AK understanding question

[CQB27]

I switched out the plastic to Wood in the upper and lower handguard and I'll be damned if I can't get the little cam lock lever too close. It was an absolute nightmare getting it open

Having trouble using finger/hand pressure?
Before I worried about sanding the lower hand guard, I would give it a few light taps with a nylon hammer. That's worked for me more than once.

 

[BLIP]

Remember when you flip up the grenade sight it closes off the gas port and turns the rifle into a single shot bad-ass AK

Doesn't the grenade site being up kind of defeat having a single? It's a little hard to use the rifle front sight

 

[BLIP]

Having trouble using finger/hand pressure?
Before I worried about sanding the lower hand guard, I would give it a few light taps with a nylon hammer. That's worked for me more than once.

I did. It barely budged.

 

[BLIP]

Having trouble using finger/hand pressure?
Before I worried about sanding the lower hand guard, I would give it a few light taps with a nylon hammer. That's worked for me more than once.

It was also hard to get open

 

[CQB27]

Doesn't the grenade site being up kind of defeat having a single? It's a little hard to use the rifle front sight

Yeah it does, absolutely. I have just seen posts on other boards where some dudes were perplexed because their rifle wouldn't cycle with the sight up.

 

[CQB27]

It was also hard to get open

Bust out the nylon hammer and tap it lightly. I prefer a tight lower hand guard retainer to a loose one.

 

[BLIP]

There are 2 OPap variants, early and late. Late were imported in 2015 and contained some commercial parts and are easily identified by their NPap front sight. Early OPap front and rear sights were night-sight “ready” (military).

I must have picked up an older one... I have not fired her yet.

 

[Hayata]

Go to 1:33 for hack for getting that lever open.

 

[BLIP]

Go to 1:33 for hack for getting that lever open.

Thanks... now I need it to close.

 

[CQB27]

Thanks... now I need it to close.

Hold the rifle butt stock resting on ground. Tap down on the face of the lower hand guard retainer, making sure the lower hand guard is fully seated in the receiver. Push the lever as far as you can with hand pressure, then tap it home with the nylon hammer. If that doesn't work you will probably need to fit (sand) the lower hand guard to the receiver/lower retainer. That's all I got.