is pure expensive fun!