AK Buyer's Guides

>Rifles
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>Magazines
https://thinlineweapons.com/wiki/index.php/AK_Mag_Buyers_Guide#Quality

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>>65023051
Oh, finally I can be sure that this indeed was a laser sight! Thanks anon.

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WBPenis

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>>65023129
Its technically a laser designator, but yeah.
https://www.ak-info.ru/joomla/index.php/devices/9-optics/252-lcuaabout

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Bought a bunch of these for my Beryl. They fit in the rifle after you try and insert them once or twice. After that the rifle has shaved off enough plastic from the top of the mag and they feel better in the hand than the Beryl mag i m o.

I also bought four more mags than what I really needed. I wanted to see if the follower from these would work in a 74 bakelite mag. I am happy to report that they not only fit in the mag, the little button for locking into the baseplate also fits on the 74's baseplate. I had no issues loading 30 rounds into the mag either. So for those looking to run 5.56 out of a bakelite mag this is an option for you instead of paying the POD arms douche or having to fiddle around with a 3D printer. I haven't taken it to the range yet but given the ease at loading ll 30 rounds I am thinking it'll be gtg.

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Was considering buying an M70 parts kit and then figuring out a way to order the receiver/barrel. There any legal restrictions for parts kits?

Also very discreetly but how do you build an AK.

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>>65024236
>there any legal restrictions for parts kits?
Yes, they're gun parts. ITAR covers them being exported from the US, and your country has import laws on firearm components; check those yourself. You most likely couldn't import the bolt as-is because most countries have laws that care about pressure bearing components.
>how do you build an AK
If you aren't American, you're probably wasting your time. Sourcing a receiver/barrel is going to be a nightmare, and the tooling to build AKs is a question of "do you have a machine shop available to you?" for the layman.
>discretely
Yea don't even try it, you don't want to go to prison over an AK parts kit.

>>65024279
Well I'm American so I'm halfway there. Also it's completely legal to build your own guns. thx for the info, I'll probably look at some youtube videos or some shid

>>65024214
i wish saiga 12g mags were this cheap

>>65024297
I wish Saiga 12s had an FRT.

>>65024289
If you're American, you should have already been aware that there are no restrictions on gun parts themselves at the federal level, meaning that we can't truly help you unless you would tell us what state you live in because any laws about them are at the state level.
That information specifically is easier to get from a google search ime.
Tortort is your best option for a milled AK receiver afaik. AKbuilder barrels are fine, Apex barrels are fine (they're the same for AK barrels iirc), milled and stamped M70s used the same pattern barrel.
You'd need to get a few fixtures from AKbuilder anyway, it's more money than it's worth unless you plan to do a few.

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>>65024321
I live in SSR California, but I haven't read anything that says I can't order parts kits to my door. The video I'm watching also recommends various fixtures and what not for building an AK. thanks m8.

>>65024342
Didn't CA pass a law recently that nearly all gun parts need a background check? You should probably still look into that. It might just be "must be 21, must sign for package, must sign bullshit legal documents."
The fixtures are mostly to align blocks, mark pin holes and install those pins, but you should also get headspace gauges. You'll need a semiauto fcg as well since there will be hammer follow if you use the full auto fcg that the kit comes with.
>t. built a Galil, had hammer follow using the in-kit fcg while lazy and impatient waiting on the semi one to come

I have a bunch of AK mags I was gonna sell a guy I know because I don't have an AK but I'm regretting it now because they're surplus and I don't like selling historical surplus.
I will keep a couple of the cleaner ones I guess just to have around

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>>65024236
Not worth it at all for you. You need:

>a hydraulic press
>drill press
>company that will ship a milled receiver to your FFL because 80% milled receivers don't exist anymore
>random fixtures, press ram heads and measuring tools
like over 1k in total tools

even if you can find someone that will ship all the stuff to you, you're still going to have to pay a shit load of money for something that you can just buy for cheaper. The economic issues applies to people in free states too. There really aren't any 80% milled receivers left and I don't think you can reweld them (based on your other posts, not trying to be mean) so this kit isn't even a a good discrete option anyways. If you really do want to try PSA has these for cheaper and with better torch cuts


>>65024316
one is on the way.

>>65024368
also this. Some vendors are following it. Some aren't

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>>65023051
I put a red dot on my Mini Draco. This thing is so fucking fun to shoot. Any ideas on how I can get a light on it?

