Maddi AK?

[EastIndyGunner]

Hello good ingo people! Seems the only AKs out there under a grand are Maddi. Are these good (reliable) rifles? Or should I steer clear? Thanks in advance for your feedback!

 

[kb66]

Maadis are good rifles, they are the only rifle made outside of Russia that are made on Russian equipment. The Egyptians bought all of the equipment, tooling and steel from the Russian to setup their manufacturing plant. They even used Russian wood on the original Maadi rifles.

 

[gunman41mag]

have a maddi, shoots fine & doesn't jam, i think they're just as good as any other AK-47

 

[Fordtough25]

Maadi's are good to go, shoot great, and function great. Some of them don't have great finishes but who cares.

 

[indykid]

The only ones to steer away from are the MISR 10 and MISR 90.

The MISR-10 normally used single stack mags and if the magwell wasn't opened correctly to be able to accept standard AK mags you could have problems.

The MISR-90 is a mutt, with a Maadi receiver using Norinco MAK-90 parts built by Century, a company well known for being the only people who could mess up an AK build.

The ARM models were the most desirable, but other than what I just mentioned, they are really nice representatives of the AKM.

 

[EastIndyGunner]

Thanks for the info everyone! I just missed the Maddi damnit! Somebody sell me one!

 

[BehindBlueI's]

The earlier imports are of better quality, but even the later ones tend to be acceptable.

A very good write up on the differences between importers and year of import can be found here:

Egyptian Maadi Ak47 Guide - AR15.COM

 

[winchester]

i have had a few maddi aks and all shot great. the fit and finish was not great but an ak aint supposed to be pretty

 

[indykid]

Fellow firearm lovers, and others, it is "Maadi" not "Maddi".

Not trying to be a grammar nazi, but as an AK person, just need to point out reality. Thanks!