Trigger slap is generally not related to whether it is over gassed or not. One of my 9mm AKs has bad trigger slap but I attribute that to the trigger group. Wish there were still Tapco trigger groups being sold.
I've done it a lot. Figured out it was a waste of time. Temp. has a huge effect on performance. Might hit like a slug, might not depending on temp. If they get too warm, the shells can distort making them unable to chamber.
I've built my fair share of AKs. Have several dozen how to videos on YouTube showing the process. If you know about bending flats you know the work involved. I wouldn't recommend ANYONE do an AK build right now due to cost of parts.
The prices were crazy at the gun show I thought. I was able to sell a couple cases of Romanian 8 mm to a dealer I know there. I saw a Tac 14, and Mossberg Shockwave for $999 each. Ridiculous pricing on some stuff. I didn't think it was a bad crowd, mainly a seller's market due to the number of...
Straight answer is "no". 7.62x39 rounds are too large in dia. for the extractor on the bolt to hold the case. When I built my 7.62x25 AK, I used a 7.62x39 kit and had to make a sleeve that I tig welded into the recess on the bolt head. Now they will fit perfectly into a 5.45x39 bolt but of...
Guess somebody pressed the rivets in against the barrel. Century Arms underfolders, and rifles made by Pioneer imported by inter Ordnance are done the same way.
Len Savage in Franklin Georgia could do it. You'll have to contact him though to see if he will. I could also do it but I'm not in...
I'm currently working on a youtube video that is more of a proof of concept video. Aiming at ARs in 7.62x39 I plan to show feasibility of having 7.62x39 AR with a pistol length gas system. It would give people the capability of shooting full power or subsonic ammo. All at a much lower cost...
I understand the basics, getting the right amount of pressure to the piston for the right amount of time is critical. The adjustable gasblock mentioned would fix a lot of the problem by allowing the gas port to be enlarged more than .128.
I've been shooting subsonic 7.62 x39 in my ks47 for the last year-and-a-half. I reload with jacketed 200 grain Lapua, and Lead 220 grain projectiles, functioning is flawless in the lightweight BCG of the AR. Really don't know what you have to do to get it to cycle in an AK the carrier is just...
RamRoddoc thought you guys would like seeing these. I built them using ak74 Parts kits, custom receivers bent from flats and 2XTM Soumi magwell adapters. You can use either mags or drums, but the dang drums are finicky being World War II surplus.
They did in fact use the barrel as the bucking bar, which shows quite a large level of incompetence. Pioneer does the same thing and coincidentally a lot of Pioneers AKs were chopped up and sold as kits.