>>65023051
Anyone ever modded an ak so it looks exactly like the one in stalker vidya series?
The gas tube cover is sorta weird and I'm pretty sure you can't find it anywhere

Has anyone tried out those locking dust cover mounts? I keep seeing the FAB defense one pop up and I have know idea of it's any good

>>65024600
Change the handguard for a Midwest Industries

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>>65026235
surely the wood would crack right

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>>65024732
It wouldn't be hard to do assuming you're fine with it being right-handed instead of game-accurate left-handed.
>buy AKS-74 (kit build, Saiga conversion, SLR-104, etc)
>strip finish from bolt carrier and leave in the white
>Buy green handguards or paint black ones green (the pistol grip is still black on the ingame one)
>take a dremel and cut slots in a plastic upper handguard to match the ingame model, sandpaper to smooth
>touch up color around cuts
That's all it'd take. You have hands and access to tools, you can figure out how to cut four holes in a thin plastic and make them look good.
>>65026268
Depends on how heavy a light, how well you mount it to the wood, how strong your particular piece of wood is and how often/how hard you LARP.
It's the biggest weakness of wood for furniture; not every piece has the same structural makeup or lines, so your mileage varies greatly between individual pieces.

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Do I need to worry about cleaning this off? I don't clean my guns often, especially my ak and this hasn't showed up on my other aks.

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>>65027029
Here's the booster

>>65027029
>>65027034
Sorry anon, your AK has AIDS.
Best to just get rid of it before it infects your other AKs.

>>65027029
>>65027034
It's just verdigris (copper oxidation from the jacket material) unless you're shooting corrosive ammo. Just clean it off every so often, but it won't kill you or your gun either if you leave it for now.
Soak the booster and muzzle in a solvent for like 1-3 hours and then scrub them; 12ga brush for the booster and a nylon (probably should have use brass) brush for the muzzle worked for me.
Just be mindful that your solvent actually dissolves copper (many gun cleaner solvents don't, ymmv), and that it doesn't dissolve whatever finish or paint is on your parts, that'd be bad.

>>65027051
Other aks have herpes, everyone knows you can't have 2 things at once

>>65027093
Thank you sir. I only have clp at the moment and I know that won't cut it. I'll probably get me some hoppes soon, I've read that works as a descent copper solvent.

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What's the consensus on Toolcraft AK74 bolts? As far as I'm aware PSA has Toolcraft make their bolts and trunnions, but they are to a proprietary spec and not true ak74 spec. The Carolina Shooters Supply bolts are also toolcraft as far as I know, but they seem to be AK74 spec. Since Beryl bolts use propietary extractor, spring, firing pin and replacements are rarely in stock, would it be better to use a toolcraft AK74 bolt for long term for use of standard ak74 bolt replacement parts, or a proven beryl bolt and hope to find replacement parts here and there?

>>65027871
I think it doesn't matter.
>option 1
you shoot your gun around 5000 rounds over the course of its lifetime, most bolts will be fine
>option 2
you shoot your gun 10000 rounds a month, you shoot so much it wont matter what the bolt is because they both will need replacing over the course of your use.

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Mein Kalaschnikov spricht Deutsch.

>>65023051
+10 to recoil management

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>>65023051
>>65023129
>>65023162

What's this:
Weighs 5 kilograms, drains battery in 10 minutes, and doesn't designate targets?

Soviet laser sight designed to designate targets!

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>>65027843
wtf am i looking at?

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>>65029456
Dragonov MA

>>65024600
>Mini Draco
nigger

>>65028247
I'm trying to have replacement parts of all wear items, mainly springs. Extractor springs last around 5-10k. Beryl extractor springs are OoS everywhere, and with the import bs I'm not sure they're going to be available in the future. Don't really want to replace the whole bolt if just the ejector spring is bad. But on the other hand, if a shitty bolt breaks a lug after just 10k, then I would prefer a better bolt. Just trying to future proof.

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Bear Creek actually has stock now on their AKs they announced this year
>billet bolt and trunnion
>doesn't even come with a mag
>$900

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>>65029594
I got it for $500. You'd buy it too. Also, post your hands Pablo.

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>>65029670
>tfw Bear Creek won't even ship an upper to WA despite being told by multiple attorneys they can
It's not that I WANT a Shit Creek Arsenal upper but there are very few 20" barrel side charging AR uppers out there.
You know, for reasons

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>>65029842
>can't even get dogshit parts for meme builds
RIP
I'm glad someone else had the exact same idea I did when I saw that safety lever on KAK's website. I was going to engrave pic related markings into an 80% for it

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>>65029919
Why do you fudds obsess over Russian crap?

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>>65029940
>if you're serious
You're in /akg/, everyone here obsesses over "Russian crap" to some degree, even Yugos because they're just reverse-engineered from licensed variants of "Russian crap."
Some people like to have fun.
>if you're playing the bit
I can't come up with a good comeback.

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>>65029996
I get why people like yugo stuff, it's really got that "made in a tractor factory" feel to it.
then again AK users see these beat up refurbished mags
>hmmm $14 dollars you say? what a smokin deal!

responding to the helpful anon(s) last thread:
got a couple of those refurb circle 11 mags. damn they look like shit lmao. functionality seems fine though. they both rocked in fine no filing necessary and they seem to sit more or less parallel like my one so-called "good" yugo mag. filed the PR stamped one and it's a little more parallel, but I don't want to take much more off the lug lest it get too wobbly.

