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Everything posted by SteevoLS
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They are American made, but as to export... not sure.
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Looks great, Piano! Glad tosee that rear sight worked out properly. My own Mk12 is getting an overhaul right now (read: I tore it apart and haven't gotten around to putting it back together), but I'll be posting some current pictures whenever it gets back in one piece.
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Does your rear sight blade wobble like the dickens? It's a problem I've had with every gun that uses a pot metal rear sight block, and I've never come up with a permanent solution.
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Bolton gas block + PSL gas tube + Ironwood Designs SVD style handguards = win
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^ Lovely rifle!!!
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A few Contour shots from Red Storm East up in Pennsylvania today/yesterday.
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"Is this your Boys" < Not sure what you're asking. I tied mine, then melted the knot with a soldering iron. It's not coming loose any time soon, but I can just snip it off if I want to unravel it.
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It's usually just paracord.
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I *do* keep the camera mounted upside down, I just forgot to put it on that way when I took the picture. Otherwise, yeah... feels like you're running around with a fishhook on your head.
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Repro Airframe Norotos shroud from an Army buddy Contour ROAM EBB Peltor mounts + Howard Leight headset (I plug my radio into this) Tactical 10 year old
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A. Thanks! I can't take all the credit (it was a buddy's idea), but I am very happy with how it turned out. B. Said buddy wanted that. He doesn't really like the feel of the shorter RPK stock, and I had a couple of CYMA regular stocks sitting around from previous builds.
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It's not a H-nub, it's the CYMA bucking. They're actually one of my favorite buckings over all. It's a standard straight-across-the-top mound, but with a groove cut out of the center. Long, productive evening. Part Uno: SVD-style PSL handguards, PSL gas tube, Venom Tactical gas block/front sight on DBoys AKS74 receiver/stock. CYMA RPK with CYMA AKM stock... scope is just for kicks, going to be replaced with a Russian scope of some sort. Part Dos: Moved said PSL stuff over to my CYMA AKM, and moved the grenade launcher (well, the entire front end) over to the AKS74.
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1. Real Tantal 2. Echo1 AKM 3. Echo1 AKM
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How cheap were the mags? Lowest I've seen was in the neighborhood of $20 each.
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Real steel Polish Tantal... mag? I have a real Tantal, and don't see anything very Tantal-esque on your CYMA.
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Long story there... Months ago when I bought the rifle, I discovered that the front sight was rather brittle when it split in half and embedded itself in my palm when I was removing the orange factory brake. Shocked and slightly embarrassed at the sight of a pot metal sight sticking out of my bleeding palm, I ordered an Egyptian AKM front sight from Apex... then I cleaned my wound. I had the barrel milled down to match the I.D. of the front sight, but was off by .5 mm or so. Being impatient, I grabbed a ball peen hammer and started tapping the front sight down onto the barrel, figuring the
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This is relevant to my interests aswell. Speaking of relevant interests... My CYMA/Redstar AKM. Current build list is: - CYMA CM.048M - Romanian battlefield pickup AKM furniture - Madbull Red bucking (otherwise stock internally) - Russian tourniquet - Polish sling - Polish front sight and slant brake arrive Tuesday - ??? vented handguard/heatshield - DBoys pistol grip (no squishyness or creaking, unlike the CYMA grip) - 20c 11.1v lipo - 10x MAG bakelite mids (going to fakelite these soon) - CAW grenade launcher and 8mm Madbull grenade - Practicool charging handle jewelry
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Mine is wired to the top since I have a real stock on it. All I did was pop the gearbox loose in the receiver and pull the wires up to the top. No hassle at all.
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I'm going to be building one presently, complete with left side selector. Whether or not I make that work, I don't know. The rear sight block shouldn't be too hard to replicate, since I can just cut the swing arm off and use a set screw in its place.
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Needs to go in the real-steel thread, but I'll save that for a day when I can take some better pics.
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The problem with being made of high grade steel with excellent tolerances is that it is hard to actually beat it up.
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Realsword 56-2 and abandoned house = a good match
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My intent with the polishing was to get rid of the sandpaper look. Wet sanding with very high grit sandpaper might help, but I'm flying blind here since I've never weathered a rifle like that.
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Used =/= gloves made of sandpaper I would personally polish that up. The majority of the bare metal wear I've seen on real rifles is from contact points on your gear and the oils from skin.
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Given the price difference, would you take the S&T over the RealSword, or vice versa?