Someone really messed your's up, mine looks nothing like that.
@protoculture28915 сағат бұрын
Thanks for the heads up. I’ll make sure to avoid this brand for sure
@user-ws4vt7zu5oКүн бұрын
I picked up two of these bastards on GB and have to say I'm pleased, nothing like what you got there. Someone really butchered yours, I don't blame you for trying to get RI to make it right. If I can ask, where did you get it?
@hobofactoryКүн бұрын
@@user-ws4vt7zu5o ordered from Grabagun.
@M81_WOODLANDКүн бұрын
I was one of those ding-dongs that picked up a complete Beryl bolt thinking it would be a good spare should the original bolt develop problems or at least: for spare parts. AND YUP: the lug geometry on the Beryl bolt is just a tad different from that of the Pioneer's to where it won't allow the bolt to rotate into lockup because it doesn't match the geometry on the trunnion. Meh. It's not my first or only AK so I'll just shoot the crap out of it for now. Maybe a solution will present itself in time.
@Jayjohnson-dz9eiКүн бұрын
Pioneer stated early on there was an issue with the first 556 firing pins being over harden. Offering free replacements from the warranty department. Why not just call the and get a new pin? Other than making a blanket statement they are all bad? And then going to the steps of changing the bolt to fit another companies fire pin seems a long way to go. How bout get a new firing pin from warranty for free after all they have a life time warranty (life time). Then you can have a actual review with parts manufacturer correctly. I know should have been done right the first time but stuff happens sometimes.
@truckdriver312611 сағат бұрын
@@Jayjohnson-dz9ei pioneers warranty dept is a joke, when I initially had problems with extraction on my 556 underfolder, I sent an email. I was replied back to with their armorer's number. Between text and leaving a voicemail, I never got a further response.
@michael9r9rsBlastersКүн бұрын
Great video! Even for a cheap gun these kinds of failures are unacceptable
@Pyrus3352 күн бұрын
You know what they say about some things being made on a friday andOH MY GOODNESS IT LOOKS LIKE THEY SLAMMED IT INTO THE MILL, THOSE RAILS OMG
@AcidRefluxTrip2 күн бұрын
I just watched another video on one of these and his frame looked nothing like yours. I’ve been looking at these but apparently insisting on field strip before purchase will be necessary, and most shops aren’t going to permit that
@DogeMcLovin3 күн бұрын
I would rather receive a frame that is competently cast than a forged + milled one with factory grinder marks... wow! Hopefully RIA makes it right.
@paulbarnes27523 күн бұрын
Must be one of those "hit or miss" guns. There's KZbin videos praising the high quality of these.
@leobenjaminlopez92553 күн бұрын
Exactly, mine doesn’t look like the one in this video, so maybe he just got a lemon 🍋
@Razor-gx2dq11 сағат бұрын
@@leobenjaminlopez9255perhaps
@jasonanderson24033 күн бұрын
Taurus has a hell of a lot better quality than that. Those look like they came out of the freaking Khyber Pass. Girsan Regard MC is a decent Turk made Beretta.
@hobofactory3 күн бұрын
@@jasonanderson2403 I did have a Girsan Regard and it was a decent pistol. From what I gather they mostly don’t have parts interchangeability with Beretta, which was the supposed upside to the Melik… but at this point I’d rather have the Girsan again.
@jasonanderson24032 күн бұрын
@@hobofactory Yeah I'd agree with that. I got two of them and I swapped out the slide lock lever on both of them with the Beretta parts to make them more reliable to keep the slide back on an empty magazine because the Girsan part is a little shorter where it catches on the mag follower. The slide itself and the tilting block aren't interchangeable. Also the grips mostly work, but may require a little work with a round file to fit better.
@tylerlondon50523 күн бұрын
I.ahine being an American company in 2024 and being unable to match technology from pre-1947 Soviet Russia.
@BillWilsonBG3 күн бұрын
Seems like things just go from bad to worse. Pioneer saga was exhausting enough. I was tempted by this seeing those aforementioned videos, but parts interchangeability was something I was concerned about, as well as it being Turkish giving their history. Certainly didn't see one looking like that. Nothing quite like broken new items or stuff you can't find parts for to fast track ulcers.
@hobofactory3 күн бұрын
@@BillWilsonBG tbh I’d rather find out it was garbage right off the bat rather than developing some level of trust and have it crap out a year down the line.
@dr.omar.insights20004 күн бұрын
Your video came on time. I was close to buy one as it is the cheapest in the market. Then what alternative AK would you recommend AROUND SAME PRICE ?
