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AK gunsmith in the Pensacola / Ft. Walton area?
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I did meet a young fellow at a gunshow that did saiga 12 work, but lost his card. He was up at blackwater and some place in milton. Do not know if he can head space or not. An extremely well equipped shop is ol frontier. You can call alan and ask : 850) 477-8074. alan is not an AK guy, but is a good machinist. You did not say if the head space needed to be reduced or increased like with a new barrel. There are good shops on the AK that I know of in other states.
sjustice64
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Have you checked to see if it needs headspacing or not. You will need gauges for this and know not to let a spring loaded bolt slam shut on them to see if you need the services of a gunsmith.
fire a primed empty (non loaded) case and see if the primer protrudes out of its pocket.....
that will give you an idea of the amount of head space it has if, too much is your problem.
USMC armory 101....:usa2:
that will give you an idea of the amount of head space it has if, too much is your problem.
USMC armory 101....:usa2:
WILWORK4GUNS
Marksman
Just curious - but why would you swap ak bolts?
Is the original damaged?
Head spacing an ak requires pressing out the barrel pin....pulling the barrel, and pressing it back in until correct headspace is achieved. A new - larger pin is needed - so that the mis-aligned original hole can be drilled bigger and re-pinned.
That's a lot of work and specialty tools... Are you sure it's worth it?
Is the original damaged?
Head spacing an ak requires pressing out the barrel pin....pulling the barrel, and pressing it back in until correct headspace is achieved. A new - larger pin is needed - so that the mis-aligned original hole can be drilled bigger and re-pinned.
That's a lot of work and specialty tools... Are you sure it's worth it?
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WILWORK4GUNS
Marksman
Dang! - dont want to say what? I cant imagine what could go far wrong with that chunk of metal!:suspicious:
I actually have all the tools to do that work. bought them to build up some kits.....but haven't gotten the time to do it yet - so no experience....sorry.
I dont have the oversized pin - you will need to order one - unless the smith has the right sized material to make one.
Hardness can be tested. The gunsmith I mentioned earlier did determine the hardness of a polytech M14 for me. The receiver averaged just under 60, but the bolt was a soft 40 and so we switched out a TRW bolt for the soft chinese one. He head spaced it by grinding a little off the bolt face since the chamber was chromed and not suitable for the reamers that we had. There actually are reamers that can ream chromed surfaces used for the AR15 barrels.
WILWORK4GUNS
Marksman
OH.... ok - now I get it.
I wondered how the new American made AK clones would fare.
I guess my kits are not useless yet after all! Good, tough battle proven components!
Good luck with your repair.... Might get lucky and get a bolt that fits.... or only have to press the barrel a little bit.
Hopefully I'll get time to work on mine soon.
I wondered how the new American made AK clones would fare.
I guess my kits are not useless yet after all! Good, tough battle proven components!
Good luck with your repair.... Might get lucky and get a bolt that fits.... or only have to press the barrel a little bit.
Hopefully I'll get time to work on mine soon.
Yeah ... the first 400 through it we didn't see anything out of the ordinary, the next 400, rounding and wear on the lugs.
Going to do what some others are doing, change the carrier and bolt.
Live and learn.
Live and learn.
SAWMAN
Master
The older AK's that I delt with waaaaay back when were a loose fit and the parts were completely interchangeable. We would get a pile of them and swap parts(including bolts)around until we got a gun with as little as possible visable/obvious wear. We'd shoot the shit outta it than go thru the pile again. (Kinda like a Glock today.)
Not really much expierance with the AK's not made by some 9 year old children ,making a bowl of rice a day,and working for 15hrs in some dark tunnel.
jj ....... you know you can't un-ring the bell. :tape2:
Not really much expierance with the AK's not made by some 9 year old children ,making a bowl of rice a day,and working for 15hrs in some dark tunnel.
jj ....... you know you can't un-ring the bell. :tape2:
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