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My take on this, it needs to have the optic portion of the rail mounted over the topcover dog leg style off the lower front handguard. Also with a rail that close to the gas tube- it will eventually exceed the heat duration of most optics. It also needs to have the upper rail QD from the lower for cleaning. Finally, needs to be underfolder and sidefolder applicable while allowing the cleaning rod to be attached. Not impressed with much of anything produced for AK rifles in the USA but I have a few ideas that I might try to work with some manufacturers on.
It's better than the single most popular solution, the Ultimak, and people still seem to luuuuv the Ultimak. At least it doesn't touch the gas tube at all. And there are already a couple dogleg/dust cover mounts. MI making one would be redundant.
No one makes a dogleg rail over the topcover that is attached to the lower front handguard. It hasn't been built yet. The Ultimak is a poor design as well.
CAA did (past-tense). It's a cool piece but heavy and doesn't allow for co-witness. IIRC MAKO produce one. Why do you need to have the optic rail cantilever over from the handguard? MI's micro-dot, or the TWS dust cover scope rail are better solutions, the latter even allowing for a 1-4x or a collimator and magnifier.
Mako has that huge rail setup that does indeed run a rail over the top cover, but it's expensive, huge and heavy-ish. It's still pretty cool, but still.
The Ultimac gas tube mounting seems to work but damn, you don't put shit on your hot ass gas tube if you shoot much.
Also, screw a cleaning road. Screw having to take off a gastube to clean the thing. And screw an underfolder.
RS Regulate is going to provide me a co-witness QD optic mount that keeps the weight over the center of the
receiver instead of hung all forward. MI is providing me a way to put a light up high on the sides to keep
the damn shadow of the barrel off whatever I'm trying to put holes in, and a farther forward than usually possible
VFG position, and the option of changing things around a bit if I decide what works on my AR don't work on an AK.
I looked at those dog-leg or whatever they are called that replace the receiver cover, I just don't see a point when
a perfectly serviceable side mount is already there on the receiver and is plenty proven tech.