@hobofactory3 күн бұрын
I don’t think there is anything at around the same price that I’d recommend, especially not in 5.56. The rule seems to be, if it’s cheap it’s not good, and if it’s good it’s not cheap.
@dr.omar.insights20003 күн бұрын
@@hobofactory sound good and makes sense. So at around $900 mark with no restrictions related to caliber what would be your recommendation?
@skeetlejuice5224 күн бұрын
save yourself a lot of trouble and just get a Zastava
@nilbog69426 күн бұрын
The AK game seems illogical sometimes. You overspend on a rifle designed to be cheaply manufactured, available, and effective. Or you "underspend" and end up with a giant paperweight. I want one but I'd feel like I'd be paying solely for a half working plinker and the ability to say I have an AK lol. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
@CantoniaCustoms4 күн бұрын
It's cheap precisely due to mass manufacture. When you scale down manufacture for civilian market, the fixed costs remain the same so you end up with a more expensive product.
@adcaptandumvulgus42526 күн бұрын
I'll leave it up maybe you and your video will be the catalyst for them to change it for the better and help everyone else who bought one, yeah? You never know, is my not so humble opinion.
@Superstitiousobserver3 күн бұрын
Hasn't worked for century arms. Why? Because people keep buying thier garbage
@Nat_5566 күн бұрын
Can I get the name of the music for the intro?
@ERRATAS07076 күн бұрын
I'm sorry but if its not made in Russia and its not in 7.62/5.45 then I don't want it, that 5.56 thing ain't a real AK.
@rapl11836 күн бұрын
Wait until you find out that Russia makes and exports 5.56 AKs
@ERRATAS07076 күн бұрын
@@rapl1183 well Russia today is woke that's why. I'm talking about Russia back then, but you're right my terms are wrong. I'm talking about the SOVIETS not today's Russians
@killerratchet19733 күн бұрын
@@ERRATAS0707 Russia has been making 5.56 AKs with the AK101 as far back as the 1990s, and there have been no complaints over those when they imported them here with the Saigas.
@ERRATAS07072 күн бұрын
@@killerratchet1973 cap
@JoeBidenSucks420696 күн бұрын
i have a cugir wasr from 1972.....unknown round count but runs like a championship racehorse
@RADIOACTIVEBUNY6 күн бұрын
Need the song name bad. Sounds like Kino.
@USALibertarian6 күн бұрын
When decent ARs are $400 I don’t see the purpose in AKs.
@bradenpetty38286 күн бұрын
I bought one for shitts and giggs when they went on sale. I was very suprised with the rifles accuracy as well. I was hard on this gun, and it ran just like an AK should until it became JAM-O-MATIC after 600 rounds (Tula .223). I just sold it recently for the same price I paid for it 😂🤣 Fun while I had it, didnt explode
@Watchdog_McCoy_5.7x284 күн бұрын
I'm sure you told the unsuspecting victim you had zero malfunctions and only shot 100 rounds too. It's your kind that keeps me from buying used guns.
@bradenpetty38284 күн бұрын
@@Watchdog_McCoy_5.7x28 haha you said it!! Fuck buying a used gun, I dont even do it at gun shows. Budsgunshop is the way to go for sure
@JBidensucks6 күн бұрын
I just bought a pioneer sporter 20". It was an inexpensive range toy. If the firingnpinnbreaks, ill just install a better one. In all seriousness, if i wanted the best of the best id have soent more money. The gun does a good job. In a SHTF scenario, somethings i know isnt likly as im not a mall ninja prepper wierdo, i would be carrying my legit M4a2 anyway as its lighter, shorter, higher precision and much more maneuverable
@bruceshepard11936 күн бұрын
AKs in general are a waste of money. Ghetto rifle.
@MZ-rn3xq6 күн бұрын
Great video! Amazing attention to detail
@MM-op6ti7 күн бұрын
If you actually plan on shooting it, buy repro. M-1 carbines are problematic, parts breakage and malfunction is common.
@peterschmidt28497 күн бұрын
❤️🔥🇺🇸😎
@MM-op6ti7 күн бұрын
I shot 50 rounds through mine and it works perfectly. Firing pins are only $10. Just take a Dremel to the beryl bolt. Fix your own mag well it’s easy. The gun is perfect tbh, stop slandering an American company over a budget rifle. Also, any AK will break after a few thousand rounds they’re designed to be cheap and disposable. Even 2k arsenals break.
@FirstLast-ff7qx5 күн бұрын
I dont agree with anything you said in your comment.
@koumakyo4 күн бұрын
Is this a joke?
