How
to Build an AK-47
Part Two of our series on US AK47 builders
- Matt's home shop AK47 building method
Update
11/11/05
From: http://rtccom.net/~mattb/ak_build.html
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Some more progress.....got the trigger guard
and safety lever stop free yesterday, and just now
got the front trunion free. It still has rivets in
it though, and I'm not at all confident about drilling
into it with a hand-drill.........I'm seriously considering
a drill press at this point.
Front
trunion
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I'm
freeeeeeee! Note the rivets though. |
Old
receiver pieces, and some parts
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Here are the two main sections
of the old receiver, and the rear trunion (lower
left corner of pic). The trigger guard is also
visible, just above that is the bit of the old
receiver that was attached to the trigger guard.
The safety lever stop plate is still on the
trigger guard, I still need to finish drilling
out these rivets to free these two parts. |
The
seperated buttstock, in original finish
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I went ahead and started working on the
wood furniture.....that's something I can do
now while I wait on the receiver and other stuff
to arrive. This pic shows the original finish.
My plan here is to take some sort of solvent/stripper
and scrub it onto the wood with steel wool,
I've read this takes the old finish off nicely.
But I went ahead and tried sanding it a bit........the
results are below: |
Other
side of stock, preliminary sanding
| |
The wood actually lightened up pretty
good, but the old finish is still very much
there. I will probably go with my original idea
on clearing off the old finish, but sanding
knocks off much of the top-layer nastiness.
Whether this is quicker than trying to get it
all off just with steel wool and stripper remains
to be seen (I haven't decided on a stripping
solvent yet, so I can't compare). |
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