nissan_crawler
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These started as two Yugo underfolder M70AB2 virgin kits (never assembled, brand new).
Luckily, a guy I work with did the research and most of the work on the assembly of the working parts, as a virgin kit is MUCH more difficult than a de-milled kit. Here's what they started out as:
This one is the basic kit, with a teak pistol grip from Ironwood designs. The handguards took 5 coats of 2 different stains to match up, but it was worth it.
The next one was the same kit, but...I sourced a fixed stock rear trunnion that somebody was machining. I took the trunnion to a local machinist and had him machine the holes to install the button that hold the recoil spring for easy removal of the dust cover. Normally, fixed stock ak's don't have it, but...the parts were there since it was an underfolder kit, and I wanted it.
I got a stock and pistol grip from Ironwood designs, a most excellent example of woodwork. I stained the front handguards to match the ironwood pieces, then used a stain/varnish combo to get the red.
I had a hard time finding a bolt long enough for the stock. I ended up using a Dorman leaf spring center pin bolt that somebody suggested to me. Worked great. Poor guy at the parts store..."what in the world do you need a 12" long 5/16-24 thread spring bolt for?" "ak-47"
I still have to build a rear sling mount, as it's normally part of the undefolder and I did away with that, but other than that, it's finished.
With luck, they'll be getting sighted in this weekend.
This is the next project, a Mosin-Nagant M91-30.
the only thing I've done to it so far is to clean it up. The rifling and bore is excellent. I'm waiting on a recoil pad for it (no more metal plate), and I'll see how accurate it is this weekend. If it's accurate, there's a good chance it'll get an old style scope setup, a reworked trigger, and turned into a long-range gun.
I know, the pictures ****, this was my sister's camera, and I have no manual for it.
Luckily, a guy I work with did the research and most of the work on the assembly of the working parts, as a virgin kit is MUCH more difficult than a de-milled kit. Here's what they started out as:
This one is the basic kit, with a teak pistol grip from Ironwood designs. The handguards took 5 coats of 2 different stains to match up, but it was worth it.
The next one was the same kit, but...I sourced a fixed stock rear trunnion that somebody was machining. I took the trunnion to a local machinist and had him machine the holes to install the button that hold the recoil spring for easy removal of the dust cover. Normally, fixed stock ak's don't have it, but...the parts were there since it was an underfolder kit, and I wanted it.
I got a stock and pistol grip from Ironwood designs, a most excellent example of woodwork. I stained the front handguards to match the ironwood pieces, then used a stain/varnish combo to get the red.
I had a hard time finding a bolt long enough for the stock. I ended up using a Dorman leaf spring center pin bolt that somebody suggested to me. Worked great. Poor guy at the parts store..."what in the world do you need a 12" long 5/16-24 thread spring bolt for?" "ak-47"
I still have to build a rear sling mount, as it's normally part of the undefolder and I did away with that, but other than that, it's finished.
With luck, they'll be getting sighted in this weekend.
This is the next project, a Mosin-Nagant M91-30.
the only thing I've done to it so far is to clean it up. The rifling and bore is excellent. I'm waiting on a recoil pad for it (no more metal plate), and I'll see how accurate it is this weekend. If it's accurate, there's a good chance it'll get an old style scope setup, a reworked trigger, and turned into a long-range gun.
I know, the pictures ****, this was my sister's camera, and I have no manual for it.
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