@FirstLast-ff7qx4 күн бұрын
@@koumakyo gotta be lol
@Superstitiousobserver3 күн бұрын
This is a joke right? Nobody is actually this dumb right?
@Southron-CiK2 күн бұрын
A whole 50 round box of ammo, wow, very impressive testing. Everything you said was wrong. It isn't slander to call out bad companies. It is far worse to promote them. Afghanis are still using the soviet AKs that were left behind 40 years ago with 10s of thousands of rounds on them.
@roddangerson20467 күн бұрын
Oh gee who would have though a 556 as a full size AK is not good 😂😂😂
@soldierofunclesam5.567 күн бұрын
Pioneer arms Corp aka KAC make the Best AKs that Africans have ever seen. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@SailfishSoundSystem7 күн бұрын
If you have a bad firing pin, you have a bad rifle. The heat treatment is garbage. Keep the magazines and junk it. Don't sell it to some chump either, they might give you a return investment. Don't mess around with serious gun guys.
@m.7n67 күн бұрын
I had one and it was shit, it ran 2k rounds then had its first failures, they sent me a new one after I had shitty experience with there old customer service, then after getting new one barrel flew out on me at the range scared the shit out of me someone didn't put a big enough in diameter barrel pin in, and egged out the barrel pin hole to oblivion made it unsafe firearm
@truckdriver31267 күн бұрын
Before you go and spend money honing the chamber, just replace the extractor with an FB Beryl type. They're out of stock now, but this solved the extraction issue I had with my pioneer 556.
@roul36887 күн бұрын
Firing pin issue sucks but know you’re getting into an unstandardized system with a 556 ak
@Superstitiousobserver3 күн бұрын
Doesn't help that it's built by a company well know for producing trash
@matthewpetell7 күн бұрын
ar15?
@the308capital7 күн бұрын
Makes you think...the Chinese figured out reliable 5.56 AKs in the 1980's.
@chasecarroll15097 күн бұрын
Crazy idea: What if you just buy more of the magazine that’s specifically made for that rifle? I don’t know if there have ever been guns in the past where you could only use one specific type of magazine for, but just a crazy idea I had
@hobofactory7 күн бұрын
Pioneer mags are garbage made from Nerf-grade plastic. Imagine making a Glock clone that only runs on ProMag. In any case, probably not a crazy idea, but certainly a bad one.
@chasecarroll15097 күн бұрын
@@hobofactory OK, you got me there. I would be pissed if I bought a gun and I mean any gun and it only ran with pro mags
@Warhorseakm787 күн бұрын
😂 wow, you maybe shouldn’t review aks lol
@hobofactory7 күн бұрын
Criticism taken. I have a lot to learn. I checked your channel in hopes of learning how it’s done… imagine my shock at what I found.
@TokenTombstone7 күн бұрын
What kind of crazy person even thinks about buying an AK in 5.56?
@68buicks6 күн бұрын
People who already have the other guns lol
@hendo3377 күн бұрын
That's the worst of both worlds, the lower performing platform with the low performing round. I remember seeing 5.56 AK variants at gunshows a long time back, after 2006. I was still highly AR adverse back then after being in the Army. I felt that a larger caliber or more powerful round was ideal. I also wasnt sold on reliability going on Fudd logic and having M4 that liked to malfunction. I have since become warmer to AR variants. I do prefer 6.5Grendel, 6arc, .300blk, 9mm, .350/.400 Legend and so on because the 5.56 still doesnt impress me, if I had to use on I would insist on at least a 20" barrel and newer heavier bullets like 77gr TMK. I wish the .25-45 Sharps or .277 Wolverine would have caught on more. .277 Fury/6.8x51 is the stupidest blunder in history going back to 1950s logistics for ammo, severe overkill for a regular guy, bulky weapon, overly short barrel, ridiclously expensive, complicated ammo, significant recoil and muzzle blast. AK variants are neat but, I really wish the AR18 would have caught on with better rounds.
@Gregory-qu1ct7 күн бұрын
You know the ak 74 which uses 5.45 x 39 ammo (that is comparable to 5.56 x 45) has been used in the Russian army for a very long time? I don't know what barrel length they were using but it's the barrels themselves which make aks inaccurate, not the platform.