NOS yugo extractor and spring came in - damn they seem kinda shit too! Definitely new parts but the extractor itself just didn't seem quite as nicely machined as the original m72 one. The spring was a normal solid wire spring, much longer and easier to compress than the original braided wire one. it held a shell way more loosey goosey so I just stuck with the original parts.

got a new ALG recoil spring. I know they are technically "extra strength" which is definitely true compared to my original spring. Will see if that helps with my odd intermittent jamming.

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>>65030083
>responding to the helpful anon(s) last thread
That's the anon you're replying to (me), funnily enough.
They're not cosmetic refurbs, they're function refurbs, like "bent feed lip from a conscript using it as a hammer" type shit. They need to work, not be pretty.
Since they work fine, that confirms your other ones are just out of spec. Sucks but it happens sometimes, either sell them or keep on filing, try the front lug if they're angled too far "up" but be careful to not dig into the mag body when you do.
>price
$14 IS a steal for surp mags that work, the "good" ones cost $20-30 if you can even find them anymore. New plastic mags are a non-starter for a lot of AKfags either because of "muh vibes" or function because AK Pmags suck. Bulgarian ones and the AK12 lookalike ones from Bosnia are good in my experience though.
>NOS extractor and spring
Replacement parts were usually out-of-spec for combloc guns, they're meant to be hand-fit to your specific gun by an armorer.

>>65023051
I wonder how suppressor baffles feel about corrosive ammo.

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>>65030547
5got pic

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>>65030547
>I wonder how suppressor baffles feel about corrosive ammo

>>65031083
NTA but the material does matter as well
Lots of newer suppressors use cobalt or titanium alloy baffles in a stainless steel tube, so the body will rot out from the inside while the baffles stay around for a good bit longer.
It's nothing a soak in a bucket of water for a minute or two and an air compressor to blow out the water can't fix either way.

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>>65031099
You're definitely in the right place.
Your mom must've been mainlining Extra strength Tylenol.

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>>65029594
>nigger
that esteemed gentleman has a stock on his draco

>>65030136
You'll have to bear with me, it's my first AK coming from mostly AR's where mags are good, cheap & plentiful.
Kinda funny whiplash seeing that.
By "functional" I just mean the followers travel freely and the mags seat well. I need to get out to the range today to see if they actually work. If they do I could care less how they look.
My problem with the other yugo mags is it seems like the rear lug is slightly too high, so the mags sit slightly titled down at the front.

>meant to be hand fit
that makes more sense. I mean it's just a cylinder with a claw so it did drop in but the extractor just has a slightly "unfinished" look. It let me confirm my original extractor isn't broken or missing any bits at least. I was more disappointed with the new spring which had way less tension than the original.

>>65032345
All the good AK mags were cheap until about 10 years ago when the end of the Cold War surp market dump finally dried up, they've been bought already. I have a receipt from Apex that shows I bought 10 "good" condition Romanian surp steel mags in 2017 for $7 each. Inflation puts that amount to $9.33 each, so the rest of the price is just in supply/demand.
When it comes to "new" ones, there's little reason to make them for the countries that field AKs because they have so many fucking mags in warehouses and armories that work, or it's just cheaper to buy them new from Russia/China, and you can't buy those new mags from Russia/China because of import bans.
AR mags were also shit and pricey until the gen 2 pmag and ARs started becoming cheaper in the 2010s.
>rear lug is slightly too high
That's usually a "file on the mag catch" situation, but you have other mags that work fine so don't mess with it. I'd sell them to someone else, price around what you paid, maybe -10-20%.

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>Boris Yeltsin lost his thumb and index finger on his left hand to a grenade
Learned something new.

>>65023051
I held a draco today, diddled her bits. Is the grainy metal grindy feeling supposed to be there or is the machining just absolute dogshit?

>>65034569
the machining is absolute dogshit but it smooths out a bit after firing a few hundred rounds

>>65034569
get a zpap92 instead it ill have a much nicer feel

>>65034569
If it was brand new (or previously owned by a Basketball American) then its gonna be bone dry

>>65034542
>Apparently it happened when he was a teen according to my five seconds of searching and finding a le reddit post about it
wut

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>>65035002
It seems pretty self explanatory.
>He blew them tf off by hitting a grenade with a hammer

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>>65035047
>slavs
No one ever accused them of being a smart people.

>>65034698
this. 92 gapes the Drayco. Better firearm overall.

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>>65034698
>>65035469

>>65034569
>is a brand new gun with no lubricant or finish wear on contact surfaces supposed to be rough cycling?
Gee anon

>>65036054
i mean to be fair he said he handled one, so it could have been some POS pawn shop murder weapon

>>65036067
That still leaves the "no lubricant" thing up in the air; I don't know of a store of any kind, pawn shop or otherwise, that goes around lubing their inventory, especially their used inventory.
He could also just be lying/talking shit, he's asking about the "machining" in a stamped gun that has nearly all of its cyclic "feel" on the receiver rails (that aren't machined).

