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Posted: 6/3/2007 7:25:03 AM EDT
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This is the first build by my brother and myself. He did the lions share, receiver install and rivet work, I was the stock set and receiver finisher. It is a Romy kit on an AK USA receiver, Tapco FCG. I think he did a great rivet job and everything fits great... i149.photobucket.com/albums/s44/mikvic/IMG_1976.jpghttp://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s44/mikvic/IMG_1977.jpghttp://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s44/mikvic/IMG_1976.jpg |
| I tried a couple of the expensive finishes on other old rifles without much luck and a lot of expence. So this AK project I used one that worked years ago. Plain old cheapo black header paint from NAPA, for the receiver and all black parts. I applied 3 light coats, then baked in the oven at 250 for 30 min. The stocks I used paint remover, then baked them to remove the 30 year old cosmo. After that I sanded(220and320 grit) and the natural color came through. I then sprayed 3 light coats od Deft (Walmart) clear wood finish (semi gloss) and there you have it. So Walmart and NAPA get the free advertising, but I did not spend over $20 for enough product to do several rifles. |
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Excellent rivet work for a homebuild. I'm damn impressed. For header paint that looks ALOT like parkerizing. I'm thinking a parked Romy G build wouldn't be a bad idea to keep for myself... EDIT: Great job on the wood too, you did well enough that its hard to tell that handguard once had a big knobby pistol grip on it. It looks like that was the original shape of the handguard, and I know how hard that is to accomplish. |
| Thanks for all of the comments, and especially from you Duke-Nukem, as I know how many you have done and you also know how much work it takes to make one come out like this. I will never part with it knowing it was built by my brother and myself, and it is our first. He fired it before I got to do my work and as no surprise it fired flawlessly. The mags fit perferct with no wobble. The more I look at it the more I like it. But I am a little partial.. |
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