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Posted: 2/13/2018 2:13:31 PM EDT
Currently in the process of a pretty awesome build. I'm going to use this thread as a place to drop updates if you care to follow along.
First box arrived today. Circle 10 AK parts kit. JMAC 14.5" barrel (can't wait to see this barrel), GB/FSB combo, sandman break and stock adapter are on the way. Might look rough now but Kris over at KM3 Solutions will fix that. He's going to do the building and come up with a cerakote plan. No, this will not be a traditional build. But it will be awesome. I'm excited to share the progress. 
Circle 10 AK Romy G by Damage Photos, on Flickr |
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Posted: 2/13/2018 2:25:13 PM EDT
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always in for a build thread
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Posted: 2/13/2018 2:28:02 PM EDT
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Fuck man, I love building aks and parts kits.
I jump around and do a little work here and there on various parts kits. Just did some work in a pkt parts kit. Just some demill work. I need to find a barrel that will fit these monsterous trunnions and gas blocks. There was a place, I think it was prexis that was doing new production barrels for pkt conversions but I can't find them anymore. I scored a imbel FAL kit recently too. That should be a fun build. Never handled a FAL before. Figured I'd post some updates too if it's cool with OP. Maybe we could even do a build thread. |
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Posted: 2/13/2018 2:35:17 PM EDT
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always in for a build thread |
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Posted: 2/13/2018 3:05:38 PM EDT
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Fuck man, I love building aks and parts kits. I jump around and do a little work here and there on various parts kits. Just did some work in a pkt parts kit. Just some demill work. I need to find a barrel that will fit these monsterous trunnions and gas blocks. There was a place, I think it was prexis that was doing new production barrels for pkt conversions but I can't find them anymore. I scored a imbel FAL kit recently too. That should be a fun build. Never handled a FAL before. Figured I'd post some updates too if it's cool with OP. Maybe we could even do a build thread. A PKT would be freaking awesome. |
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Posted: 2/13/2018 4:24:16 PM EDT
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It sucks that we aren't swimming in FAL kits. They should be vastly easier to build than an AK.
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Posted: 2/13/2018 5:17:27 PM EDT
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It sucks that we aren't swimming in FAL kits. They should be vastly easier to build than an AK. |
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Posted: 2/13/2018 7:00:44 PM EDT
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It sucks that we aren't swimming in FAL kits. They should be vastly easier to build than an AK. |
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Posted: 2/13/2018 8:07:43 PM EDT
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Mancat, there's a name I haven't seen in a while. Good to see ya here. |
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Posted: 2/13/2018 9:29:52 PM EDT
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It sucks that we aren't swimming in FAL kits. They should be vastly easier to build than an AK. They are much easier than AK to build. Out of 10, I put them at a 3. Scored an Argie early last year. You can still find them. |
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Posted: 2/15/2018 1:30:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: alas, like the AK kits, the FAL kits are almost gone. They are much easier than AK to build. Out of 10, I put them at a 3. Scored an Argie early last year. You can still find them. 2. 3. FAL 4. Skorpion 5. AK 6. 7. CETME 8. Any open bolt sub gun conversion 9.RPD, MG-53, belt feds in general 10.?... manufacturing something from scratch, lol. |
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Posted: 2/15/2018 9:48:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 1. AR 2. 3. FAL 4. Skorpion 5. AK 6. 7. CETME 8. Any open bolt sub gun conversion 9.RPD, MG-53, belt feds in general 10.?... manufacturing something from scratch, lol. Buddy did two CETMEs in his garage without any previous experience and not many tools. |
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Posted: 2/15/2018 3:24:43 PM EDT
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Well now I really want to do a FAL. Buddy did two CETMEs in his garage without any previous experience and not many tools. |
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Posted: 2/17/2018 1:23:09 PM EDT
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One more part of the puzzle arrived.
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Posted: 2/18/2018 11:25:18 PM EDT
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Nice!
The only "building" I did recently was start looking at mg-53 kits. I'm curious of them. I tried printing some k31 stripper clips (failed), worked on some cad files for a Krag stock and a FAL receiver, researched some better ways to remove cosmoline if you count that though. 
Printing is building to me I guess. |
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Posted: 2/20/2018 12:09:17 PM EDT
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Nice! The only "building" I did recently was start looking at mg-53 kits. I'm curious of them. I tried printing some k31 stripper clips (failed), worked on some cad files for a Krag stock and a FAL receiver, researched some better ways to remove cosmoline if you count that though.
Printing is building to me I guess. A few more parts of the puzzle arrived. 
JMAC Parts by Damage Photos, on Flickr |
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Posted: 2/25/2018 8:55:53 PM EDT
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Weekly for me:
Got my fal. Dirty as can be. Literally. Like soil in the lower. So I figured I'd do a complete strip down and clean. The only issue I ran into was removing the gas tube. The gas regulator need a punch and hammer to get it off. Might end up replacing the gas regulator Same for the locking collar on the gas tube. Pin came out easy but the gas tube itself is frozen. Just keep spraying it with wd-40 for a few days and I'll see if that does anything. Also attempting to clean some cosmoline off some yugo stuff. Brake clean seems to work the best for me for metal parts. Still haven't figured out what to do for the wood. Summers a long ways away to just out the stock out in the sun or in a hot car. I'll probably just end up taking a heat gun to it. |
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Posted: 2/25/2018 11:23:44 PM EDT
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Remember this is an AK forum.
Please stay on topic so thread doesn't get moved to GD. |
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Posted: 2/26/2018 11:23:05 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/28/2018 12:39:54 PM EDT
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Remember this is an AK forum. Please stay on topic so thread doesn't get moved to GD. But the heat gun seems to work quite well. |
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Posted: 2/28/2018 2:38:21 PM EDT
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Sorry. I should have mentioned the yugo stuff were rpk kits. But you're right. Sometimes I get a little over excited. Lol. But the heat gun seems to work quite well. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Remember this is an AK forum. Please stay on topic so thread doesn't get moved to GD. But the heat gun seems to work quite well. |
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