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>>65023051
I love Aks, my dad gave me his MAC90, i plan to keep that orginal.
I then got a cheap polish AK and put some magpul shit on it. I put around 500 rounds through that one, no issues, shoots pretty damn good for the price i paid plus parts (around $800)

>>65035047
I was more confused by a teenager having access to a hand grenade, not the how.

>>65036581
I don't want to speak for your father but you may want to consider de-banning the MAK-90. I'd bet he only bought it in that configuration because it could only be sold that way. If you do choose to do this, pay a gunsmith to do the work for you. Consult with them what parts to get.

>>65035852
Yugos are the superior pattern.

>>65037338
What do you mean de-banning?

>>65037433
I think he means adding a bayonet lug etc

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How short should cut the barrel down for a form 1 sbs?

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>>65037965
12.5" seems to be the go to. Ymmv

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>>65032751
Well, yesterday was the day my range/shooting club officially rolled out a ban of FRT's apparently. Found out halfway thru my range session. Super gay. Otherwise it's a really cool club. But they rent the land from the city and the city's insurance doesn't allow FRT's. I don't know how they even found out that it's a thing but I get it. Maybe we can petition some of the fudds into changing their mind. Anyways

So only got halfway thru my function testing yesterday. Polish mags run like a champ! 0 problems with them. ALG recoil spring made it feel way less rowdy, not sure if it fixed the stovepipe jam on the "bad" yugo mags as I didn't get to test them.

Yeah feels bad missing out on the whole Soviet block surp era. I was but a young tenderfoot in the early 2000's when all that was still relatively cheap.

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>>65024732
You’ll need to polish or plate the bolt carrier and reprofile the upper handguard slots if their current shape isn’t accurate enough for your liking.

>>65039709
>rolled out a ban of FRT's
RIP, either an unholy fudd/anti alliance or aspiring astrophysicists ruining things for everyone. Probably both.
The recoil spring may end up causing even more stovepiping or FTEs from too much force being required to cycle the action (drag on the mag already + stronger spring = more force needed from what was causing stovepiping already), so keep the original spring on hand when you test those mags. It probably won't, but the possibility is there. It's always best to change one variable at a time to know exactly what the problem is, scientific method and so on.
>missing out
I was 15 when Saigas got banned from import, it's all been downhill since then. I'm glad I got in before the complete end.

>>65037965
Nice purchase, That's the newest of the JTS shotguns right? I really wish they would do away with that pattern on the outside of the magazines, that has always bothered me with mine. Is your handguard super slick from the factory too? I have the T1, been trying to figure out a way to add some texture up there without it looking too out of place. Maybe I'll just get a foregrip.

There is a photo floating around of a guy in a leather jacket running around with an AK in what looks to be a bombed out European city. Could anyone post that if they have it handy?

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>>65037965
>how short
Depends on the brand. You have to do some research. Some shotguns will require you to enlarge the gas ports if you cut them beyond a certain length because it reduces the dwell time and hurts reliability.

>>65034569
>Is the grainy metal grindy feeling supposed to be there or is the machining just absolute dogshit?
Their just not very smooth. All the left over machining marks create friction. I've never had a Romanian gun that didn't feel like that.

>>65039334
It does seem that 12.5" is popular but I wouldn't just default to that without research. AK shot guns have different gas port styles. Some of them use a single large gas port and some of them have three tiny gas ports bunched together. At lot of people end up doing a trial and error thing where they have to add another gas port or slowly upsize each port one by one until it cycles. You don't want to do that unless you have the ability to press off the gas block.

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>>65034698
>>65035469
M92 is one of my favorite guns of all time

>>65040592
its one of the cheap chinese JTS shotguns it has an adjustment knob on the gas port

>>65040149
Yeah its the LWH model the handguard has kind of a matte finish its not really textured but I wouldn't consider it slick it might actually be a heavy duty plastic im not really 100% sure

I haven't actually got to shoot it yet I got some break in shells in the mail. It has an ambi safety on it but I would rather have a traditional one

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>>65040280
First pic that popped into my head from that description.

>>65041757
That's it! Thank you anon.
>Romanian revolution
That explains why my searches related to Serbia yielded no results lol.

>>65041817
>arrrr rook the same
Cool it with the anti-gypoism

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>>65041539
>>65037965
>its one of the cheap chinese JTS shotguns it has an adjustment knob on the gas port
That's what I'm going to do with mine once the paper work clears. Hopefully won't be more than 2-3 weeks. Mine is the gen 1 model but I can't imagine that the gas systems are that different. I'll post results

Anyone interested in one of the potted Sotac Perst 4's and a 2 piece 14x1 ME Ukraine flash hider in Coyote Tan? I don't have any use for them anymore, they're both brand new. Figured I'd try reaching out here, It'll be reasonably priced for any anons interested.

