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Ak experts, need identifying of this AK varient...
jjmitchell60
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I have an older Hungarian milled receiver AK kit that I am looking to nail down the exact model and looking for a receiver, triggergroup with hammer. safety lever assembly, triggerguard, operting rod spring, and mag catch for. I plan of building it back to a firing AK. It has no pistol grip on the fore arm and never had one. I need to know what milled receiver will work on it please as well as a good source of the milled receiver. Appreciate ANY info. Here are some pics:
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The top cover should be thicker than normal and smooth, no ribs.
The selectors for milled guns are everywhere.
The recoil set should be a "tube within a tube" affair with a slide on lock, which later stamped RPK types retained.
This is going to make the receiver hard to find and more expensive when you do. They are also a cast-iron * to build, since, unlike when it was built originally, you are stuck with the accoutrements on the bbl in the location where they are now.
Like building Galils with used barrels, a lot of trial and error involved in establishing "index" and "headspace" at the same time. When they are originally built the headspace is established, then everything else is put on the bbl. When you have a barrel that already has all the stuff put on it, you are limited by that, typically resorting to using thin shims, or making changes to the dimensions of the receiver in order build a safe rifle.
Not fun. The half-dozen I've done stand out as exercises in frustration which, although they turned out gorgeous when done, took hours to get them just right, and I probably didn't charge enough for the job.
OR...you can explore the possibility of turning off the threads and making it a press-in bbl and using a press-in receiver.
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