 mustangduckk 
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Posted: 3/21/2012 8:38:40 PM
THE IMAGE ABOVE IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT Does anyone have a source for chrome lined RPK barrels for my Romanian build? Apex only has US made non-chrome. |
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Liquidmetal
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Posted: 3/21/2012 9:12:48 PM
Green Mountain lists theirs with a chromed chamber and bore. Fits Romys according to the Compatibility Chart.
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Posted: 3/23/2012 2:04:18 PM
Unless they have fixed their barrels, Green Mountain RPK barrels had undersized RSB and FSB barrel journals. It is possible to correct the problem by light knurling, but some people do not want to do this.
That said, I bought and built a rifle using the GM barrel. I have no issues with the barrel's performance. |
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Posted: 3/23/2012 10:46:31 PM
Originally Posted By boostedAK:
Unless they have fixed their barrels, Green Mountain RPK barrels had undersized RSB and FSB barrel journals. It is possible to correct the problem by light knurling, but some people do not want to do this. That said, I bought and built a rifle using the GM barrel. I have no issues with the barrel's performance. Did you have to knurl it? |
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Posted: 3/27/2012 1:31:17 PM
Originally Posted By mustangduckk:
Originally Posted By boostedAK:
Unless they have fixed their barrels, Green Mountain RPK barrels had undersized RSB and FSB barrel journals. It is possible to correct the problem by light knurling, but some people do not want to do this. That said, I bought and built a rifle using the GM barrel. I have no issues with the barrel's performance. Did you have to knurl it? Yes, I did. I knurled the RSB journal about .006" overall and the FSB .001". I did it with a sharp punch and hammer. |
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Posted: 3/29/2012 10:44:09 PM
Originally Posted By boostedAK:
Originally Posted By mustangduckk:
Originally Posted By boostedAK:
Unless they have fixed their barrels, Green Mountain RPK barrels had undersized RSB and FSB barrel journals. It is possible to correct the problem by light knurling, but some people do not want to do this. That said, I bought and built a rifle using the GM barrel. I have no issues with the barrel's performance. Did you have to knurl it? Yes, I did. I knurled the RSB journal about .006" overall and the FSB .001". I did it with a sharp punch and hammer. Dang, .006" seems like an awful lot! I guess its a choice between a chrome lined bore or properly sized journals. |
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Posted: 3/29/2012 10:44:41 PM
[Last Edit: 3/29/2012 10:45:55 PM by mustangduckk]
screwed up, double post even with the idiot proof system... 
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whiskerz
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Posted: 4/8/2012 3:04:51 PM
I have one I just listed in the AK parts section
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