>>65039709
>>65040003
>Things that definitely happened :)

>>65024236
i remember when there were single saw cut receivers for those at gun shows like ten years ago. i read recently about some dude getting btfod by the atf for importing those.

Should I get a full-size draco or convert an SGL21 to a 104?

>>65035852
i like yugos, theyre more warcrimey

>>65042528
spend the money you would have wasted on a draco or a 104 conversion on ammo

ooouuuuuAAAAAUUGH

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Nak9 was missing the ejector so I made that today. Its just a bolt on piece of sheet metal. Excuse the ugly screws. I couldn't find many M3.5-0.6 options online.

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Bent it to shape and did the heat treating with a torch.

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>>65024732
>>65039858
What serendipity I literally just did this. I was hoping to take better pictures soon. I didn’t realize the AC Unity grip existed I’ll have to add it.
I also have a double stack Makarov that just had plain park on the frame, so I painted the frame black and am trying to clone the PMM from SoC and my stamp just got approved to SBS my TOZ 66.

>>65046529
Cool. Is that the natural color of the polymer or did you paint/dye it?

>>65046562
I painted the handguards and magazine with Alumahyde to color match. It’s been pretty hardy so far but the handguards are green underneath anyway so I’m sure it’ll wear ok.

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Happy Easter /akg/
He is Risen!

>>65048780
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa-pk1anZcY

anyone here ever used an acog on a galil?
recently picked up a 13 in 762x39 one and want to get it all kitted out

>>65051904
Just give this thing a left side charging handle and it would be perfect.

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According to ebic guntuber poland will make another batch of these this summer. Should I wait and see if the price will drop or just bite the bullet now?

>>65052620
Price drops on AKs don't happen any longer, so I think you should get it. Me, I'm likely waiting for the x39 Beryl.

>>65052703
>>65052620
You both you should try to find a real AK instead of Polish billet trash.

>>65052734
Beryls aren’t made by WBP retard

>>65052738
there are literally WBP parts in Beryls, FB Radom says so. They use eachother's parts over there in Poland. Doesn't matter anyway, WBP isn't billet except in your mind

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Problem: AKV bolt is too wide for Glock mags

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Solution: angle grinder

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>>65053496
>>65053497
Nice solution.

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>>65053609
thank u. Kind of made me nervous removing so much material but its still above 22oz of reciprocating weight so its all good. I ended up finding a spare NAK-9 mag well but I still want to do something weird to it.

>>65036750
pretty common here in europe up till the 90s. We had 4 of them at our "base" as kids that we would use when playing war. When we were 14 we got curious and tried throwing one and it exploded like 5-10 minutes after we had thrown it. Which made us pale as death and silent.
We buried them somewhere near a river bank where we used to pick tadpoles

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>>65037965
>>65040592
My Form 1 just came back so I chopped it to 11 inches. Despite being shorter I was still able to tear up my lawn with a magazine of 3-inch birdshot on the max gas setting.

Give me a bit and I'll rip the thing apart to take measurements of the gas system. I don't know how much JTS changed the gun between my model and yours but if my dimensions match yours you can reasonable chop yours to a length ≥ 11 inches.

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oh also be advised that you won't be able to thread the barrel yourself after cutting unless you have a lathe. The OD of the barrel is too much for the standard M22x0.75 RH threading. The die physically won't fit over the barrel.

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>>65056791
Ive got a lathe can you actually remove the barrel? otherwise I would probably have to set up a steady rest and fuck up the finish

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>>65057043
I don't think you can remove the barrel. At least not on the gen 1. It looks to me like the rear sight (which looks impossible to press off once on) sleeves over the barrel pin hole. If you can't access the barrel pin then the barrels not coming out

I think you'd have to do pic rel. I repainted mine because the finish sucks anyways

>>65056775
looking at yours I kinda wish I went with that model I like the iron sights and would probably rather have a traditional safety than the ambi one thats on it

I had planned on getting one of these and ended up getting this model on a whim without looking into it because I had bought a springfield hellion and my ffl only charges once for multiple guns

>>65057158
I figured that would be what I have to do and use a steady rest where there is too much stickout I haven't even got to shoot mine yet I got some shells in yesterday so I probably will soon

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>>65057183
Upon further inspection it looks like your barrel pin is exposed here unlike on mine. I'm not a machinist but I still think it would be less trouble/time to chuck up the whole thing than pressing it out.

>>65058771
>we used to be so free that "so deadly it should be illegal" is just a funny ad slogan
man, the shit people used to take for granted

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Got my bayonet on my Saiga12
Spanish cetme c bayonet.
Fits perfectly snug on threads.
Basically plug n play for the saiga except the handle needs shaved and the knife back needs trimmed for larger(or almost any) muzzle device.
With a lug lock and 5 min of shaving the back of the hilt it will be ready to go.

