Posted: 7/12/2010 7:29:15 PM EDT
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I ordered a polymer US made stock and hand guards for my AK, and I'm trying to install them. The stock has become a problem. There were no holes in the stock for the screws which hold the stock in place, so I pulled out the drill and drilled some. On an AK, there are two screws that hold the stock in place. One is inside the receiver, and the other is outside the receiver. Well, I got the screw that is outside the receiver about 2/3 of the way in, and now it is stuck. I can't get it to go in any further, and I can't get it out either. Even the drill can't drive this screw in or twist it out. The screw is threaded straight up and down, but I can't get the damn thing to budge.
I am officially soliciting suggestions. 
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I was thinking only one screw into the tang maybe you added too many holes. Pics please? That's the one that I'm dealing with. The screw in the tang outside the receiver. There is another screw that goes into the stock on the inside of the receiver directly beneath the part where the action spring retainer is, but that one isn't the problem here. |
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How deep is the screw and are you using the proper polymer screws or the wood screws? If its not burried too deep yet it is probably binding on the tang hole. You can push the stock out just a little bit by putting a flat blade screwdriver through the big hole in the rear trunnion and the stock stub inside the receiver and pry it a 16th of an inch. That should unbind the screw and let you extract it. ETA I absolutely HATE drilling those holes. Nothing is perfectly plumb about an AK so making sure they don't cant more than a degree or wander more than .005 of an inch is a real bitch. Otherwise the screws bind and hence your problem. |