snorkelman

mmmm ...now shiny AKs like those I like too But with best will in the world Im just too damned clumsy to keep em that way Weathered ones are my best option - that way i can hide the inevitable accidental scratches amongst all the deliberate ones lol stevie

lol price good condition original fizzys can go for these days you could sell the fizzy buy a guarder kit and pay someone to carry it aound for the twenty years

Silent - I went with soft spongy wet n dry sanding blocks (the really fine grit ones) and a little bit of oil got a mate who can packerize it and respray it so I just went for it while I had it knocked together on a dry build (was going to add the serial numbers and flatten some of the domed rivets etc - so finish was going to get redone anyway) BUT I ended up quite liking the effect, so I'll probably just leave it as is cheats way of getting a weathered AK but I didnt fancy twenty years of carrying it around to acheive it naturally - first day out doing the shopping with i

your wish is my command the only trouble (as usual) is its damn difficult to photograph it without it either looking not far off normal or far shinier than it really is. in reality its a dark cloudy grey in its most weathered places a sort of patina over the steel Most 74s follow russian finishes (flat black over a black phosphate packer ground coat) but with 47's manufactured almost everywhere there tons of variations on original finish due to local capabilities/cost concerns (from russian black packer thru to blued steel) As the finishes are diferent that in

ah penny dropped, probably best left as is then stevie

nice to see it with its hat back on was looking a bit bald there re the moving bolt some sort of hard rubber stop at the extremes of travel so it doesnt ground out against the shell? dont see them lasting any length of time but would be easy enough to replace Or set the operating rod so that in fully forward position bolt is actually a mm or two back from grounding out? (depends on how far the piston travels versus available room on the rearward stroke - might be enough room there so bolt isnt grounding out in either end of its travel) course Im assuming its some sort of guard

nowt wrong with the iron sights! remove rear iron sight from rifle bolt a big metal plate on bottom of it heat that up and you can even iron your uniform in the field stevie

did you manage to get a 19mm dovetail for it then sadigh? Ive a spare set of iron sights from one of our Star ones you can have for it if you want (would only mount on if you had a 19mm d/t though) stevie

just think a chrome L86 with union jack handguards and a 6" over extended bipod for that old skool 'sit up and beg' look, would put saddams gold plated AK to shame oh sorry not that kind of custom

trouble is the tool is a pita to use on an M16 foresight you have a castleated cylinder that engages the slots in the foresight post AND holds the locating pin down while you turn the foresight post to adjust it On that sort of design once the tool is in place and holding the locating pin down then you can twiddle the foresight post as much as you fancy (as each notch on the sight has a corresponding post on the tool which prevents the locating pin popping back up till the tool has been removed) On the SA80 rear sight you have similar set up (albeit with more notches) Unfortu

wrong info from redwolf it plain doesnt fit a 20mm weaver rail its a one piece 19mm dovetail mount (ie the width and the cross section are different) though I suppose if there was enough interest Star might make an adapter? stevie

No its a govt black op The MOD commisioned star to make them the number is so they dont get mixed up with the real ones. Next war we go into these will be 'accidentally' dropped behind enemy lines in their big padded cases ahead of any attack to lull our opponents into a false sense of security.. "calm down osama theres no need to worry have you seen the infidel pigs rifles? They cant hit you at more than 30 yards and even when they do it only stings a bi...."