One or two commie parts are not hurtin my feelings, if they put far less of a hurtin on my wallet. Now my AR is made by S&W, so I have the whole "support the American company" thing covered there. But when it's something as simple as a set of M-4 HGs, I'll be damned if I'm going to pay through the nose for a set from YH or someone else in the US, if I can get one that will look and perform just as good for the price I paid for mine. We have guys here on the forum that make far superior products that compete with some of their stuff. If it's a cheap, ill designed POS that does not perform the function it's supposed to.then yeah, stay far away from it. I think it's GAY to discriminate as far as some people do about their products. I have a UTG quad on my AR and I like it just fine.
Tired of the PC forums, people getting their feelings hurt, etc. One thing I really like about this site is that people don't hold back. Don't be afraid to voice your opinion, too many people are. Just like I use to tell my Marines, listen to EVERYONE, then weed through what you like and don't like, then go with your gut. If you like it, so be it and to hell with what anyone else thinks. I humped, shot, slept with, swam, spy-rigged, rappelled, cleaned-cleaned-cleaned-cleaned a M16A1 and A2 for 21 years, and this thing feels much better in my hands. I have the Tapco Galil hand guard, and really like it, but was just missing something (too short). I am not interested in Co-Witnessing and plan on getting a Soviet scope for it in the future with a side mount, thus my decision. It balances very well in my hands, and with the proper position of the stubby vertical grip, it feels just right, doesn't interfere with a magazine change, and I can see through the iron sights just fine. Right now I am stripping it, going to paint it OD to match the rest of the furniture and be done with it (have recently discovered Alumi-Hyde II and after baking it in a oven for 1.5 hours at 180 degrees, absolutely great stuff).
Butt crack ugly, but just feels right in my hand. I also have the Tapco vertical grip (ordered a long one by mistake and cut it down).
Instead, I am placing some different ones that are half the weight and do not shift around, along with ladders on the bottom. I am not putting the UTG rubber rail covers on, as they do weigh quite a bit. Solid fit, and IMO, doesn't weigh too much. I too believe for the price it is absolutely amazing. Although I am new to the Saiga and AK47 in general, I received my UTG rail yesterday.