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>>65061177
Nice rifle and digits.
Needs a sling though.

>>65061207
Had a Russian sling on it but didn't like the metal clips rubbing the finish off the mount loops

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>>65061314
Haha, what an absolute faggot.

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>>65053496
this is looking based
>>65061314
you're freaking and tweaking

>>65060581
i was about to say aw man wouldn't that be cool to have and completely forgot about the mini beryl. Damn i could have gotten one for 1k a long while back

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>>65024214
Just an FYI to you all; fairly certain my card info got sold by Gunmag. I just had a fraudulent charge on my card and this account I only use to buy gun related things. The last gun related purchase I made was getting a FAL from Kikelantic back in December.

>>65062017
isnt Kikelantic Fudarms notorious for being sketchy with card info

>>65062031
That could very well be. Last thing I got from them was a PTR-91 back in 2018 and my card info got stolen around then too.

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>>65062017
Damn I hate when that shit happens. Does your issuer offer a virtual/one time use card?

>>65062105
They froze it as soon as it happened. But I gotta wait for my new card to come in the mail.

>>65062053
what in the fuck lmao do not deal with them anymore

>>65062017
Yeah mine either happened with GunMag Warehouse or some ammoseek related site, seems like firearm stuff gets compromised often. I've never had a problem with MidwayUSA though, granted Midway isn't the best for firearms in general, really just accessories and consumables.

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>>65062332
It's usually on the payment processor/card gateways being insecure
The end merchant (Gunmag warehouse, Atlantic, etc are end merchants) contracts with a middleman company to handle and secure online transactions. Combine that need with the card companies applying pressure on these processing companies to not do business in the gun market (remember the "we will deny purchases from vendors that sell 'assault weapons'" push a few years back? That) , the list of companies that do this and is willing to work in the gun market is rather low, so it ends up with a lot of companies with bad security being the only option for a lot of retailers.
Midway is one of those "too big to not do business with them" companies for the processors/card companies so they don't have nearly as many problems as something like Apex, Atlantic or Gunmag Warehouse.
Fwiw, the only gun-related time I've had a card stolen it was from Apex after I bought two M72 kits a decade ago.

>>65062017
Banks are 99% staffed by poojeets now, and the workers steal insider info to their poojeet friends.

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>>65062429
This anon knows ball
t. Infosec anon

>>65062429
Thanks for the information. How would you suggest avoiding that in the future? Kinda sucks, because usually LGS don't have the same selection of items and if they do the cost is way higher, which leaves online retailers as the only real option.

>>65062434
Also this. The sooner street shitting fucktards are forcibly ejected from every western nation, the better.

>>65062600
The only thing we can really do while still using the card system is to use virtual card numbers offered by some banks/card companies; it's better that a number unusable to the thief gets leaked than your actual one that he can use. Check if your provider offers a virtual card service, or shop around for one.
The layman's explanation of virtual card numbers is that it's the same idea of a VPN, but for credit/debit card information instead of web traffic to/from your IP. Not a perfect solution, someone who knows what he's doing CAN get the real routing numbers out of a virtual card (like a VPN with your data), but most people buying/with access to transaction data are not that competent, nor are they willing to put in the work to be so (also like a VPN).

>>65023052
ty

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2026 checkin for WASR Uncs

>>65023051
what's the most accurate 5.45 gun?

>>65063358
Dragonov

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>>65062806
Checking in, cleaning the garage and getting it ready to go back to being a gym. Pulled the WASR out and it's rusty asf inside, guess it's also cleaning day

Maybe I'm putting myself on a list by posting this, but I'm really interested in learning how to build guns.

Any 1200-page PDF or a 20-hour video?

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>>65062806
>>65063591
What's up

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Picked these up for $70 from the pawn shop. Feels good to get a win

>>65064265
What.... List?
>>65062720
>>65062434
Move out of India.
>>65062429
All of them backed down on this and never decided to enforce it. Even so with the recent Trumps ruling so I have no idea what you're talking about?

>>65066481
You are missing the forest for the trees.
I brought up the card companies trying to deny purchases as proof of the sentiment being there, not that that is literally how they're doing it. Do you not understand what analogical reasoning is?
The card companies absolutely want to deny gun related sales, that's why I brought that up. The law can say whatever it wants, but if the company just says "working with -x merchant- is a brand risk, so don't do it" that's not illegal anymore, it's now "just smart business practices."
You and I can both know the real reason behind the decision, but to the letter of the law it's legal. Fuck-fuck games and bad faith bullshit are extremely common with grabbers; if the law says they can't do it, they'll still do it, but change the name and just pretend it's something new. If the law says they can't do -thing A-, they'll do -thing B- instead because the law says nothing about -thing B- even though it's the same in practice.

