If you lived in Oklahoma, I'd make you come over ASAP and we'd have that bad boy looking like new!  Try to find a local to help you out.  A lot of shooters have great shops just for their hobby and would love to help!

In for progress.

I would bet 100% of the main parts are totally salvable.

All the bits and springs ect will need replacing but keep rebuild better than new!

So just like new then eh?

Perfect opportunity, btw, to have that thing stripped and chromed. Go bling, amirite?

Tie a knot in your boot lace, dip in motor oil,  run through bore,  shoot rifle.

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Have not read whole thread. OP so sorry for your loss. Look into this product

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Evapo-Rust-Super-Safe-Rust-Remover-Gallon/48810395?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&adid=22222222228037674623&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=m&wl3=80431885129&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=177671625409&veh=sem

Sand or bead blast it and see what you've got!

You can always replace the FCG and small parts...or buy parts from APEX

OP, can you start a poll?
I vote leave the rust, add paki tape!

IMO that rifle is totally recoverable.  It's just brown rust.  You would be amazed at how well reverse electrolysis can clean up a rusty AK receiver.


 

Search the ak files forum for nodak spud rust issues. May be a sticky in the build it yourself section.  Many of us have had to clean up AK builds.

Get a gallon of evaporust. Disassemble and soak in evaporust overnight. Scrub with a wire brush, rinse, then boil the gun on the stovetop. Blow dry with compressed air. Keep repeating this a few times until you stop seeing rust permeating from the receiver during the boiling. Blow dry again on the last run, then bake the gun in the oven at low temp to take care of any residual water. It's a lot easier than it may sound. Pay special attention to around the rails, center support, rivets and trunnions. The flat surfaces will be the easiest to clean, the boil will help pull rust out of the tight places.

Best thing to do then is get the gun parkerized, then top coated with whatever you prefer. Keep it well oiled/ greased from then on.

I think that will be an easy clean up. The rust looks particularly bad on the bolt carrier because it's not painted, but it should clean up OK. Feel free to just replace as much of the internals as you see fit, but keep in mind the bolt itself is keeping your headspace. Changing bolts may throw your headspace out of check. I personally would disassemble, clean and rebuild the bolt with new internals. Change out the fire control group for an ALG, which is cheap and much better anyways. Change the shepherds hook spring for one of the retaining plates. The internals will be a piece of cake and replacement parts are cheap.

I very optimistic about cleaning it up, mainly because your plastic pistol grip is completely in tact and not at all melted. My only concern is inside the barrel. Clean the shit out of it, including the gas port during the rust removal process. Your barrel is not chrome lined, but may clean up and shoot just fine. Keep in mind these guns don't have the greatest accuracy to begin with.

You will know the AK intamitely by the time this is done. Treat it like a sledge hammer rather than some sort of precision instrument, and you will understand that none of this is rocket science.

Edit: actually, looking at your pictures again, the bolt barely looks rusted and probably just needs disassembly and good cleaning along with the other parts. Maybe new ejector spring, but that may not even be rusted.

Tagging for clean up.

Seriously, hose it down with wd40.  Get it wet with oil ASAP.

I vote that nothing really needs repair on that rifle.

Finish needs some help, but the springs look good, and no major damage is apparent.



Those M92s are built well. I would have absolutely no worries about cleaning that gun up and running with it.

Shoot, we did this and the thing survived. These handguards looked worse than the OPs.

I hope this gets moved to the AK tech section before it sinks into the GD abyss.

Sorry, Zack, but someone's got to say it- those are the worst pics you have ever put up on GD.

If the bore is good, wrap a piece of fine steel wool around a cleaning rod, spray with kroil and scrub, blast the rest of it with #80 alumox cerakote and change out the springs and possibly the bolt if the heat treat is fucked and you will be gtg. Another option is to buy a pap pistol and strip your sbr and cerakote the rr and use the rest as donor parts from the pap assuming the parts interchange.

what do the bolt fact, firing pin, chamber and bore look like? the only thing that looks like it has bad rust on it is the charging handle...

If it was my gun I would spray it down with wd40/kerosene mix wire brush everything and wipe it all down smooth.

after that I would look at MAYBE replacing the fire control group (if it was gritty), stock (cosmetic) and dust cover (cosmetic). I am surprised the bolt/bcg wasnt chrome plated.

the receiver and wood dont look bad. you should be ok.

This gives us all hope that your MAC can be saved... Have you found that one yet?

Tag.

I'm pretty sure I have the correct Yugo cone flash hider for it.  If that would help then IM me your mailing address.

Aerokroil and shoot it.

I bet it will be just fine.  try some electrolysis, replace spring and have someone competent check it out.

Please don't refinish it!  That gun now has a lot of character that can't be purchased!  Clean it up and post pics!

Gold plate?

Updates?

I vote you do just enough to get it running safe and reliable and call it good. That's not damage, it's "patina" and AKs just look damn cool the more distressed they look.

This

Imho I would clean up the bolt, carrier, bore, and replace the springs and trigger and call it good. That things got character.

I have been looking for a Yugo underfolder stock assembly for a while now and have not had any luck. It sucks that parts for the M92's have all but dried up.

I agree rust doesnt look bad,  drop it in the bucket with the electric stuff,  should be just fine

If the hammer spring still had tension, I'm betting that the gun is fine. soak it down with oil, wipe it with a rag and shoot it until hot. rinse, repeat.

I wouldn't try to restore it. It's gonna be the coolest looking AK on the site if you just wipe the rust and give it a good scrubbing. Most of that is surface, or minimal etching. The receiver rails look good.

If you want to dump it, I'll give you treefitty.

This. You are Captain Now.

This - buy a gal of it and let that thing soak.  Then be proud of the patina you have on your Afghan battlefield pickup clone.  And yes I saw ones that were as bad as this one in Afghanistan and they would go boom when needed.

Depends on how much time you have.

You can wire wheel, wire brush, emery paper the whole thing and finish or have someone glass bead blast it.

Use a "thick" coating...probably brownells baking coatings that will fill in surface defects.

I vote for bead blast...so much better results and you won't be dealing with sanding, rinsing, rust, stink, rags, and hard to get areas.

When they were available I managed to snag an underfolding stock assembly but totally spaced on the selector...now the selector is unobtanium

Remove wood furniture,  then soak the metal in apple cider vinegar overnight. Apple cider vinegar tends to work a little better than white vinegar does.

Any updates?

Ditto.

Just saw this.  Tell me that you can save the stamped part, and rebuild around it...

Flem on here is located in Louisiana, he's built a few guns before, I bet he could fix it up.