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MY
ROMANIAN AKM BUILD
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We are currently offering "limited" AK-47/AKM building
services.
Price
for a standard build using your parts, reciever, and 922(r) components
is currently $200.00
That
includes parkerizing and return shipping to lower 48.
Please
call or email us for more details and other pricing.
>>And
be sure to read the "NOTICES" page<<
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Kit
is a typical example of Romanian AKM parts kits currently
available from several vendors for around $100.00. This
kit came from Tapco (see my "LINKS" page to view
their website). It is a matching number kit in excellent
condition. After a thorough evaluation, I determined that
all the parts were as advertised and quite useable. |
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NEW
RECEIVER |
There
are currently several companies making AK receivers for
both 7.62 and 5.45 versions. Some are offered as pre-cut
"flats" that must be bent with a bending jig.
Others are offering pre-bent un-cut blanks that must be
drilled, cut, and trimmed using a template. The receiver
represented in the images below is an example of a finished
receiver. It is from Ohio Ordnance Works. With the exception
of the front and rear trunion rivet holes, all bends, holes,
and openings are there. The hammer and trigger pin holes,
as well as the ejector are hardened. Then, according to
the manufacturers web site, the whole receiver is hardened.
Although there are several companies making finished receivers,
both stamped and milled, this one seems to be preferred
amung most professional builders. |
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DRILLED
TRUNION HOLES |
As
mentioned above, this receiver requires that you locate
and drill the front and rear trunion rivet holes. This was
rather simple to accomplish. The parts kit came with the
original front and rear receiver pieces strill riveted to
the trunions. After making some dimentional comparisons
between the new receiver and the original receiver cuttings,
I was able to simply transfer the hole positions from one
to the other. Laying the new receiver along side the old
pieces in perfect alignment on a flat surface, and then
clamping them together, I just used the holes in the cut
pieces as drill guides and drilled through one side of the
new receiver. Then, laying the new receiver on it's side,
I drilled through the other side. |
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MY
TOOLS |
Riveting
tool: Basically, my version of the Plinker
Jig, it is designed to install the barrel and stock
trunion rivets. |
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| Rivet jig in use... |
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| Installed rivets... |
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Barrel
installation fixture: This was an idea I came up
with while pulling a bearing off of a long pump shaft (yes,
I have a day job). In order to properly "buck"
the front trunion rivets, the barrel pin must be driven
(or pressed) out, and then the barrel must be pressed from
the trunion. However, once the barrel trunion is riveted
in the new receiver your left with somewhat of a quandry..."How
do I press the barrel back in without damaging the new receiver?"
This fixture made it so easy I felt like I was cheating.
The barrel trunion rivet heads fit into holes drilled in
the plates. This prevents the receiver from moving, and
also keeps the barrel and receiver properly aligned while
the barrel is being pushed in. And since the plates do not
interfere with the inside of the receiver, it can be headspaced
as the barrel is installed. This is especially usefull when
building using mis-matched parts. |
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| Fixture being used... |
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Trigger
guard riveting fixture: |
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Ah...starting
to look like something! |
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IT'S
ALIVE! |
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