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>>65061511
thanks negro

Also for the prospective JTS SBS anon: I'm still gonna do the tear down. I'm just short on time at the moment. Check back in about a week from now.

>>65062429
I've bought from Apex and Atlantic for almost a decade now and the only time I ever had my shit stolen was when I bought zinc phosphate solution from MG34.com. Some fake law firm out of a random apartment charged my card for a few hundred dollars.

>>65064938
Dont wanna rain on your parade but Im getting the vibe that some airsoft milsim guy sold these. Are there GOST/manufacturer tags in these

>>65066613
Have you fired that with the AKV bolt? How does it run? If it goes smoothly, that alleviates a lot of spare parts concerns from people buying the import 9mm "AKs"
I'd love to see a side-by-side comparison of parts, but I know you don't have the nak9 parts to do so. How does it all fit together, any awful fitment issues or was it close to begin with other than the feed geometry for glock mags?
>only time I ever had my shit stolen was when I bought zinc phosphate solution from MG34.com
I've bought from Apex before and after the purchase that got my card too (on a different card number after of course), every vendor is a crapshoot on every purchase ime, you just have to hope you don't lose the diceroll that day. My card has only been stolen twice ever, and only one was gun-related (the other was for my college textbooks I bought in person; real quick investigation on that one). There's no consistent "rule," just worse odds of it happening at some vendors.

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>>65066653
Haven't fired it but I hand cycled it a few hundred times while I was making the ejector. The only issues I've noticed is occasional hammer follow. I'm willing to chalk that up to converted surplus trigger weirdness because both the AKV and NAK9 are purported to have AKM FCG compatibility.

I don't have the NAK9 bolt but I was able to find pictures of it online.
The main difference between the NAK9 and AKV bolt are the lower bolt face width and how the mass is distributed from front to back. The AKV has a shorter receiver so the bolt is shorter at the rear and has a thicker, longer mock piston to account for the mass. All of its extra mass goes into the space provided by the gas tube. The NAK9 on the other hand has a shorter "piston", and a larger rear extrusion which its allowed to get away with because the NAK9 uses a full length AKM receiver. The NAK9 can use an AKV bolt but not vice versa because of this. If you put the NAK9 bolt into the AKV it would go up and over the rear trunnion to beat the dust cover.

>How does it all fit together, any awful fitment issues or was it close to begin with other than the feed geometry for glock mags
The AKV bolt has a MASSIVE ejector clearance slot cut into the bolt face so I had zero difficulty putting my hand made ejector in. I'd bet that any of the other 9mm AK ejectors would fit into the slot. The only thing I had to do to it was grind down the lower bolt face. I don't think you'd have to make aggressive modifications if you were putting this into a KP9 or scorpion mag NAK9 because those are all double feed.

Initially I was worried about having to adjust the recoil spring or bolt mass but the AKV bolt has enough mass itself to make it safe to shoot unlike an AR9 where you have to add the buffer weight + spring to the bolt in order to have enough reciprocating mass but that's not the case here. You don't have to rely on the recoil spring to make up for any effective mass which VASTLY simplifies things.

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>>65066622
this image makes me want to puke

>>65066481
>What.... List?
something like "potential homegrown lone wolf terrorist"!

>>65066622
hahaha, the ultimate midwest faggotcuck

>>65066807
i funking hate fucko pops. They are completely artificially rare. The company literally trashed and threw away thousands of them, i think more than once.

>>65066622
Didn't he just crash out hard?

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>>65067743
off topic buy yeah. Someone found out his best friend is a gay Jewish bull so he's flagging people

>>65066796
Thanks for the info
The AKV uses a recoil buffer as well iirc, so you might get over-travel and the bolt hopping the rails with the longer receiver. Just something to keep in mind.
This whole project has really been neat to watch on proof of concept alone. The only thing stopping home builds with normal AK flats and AKV bolts/barrels is sourcing a front trunnion.

>>65066644
Doesn't really matter, the SSO Eger rig alone is worth twice as much as he paid.

>>65060581
Wasn't this the gun the GAYTF banned 7n6 imports over?

>>65068303
Yeah, although I believe the 2 that were brought in were technically "pistols".
>thus triggering the Gaybois to retroactively say 7n6 is banned because its now AP "pistol" ammo
Same effect Olympic Arms did to surplus steelcore 7.62x39, although they did it on purpose.

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Live how customizing your ak means having to use hammers, files, wrenches and blood loss. But it's worth it in the end.

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>>65069020

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this AK was promised to me 3000 years ago

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>>65069020
>>65069037
You talk like a fag and your shits all retarded, nigger.
Too bad you couldn't buy some taste with all that shit.

>barwarus back in stock
do I send it

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>>65066644
>>65068048
Tags I found, backpack didn't have a tag I could find but there is text on it. It's faint but I think it starts with "Field Pack, "

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>>65070030
inshallah

>>65070170
The backpack is an American ALICE pack. The chest rig is an Eger from the Russian company SSO/SPOSN, as are the RPK pouches. Probably all came from an airsofter, but it's all real military-quality gear, worth way more than you paid for it. Nice find.

