#922r compliant vepr fm 11 install#
Rotate it 180 degrees either way and then you can pull it away from the tube.ħ] Next up is to install the Apollo FM11 lower. You may find it turns easier clockwise or counter-clockwise and either way is fine. Clamp the forged steel end (not the tubular end or you will crush it) and firmly rotate the cover. The cover is a semi-circle and rotates out of the semi-circular shaped retainers. You may find you need to tap it a bit with a rubber mallet – I did.Ħ] Now, you need to remove the gas tube cover and this is one of the questions I get asked most frequently. Once rotated, you can slide the handguard retainer forward. I had to use stout needle nose pliers in order to rotate it. It will need to be rotated 180 degrees towards the muzzle and this is another incredibly tight fit. You will either need non-marring pliers or a polymer or wood punch to swing the lever up clockwise until the gas tube assembly can lift out.ĥ] On the right side of the lower handguard retainer, you will see a small lever laying parallel with the barrel. I thought Zastava had very tight levers but they have nothing on Molot. The following is a quick overview of the steps required:ġ] Make sure your rifle is unloaded! I can’t stress this enough.Ģ] Push in the dust cover retainer at the rear and remove the cover.ģ] Remove the operating rod and the bolt carrier group.Ĥ] You will need to rotate the gas tube retaining lever to remove the gas tube. The rail arrived about a week later and decided to install it when time permitted. I was pretty sure it would fit so I went ahead and ordered it. The guy I talked to said they would take a return if it didn’t fit and I didn’t beat it up. By the way, Chaos does not list on their website that this FM11L will fit the FM-AK47-21 side folder so I called them. It required the installation of a clamp on the barrel.Īt any rate, I decided on the Chaos Apollo FM11L Keymod handguard. That was a beef I had with the Midwest Industries rail design I tried years ago. An important design point is that it connects like a handguard and doesn’t clamp anything on the barrel to transfer heat. They made a well regarded handguard that looked great to me and reports on the feel and quality were very good. So, I researched other options and a firm I didn’t know much about kept popping up – Chaos, Inc. After a while, I changed my mind as the time and cost to create the molds didn’t make a lot of business sense as the Veprs weren’t going to be imported and demand would presumably be low and I would not recover the investment. On one hand I could make a new polymer set based on a mint RPK handguard set I picked up along the way. With that in mind, I started digging on options.
Now this is the handguard on the Russian RPks and the ribs help with cooling and moving the hand away from the surface of the handguard - the design is genuinely thought out … but I do not like the feel.
The rifle was absolutely awesome except for one regard – I really did not like the ribbed RPK handguard. When the government announced they were going to ban the further import of Molot firearms, I jumped and bought one of the Fime FM-AK47-21 side folding AK-47 Veprs.
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