@brettaughenbaugh45417 күн бұрын
They literaly make like 20,000 cilvilian guns a year and everybody makes up there mind on the 3 reviews on utube.... im not sticking up fir them they are low budget but mine runs fine... sorry u got a lemon..... goid vid tho
@brettaughenbaugh45417 күн бұрын
If you want a ak platform u can run the shit out of, spend a few xtra $$
@TheDoorspook11c7 күн бұрын
Young sir, these are the problems of most 5.56 chambered AK's. The main obstacle is that there is no standard unless you go Galil or some other state sponsored program. From SAR2's to ZPAP's mags always are an issue, no real standard. Chambers, either 223 or 5.56, coming from non NATO countries is iffy. Most AKs have work done to import them. That's the second place. Third is adapting AK74 parts to 556. I think thats whats happening here.
@hobofactory7 күн бұрын
I think these issues go beyond a lack of a standardized 5.56 AK pattern. Firing pins that break at +/-1000 rounds shouldn’t happen regardless of caliber, and sure there isn’t a truly standard 5.56 AK mag, but the Pioneers aren’t even consistent from one rifle to the next as far as which mags they’ll accept.
@_iso_5536 күн бұрын
These are not "5.56 AK problems" these are pioneer problems. The only problem I had with my sam5 is that it was way overgassed. This is arsenals fault but the gun still works. Nothing broke from regular use. It takes Yugo, Bulgarian, polish, and American mags just fine. The firing pin still looks good. The chamber is clean.
@Spartan737996 күн бұрын
You are close but it depends on the country of origin. Some 5.56 AKs are true 74 Patter Rifles chambered for 5.56 (Think of Arsenals or Russian AKs) while others were AKM pattern rifles scaled down to fire 5.56 (Kinda like Norinco, Polish, Serbian, ect) That's why they tend to like certain types of magazines over others.
@skinwalkerhiddenvalleyranch7 күн бұрын
Just buy a wasr guys tbh , hate shilling century but it's proven and not much more cash , I've owned 5 over the years and haven't gotten a bad one
@skinwalkerhiddenvalleyranch7 күн бұрын
The commercial 5.56 polish guns seem to smash the fuck out of their firing pins , both wbp and pioneer do this shit
@ROFLSpriten7 күн бұрын
I ended up buying a blem 5.56 AK from Pioneer for a decent sized discount from their sale + a smaller discount when I talked to the rep. I know the gas isn't as serious on blanks, but I used it for a milsim event where I ran through 600 rounds in a 40 hour period, plus an extra 200 rounds I ran through with it with real 5.56 so far. I've already bought a spare pin because it's a failure point, but I pulled out my stock one and shaved down the head so it doesn't slap the back of the primer and make the rounds unusable if I want to reload. Also went ahead and took off the stock oil, regreased with white-lithium and worked everything in so now it's running smoothly. Best mags that you can buy for these AKs are the bulgarian 5.56 ones. They go in a bit tough during the initial rock and lock but the plastic shaves off the top due from the magwell and now they all seat and feed perfectly. No wiggle or wobble either, so I think it might just be luck of the draw. I haven't seen many signs of excess wear on my carrier or bolt so far that wouldn't be above normal from what I've seen. For 500-ish dollars, I'm not upset. I wouldn't trust my life with it, but it is fun to mag dump into trash.
@user-qn5iv3cf7b7 күн бұрын
I found the first mistake... You bought a 5.56 AK..... Whats the point..... Actually
@hobofactory7 күн бұрын
The main appeal is that 5.56 is the closest approximation to 5.45, so it allows for a 74-style AK but with cheaper ammo that’s available literally everywhere.
@user-qn5iv3cf7b6 күн бұрын
@@hobofactory i get that
@bushmonster98997 күн бұрын
I wonder if shaving the back of the pin would help. Is the firing pin flush with the back of the bolt when its all the way forward?
@killaronjones39337 күн бұрын
I wouldn't expect anything else from a cheap Pioneer rifle. May as well get an M90, 5.56 WBP, or a Beryl.
@NormalishGuy8 күн бұрын
I purchased a folding stock Pioneer arms 556, close to 500ish rounds and honestly can say it ran great no issues and pretty accurate with a 103 muzzle adapter. Now I’m waiting for the firing pin to poop lol
@bradenpetty38286 күн бұрын
I bought one for shitts and giggs when they went on sale. I was very suprised with the rifles accuracy as well. I was hard on this gun, and it ran just like an AK should until it became JAM-O-MATIC after 600 rounds (Tula .223). I just sold it recently for the same price I paid for it 😂🤣
@NormalishGuy6 күн бұрын
@@bradenpetty3828 it’s good to hear something like thief minus the jamming part, you probably should have put a 12 gage brush through it with a drill lightly that should have fixed it. I’ve never ran steel through mine yet, heck brass is just as cheap so I’ve been using brass, only issue is my fun beats the heck out of the case when ejected so I figured welp… I don’t reload so it is what it is lol