AK 47 / AK74 Keymod Rail Alfa

14/12/26 at 2.12pm   /   by Rob Ski   /   29 Comments
Alfa Rail on AKM

Alfa Rail on AKM

It was always my dream to have functional and good looking keymod rail for AK rifles. For some reasons, most of US made AK rails, were either ugly or not very practical or were forcing user to drop cleaning rod because of their attachment method. It rather obvious that many of those rails were designed as band-aid solution rather than fully AK orientated product. This inspired me to talk to guys from Manticore Arms about creating purely AK dedicated Rail, with user in mind. What we are seeing here is fruit of cooperation between Manticore and us. Our goal was to have rail, which could be easily used with existing hardware, like Ultimak – since you have invested money in it, why we should force you to change it? You want to keep Ultimak, but have some “rails” flexibility, then Alfa Rail is for you! It works with most stamped receivers with exception of Yugo rifles (Yugo version will be coming out soon). Alfa is compatible with any keymod section available on the market right now. With weight of 3.4 oz (96 grams) it is actually lighter than regular AK handguard…Here is our installation video.
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Troy Industries AK 47 Full Length Rail Review

14/07/28 at 8.04am   /   by Rob Ski   /   90 Comments

Troy Industries with their AK47 rail system brings wave of fresh air into the AK world. Their rail design clearly separates Troy from the crowded “AK Rails” market. However, more conservative AK users will probably find this design way too extreme. Personally I like it a lot, because their rail offers fantastic ergonomics and it really helps to better control rifle. At this point Troy makes 2 different lower parts (short and long) and has 1 extra railed gas tube part as well. All these are independent from each other and you don’t need top part to use lower part and vice versa. Now, when lower part is rock solid, we did encounter some problems with railed gas tube replacement. Mounting for it is based on small size castle nut and we had a hard time to keep that nut from untwisting. I’m looking now for dedicated wrench for it (it is different size than traditional castle nuts) and we will go back to this issue again in future episodes. Overall, Troy made a darn solid product and i’m very pleased with it. Please note that this rail will not mount on AKs with 24mm front end!
Weight specifications:
Top Rail (railed gas tube): 5.68oz (161 grams)
Lower Rail Full Length: 10.98oz (311.27 grams)
Short Rail: 8.80oz (249.47 grams)

Here is Troy Industries AK 47 Full Length Rail Review:

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“Alpha” prototype of key mod rail system for AK rifles.

14/07/24 at 5.01pm   /   by Rob Ski   /   31 Comments

This is joint project between brilliant Sven from Manticore Arms and AK Operators Union. We have been very busy working on this together with Dima, but finally we can show some fruits of our hard work. This lower rail will work with any standard AK upper hand guard, Ultimak or Troy Industries railed gas tubes. So you will be free to mix and match whatever you want with this rail. Our upper hand guard will be optional. However, the upper hand guard will offer co-witness option when in use with Aimpoint Micro type red dots (that’s going to be done for Beta Prototype). Another piece of this system is mount for optics placed behind the rear sight. This rear rail sits very low, just slightly above the dust cover (this is going to be separate mount option). Rail will be made from out of military grade aluminium.
Availability: Fall.
Price: Unknown at this point, but we will try to keep it as affordable as possible, but without compromising quality.
Big thanks to Sven and Manticore Arms – this wouldn’t be possible without him.
“Alpha” prototype of key mod rail system for AK rifles in pictures below.

– Rob Ski