r/canadaguns • u/CJtwac • Aug 18 '26
Gun and gear reviews How is your AD500A doing?
While I am waiting for the preorder Carmel to arrive. I decided to pulled the trigger on this Turkish ***. I am really regrets about the decision I made. It is sh*t, bought it from Tenda and tried to return or exchange it but they told me to contact the manufacturer. So the problem is the barrel nut always
gets loose just after firing less the 40 rounds PMC 223 ammo. The grouping at 100 yards are mysterious so I realized it’s because the barrel is moving so I hand tightening the barrel nut really tight and went back to the range again and it is still getting loose, Handguard is also get loose easily. I put the blue loctite on the muzzle brake so is not loose now. I am not sure if I loctite the barrel nut will be helpful. Seems a lot of people bought it so I would like to know if you have the same issues and how you solve the issue.
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u/Cock_ball_dickin Aug 18 '26
Tbh I always expected it would be bad. IMO the other two Turk guns are pretty good, the Alcor and the Chimera. Have some friends who have both, had an Alcor myself but gave it to a friend as a grad gift. Very good guns just silly looking, and the Alcor is a bit iffy on the chamber pressures with 5.56 (as in manufacturer hasn’t confirmed it’s okay, I put 20 rounds of 5.56 green tip through and had no issues but that’s just an anecdote and literally only 20 rounds lol).
IMO the only real budget centre fire semi in Canada is the SKS. That’s the only good one at least. Carmel and Makasi seem promising, but they’re certainly not budget lol. Alcor and Chimera are still a bit pricey too, like over $1100. If you’re really drawn to 5.56/.223 I’d just save up the money for a premium option. AD500A I had low hopes for unfortunately, I heard bad things about the .308 version we’ve had here for awhile. Idk, hope the Carmel treats you better