>>65070326
Is Barwarus the same quality as Zenitco?

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>>65071847
Literally WHO?

>>65023051
>drilled both 7mm fcg axis pin holes on both sides of the receiver
That was $130 and 4 weeks of waiting down the drain :^)

I just found out brandon herrera is fucking younger than me

What is life

>>65072132
A Midwestern faggot who acts super -'based'- while being a total lefty dingbat.

>>65072873
No I mean who is it, I don't know his name/channel/Twitter handle/etc.

>>65072899
"The quartering"
Real name Jeremy Hambly
Also owner/operator of
"Coffee Brand Coffee."

>>65072906
Thanks anon. Yeah his content always seemed really awkwardly delivered. I've watched a couple of his videos before but they always, ALWAYS, fell apart about halfway through and was difficult to finish because he cant carry a thought. Lots of riding others' topics and clips as well.
Good riddance desu

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>>65073152
love me m92, end of

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>>65072517
So you drilled 7mm holes where there should be 5mm holes? Can easily be fixed with a welder. I messed up some of the hole in my first receiver so I walked into a muffler repair shop and paid a guy $20 to plug the holes so I could redrill them. Took 2 minutes and no questions asked.

>>65072948
suffah jer. the house always wins

>>65073855
Correct, and I'm looking into doing something like that but I also bought another receiver blank in case it doesn't work out.
I knew it would happen (fucking something up) but it still sucks lmao.

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>>65024342
>I live in Cali
i hope your illegal AK blows up in your faggot, gun-grabbing commie face

>>65037433
Not that anon but whatever he means, please don't try doing anything to that rifle unless you are 110% confident in your own ability or you're paying a gunsmith that isnt a fucking retard. Beautiful rifle

>>65074805
>hoping a based /k/ali anon's ak blows up for disregarding ca gun laws
Congrats boomer, I am now moving to your state and voting for Newsom to personally see your collection go in the shredder.

>>65058771
Reminds me a lot of the humor in "HANDGUN TESTS". Found a copy, shit is gold lol. Especially the ADs.

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where do you guys buy ammo from these days?

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>>65076895
The picture is nice and easy on the eyes. Do you have a sauce? Reverse image search didn't yield much definitively and I don't want to potentially sift through pornographic images. Well, at this point I've been getting the Telaammo/telaimpex. Seems decent enough for my needs. You can order directly from their website as well. I was one of the anons earlier in the thread that had a card compromised, seems like lots of firearm related things got hit. be careful out there. As >>65062734 mentioned opt for a virtual card if possible.

>>65076895
I only buy from sketchy mens' car trunks in Walmart parking lots. Can't trust the internet.

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>>65077337
>Do you have a sauce?
I saved it a while back from either IG or TG. I think it's an ad for AK accessories/furniture. I don't think it's AI because it was posted before Sora but I'm not 100% sure. Logo in bottom right looks like "escape inna woods" patch. No idea which company uses that.
>Telaammo/telaimpex
never heard of them! prices are decent so I will try few boxes!
>>65077369
>I only buy from sketchy mens' car trunks in Walmart parking lots. Can't trust the internet.
I KNOW WHAT I GOT, SONNY!

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>>65023051
How did an airshitter get ahold of one of them? Are there airshit copies? Seems like a rather obscure thing to clone.

>>65078121
Honestly, I really wouldn't put it past an airsoft player to have a real one, and dozens of other pieces of obscure equipment. Airsoft/milsim communities, especially Japanese ones typically do have the rarest item collections. They will go to the depths of hell to get whatever it is.

>>65078121
You can tell that the one in your pic is a fake, look at it.
>screw heads are hex/Phillips instead of flat
Soviets/Russians love to use flathead screws on everything to this day (see: Zenitco).
>the body is 3d printed
You can see the layer lines and the layer deformation (this deformation makes the fact it's printed obvious) parallel to the recess in the body a bit above said recess. The finish indicates it is also clearly not the same material as a real one (color too consistent and flat, like a 3d print).
>missing key identifiers (engravings, tool marks)
Camera resolution may obfuscate the tool marks, but not the engravings, nor the lack of a hard corner on the upper portion by the handguard retainer.

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>>65073322
Based m92anon

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>>65078312
Nice assessment. I didn't even look that closely, but you seem to be spot on.
>Now to find the file, print it and figure out what to stuff into it to make it somewhat functional.
Maybe the guts of a Sotac Perst 4?

>>65079300
I'm 100% certain you can just get the guts separately from somewhere like Aliexpress like we do with fpv drone guts.

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>>65078236
>especially Japanese ones
>They will go to the depths of hell to get whatever it is.
The same guy printed a Korobov, so I see what you mean.