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Posted: 2/1/2007 7:48:30 PM EDT
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I rarely post here although I have an extensive collection of AKs from the past 10 years. I have been mostly concentrating on original AR-10s, older S&W revolvers and pre 68 Walther PPKs. This was my last build, from a very early Romanian SAR3. All parts except the barrel, front trunion, receiver and lockwork are Russian. I almost forgot, the magazines are Polish 5.56x45 "Beryl" mags. Try finding 30 rd. original Russian AK-101 mags..... This rifle is a lot of fun to shoot, AK dependable and very accurate. I have shot Russian commercial ammo and US M855 through it. The US ammo is far superior. I am trying to get back to my "roots" so to speak. Hope you enjoy the pics.   Mike |
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The receiver cover is geniune Russian. I am pretty sure I used a spare from a Junkers II when they were still for sale. I replaced the original cast 90 degree Romanian gas block with a Bulgarian one(I guess that's not a Russian part!  ) Tantal, I and a few others found the early 90 Romanian gas blocks had tendency to crack. The gas port hole had to be chamfered to line up correctly with the new gas block. On some of the early 5.56 rifles, a new gas port had to be drilled if you wanted to replace that original block. On my rifle, a new hole would have been too close to the old one so chamfering was the way to go. It has never caused a malfunction. I have no data if the current 5.56 Romanian rifles have that problem as I haven't been keeping up, but I would guess it was addressed early on.As you know the Romanian barrel has different dimensions where it fits into the front trunnion and is thinner past the gas block out to the barrel end. The barrel dimension at the gas block was the same so that was no problem. I had to shim the Russian FSB to fit correctly on the Romainian barrel. The compensator was not easy to find. There are ones available in the US from Junkers BB rifles, but the majority of them have a flat mill at 6 o'clock where a recess for the bayonet usually is. This one is a geniune Soviet AK-74 one. The furniture is all original Russian. I had the buttstock for 5 years before I found a use for it! Most of my AKs are older versions and have the instantly recognized Russian laminated wood instead of plastic stocks. When I started collecting these items were very hard to find. We then went through a period where I believe Ishmash(I still call it Izhevsk) actually dusted off the old machinery and were making new laminated stock parts in the factory. I am pretty sure that stopped at least a couple of years ago, but it was a great way some of the guys in the growing US AK collectors market could realize the completion of their projects. I thought it was great. |
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