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nodaisho

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  1. Oh yeah, that's right. I always forget little things like that. There is no decocker. I don't think the original had one either, did it? As far as I know, it was omitted so it could be carried "cocked and locked"

    Yeah, the CZ-75 is unusual for double-action pistols, the safety only puts it in safe, rather than decocking and putting it in safe, or just decocking like the Sig pistols do. But from your review, it sounds like the KWA doesn't do that, do you really have to have the hammer down to put it in safe?

  2. So that's a pencil barrel on Elvis'? It looked more like an A2 profile barrel at first, which is what threw me off. Looks sweet, and now it makes more sense. I like the slimmed-down look of the old handguards. I wish more companies made old-style ARs.

  3. Chinese Type 63 Chicom. Don't really use it much anymore though seeing as I sold my guns that had magazines that fit it...

    What fit in there? Did AK magazines fit? It seems like they should, but 30 rounders or 45 rounders wouldn't shut the flaps. Is that right? There are some at a surplus store nearby and they are dirt cheap with plenty of pouches, seems like a good deal to me.

  4. Not completely steel, just mostly steel. Does RSOV still have their pictures up with magnets on everything that is steel on the Kalash steel models? I seem to remember the outer barrel and trigger being pot metal, and did they ever fix the pot metal locking mechanism?

  5. Where would I look to find if it is MFH-branded? So far I just have a jacket and a shirt from Sturm, all of the fleck pants at that store are either too short or have too many holes in the crotch.

  6. Does anyone use the Flecktarn motorcycle... jumpsuit? It's a 2-piece thing, but it has zippers at the top of the pants and the bottom of the jacket, and they zip together. It also has some pads on it that look like they might work as kneepads and elbow pads, although I wouldn't know without trying it on. How does it look with actual gear on top of it?

     

    Also, is there anything wrong with Sturm-Miltec made stuff? That is most of what my surplus shop carries, and most of the other ones I have found around here don't carry fleck.

     

    I looked for someplace that wasn't a picture thread, but the only one was for BW loadouts, which this isn't really about.

  7. What models does that go for? I hadn't heard anything about that, I had thought they had been using TM construction, and switched over to VFC around the .042 model.

     

    I was planning on chopping off some of the stuff from the middle of the barrel, between the gas block and the front sight, that way I still have the front sight on there easily, but I kind of want to keep a normal length outer barrel, in case I have to deal with event organizers that ###### a brick over how Russia never made one that looked like that, so it isn't milsim.

     

    I have to ask, what is that quote in your sig from?

  8. i'm aware of the number of pakistani customs using RPK recievers for their obvious benefits.

    but this is airsoft and overheating isnt a problem ;) youd do better to just an AKM, cut 2 small aluminium/steel rectangles, stick them on the reciever and fill the dimple then just slap RPK furniture on it. it seems pointless butchering an RPK to end up with what is essentially an AKM with a few more bits on it when it would be easier to just add those little reinforcing rectangles yourself.

    I didn't know of any pakistan-made ones like that, just of the VEPR distributed in the US by Robinson Arms.

     

    If I were to change an AKM into an RPK, I would need to cut out the rectangles, change the dust cover to the non-ribbed one (whose comfort would that be for then?), get an RPK rear sight, RPK furniture, maybe fill in the dimples (that varies with RPKs), which would add up to be a heck of a lot more than getting a CYMA RPK and getting a shorter outer barrel and inner barrel (I would want to get a new inner barrel anyway, for accuracy) and possibly a 47/M style gas block. Actually, if I were going to turn an AK into an RPK, unless I can source an RPK stock, it would be cheaper to just get an LCT RPK kit, and buy the internals separately, the CYMA will be much cheaper, and they seem to have figured out how to make AKs, at least.

  9. Because the RPK stock on an AK looks awesome, somebody posted a picture in the later pages of the old AK thread, but I can't find it.

     

    I'm also hoping that if I just cut down the barrel, I could convince the referees of the local group that it is still an RPK, so it can use winding magazines if I want to. They said that a long-barreled AK doesn't count as an RPK, so maybe a short barreled RPK won't count as an AK.

  10. Folding RPK stock might be cool, but I haven't tried sourcing them, and I only know of real-steel versions. Sure, I could just get an AK folding stock, but that would defeat one of the main aesthetic benefits of the build. Besides, I hear the RPK stocks are really comfortable to use.

  11. errm, if you want to stick an AK length barrel on an RPK why not, you know, just buy an AK? RPKs are essentially AKs with longer barrels.

    In real steel, they have receivers that are half again as thick, which means more durability and accuracy, heavier barrels, meaning it takes longer for a barrel to overheat, and with all of that, they weigh barely more than a standard AK47 (when both are unloaded), because of the stamped construction. It would be used in a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. loadout, so a slightly irregular look is good, I figure maybe the guy using it would have figured he didn't really need that extra seven inches of barrel, so he got it cut down, then he has something more carbine length, while keeping the benefits of the RPK over the AK.

     

    And have you seen AKs with RPK stocks on them? They look awesome.

     

    Matt, do you mean RPK para like short barrel, folding stock? Just short barrel, most likely, might be interested in trying to put a folding stock on it, but probably not, and if I did, it would be after working on internals to get it performing like I want.

  12. Would anyone be able to do me a big favor and take a picture showing the barrels of an RPK and a normal AK side by side? I know the RPK is heavier, but I don't know how much heavier. I'm planning on getting a CYMA RPK when it comes out and slapping an AK-length barrel on it, but I'm not sure if I should try to get an RPK outer barrel and chop it down myself or go the easier and likely better-looking, if less accurate way, and just use a normal AK outer barrel. If I can tell how much difference there is, that will help me decide.

  13. About those SKS rigs, how adjustable are the straps? My friend tried one on and the top of the magazine pouches came to about six inches below his chin, which seems like a less than ideal position. I only realized after we left the store that we didn't try adjusting the straps to ride lower.

  14. That's a little hypocritical. Sure, a functional PEQ serves more of a purpose than a non-functional one. But do you have a metal body on your guns? It's not like the metal body makes the gun any more functional than a plastic body. It's all about the looks.

    Well, I would argue there is a difference in feel as well, you still have a point, though.

     

    Ian, nice gun. Nothing unneeded on it, and a tasteful wear job.

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