Echo Nine Three’s Eighty Five grip is an excellent grip option for the AK-47 but it has previously only been available in laminate wood. Wood looks great on an AK and feels great in hand but it may not be for everyone.
Now, thanks to a sneak peek, we know that the Eighty Five Grip will soon be available in “synthetic” materials in 2021.
Echo Nine Three’s newest sling, the Light Single Point Sling, is now available. This is a simple, functional single point sling with an affordable price.
The sling is made from 1″ webbing and has metal hardware (2 sliders and a snap hook). The price is particularly good when you consider that a snap hook is included. The Light Single Point Sling weighs 3 ounces.
Do you own an AK? Do you own a tracksuit? Do you enjoy making the old guys at the range shake their heads in quiet disapproval? This is for you.
Echo Nine Three’s new Track Suit Sling is now available in very low numbers on a trial basis. The sling features thick printed webbing (thicker than the webbing found on their SBS) with wire snap hooks at each end. The Track Suit Sling is available in Black, Red, and Blue.
In addition to their line of AK accessories, Echo Nine Three is a full-service gunsmith with a ton of experience with the AK family of rifles. E93 occasionally shares easy, DIY AK improvements that you can do at home and I always learn a lot from them. The most recent is an fairly easy way to add a QD sling swivel socket to your AK Triangle Folding Stock.
You’ll just need a 3/8″ drill bit and a 1/2″ drill bit. A drill press would probably be nice but a vice and handheld drill will suffice.
You can find the tutorial on Echo Nine Three’s Facebook page. Each image has its own included instructions so be sure to click through the whole gallery before beginning.
I am going to let you in on a little secret. The original thin, little popsicle stick of a grip that comes on most AKs is terrible. All those “Keep that #$%! off my AK!” guys won’t admit it but they wish they had grips that actually filled the hand of a well fed westerner. Echo Nine Three is here to help guys like that with their new Bakelite Orange and Plum custom dyed Magpul AK grips.
They take a darn good grip, the Magpul MOE AK Grip, and apply a custom dye process to create traditional AK colors like Bakelite Orange and Plum. The Bakelite Orange can be clear coated (not included) to appear even more authentic. The Plum color is dyed to match Arsenal’s Plum furniture. They sell the grips already dyed or they can dye user provided parts.
Now you can have a grip that was designed with an actual human in a color that you can satisfy your appetite for authenticity.
