ChickenWatermelon Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 >implying you wouldn't buy this gun if it was an airsoft weapon 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SteevoLS Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 No top handguard or heatshield = wtf cuz 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DFM56 Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 >implying you wouldn't buy this gun if it was an airsoft weapon >terrible foregrip >Crapco flash hider >no upper handguard >ar15 stocks that aren't magpul >BP02 mount 2/10 would not operate with 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChickenWatermelon Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 >terrible foregrip >Crapco flash hider >no upper handguard >ar15 stocks that aren't magpul >BP02 mount 2/10 would not operate with I think you're meant to install a foregrip on this particular weapon, and the lack of a heat shield is perhaps due to the fact hardly anyone ever holds it there, perhaps to make the barrel truly free floating and thus increase accuracy.Other than that:>hurrr my opinion is better than your opinion Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mightyjebus Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 for those suffering from seeing too much RIS on an AK....relax 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lone_Bullet Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 *Drooool* That picture looks like a screenshot from Arma or Stalker, all the configurations! Seriously, Now I think freedom of mind is overrated because I want everyone of my friends getting such AK's Cos I say so! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChickenWatermelon Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 Jesus, just HOW MANY AK's are in that pic? Are they all yours? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Avenger96 Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 May I have one for Christmas? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mightyjebus Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 yeah they are all mine..if you look closely you can see me lying underneath them all. i'm not really but did you look? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aznriptide859 Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 There is no such thing as too many AK's. There is such a thing as your wallet not being able to handle them all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DanHS Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 I've been waiting for mightyjebus to post a picture of everything, I can't even sit and look at the picture for too long, much too much awesomeness in it. I'd like to see a giant museum quality wall display for all those! A couple things I see in there caught my eye; what's the gun with the RPK barrel and black AK74M handguards? I can't see the rest of it. I also see a plum colored handguard, which interests me because I always liked the plum and want to do a plum AK74M with the Bulgarian synthetic furniture I have. ...and the lack of a heat shield is perhaps due to the fact hardly anyone ever holds it there, perhaps to make the barrel truly free floating and thus increase accuracy... Umm, you can't free float an AK barrel, because the gas tube is pressing against the gas block and you have the piston going back and forth above the barrel. The lower handguard is also pressing against the barrel. If you've ever handled and fired an AK, you'd know you want that upper handguard covering that hot gas tube. Now if the gun you pictured had a nice effective muzzle brake, regular handguards, and used the new lightweight sidemount for that SPARC optic, then it would actually be a pretty nice gun, and I couldn't complain about it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mightyjebus Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 (edited) The RPK with black hand guards was just some interim hand guards on a Rumanian RPK build. The plum hand guards are RS versions added to a Kalash. The plum hand guards were the interim hand guards fitted to the AK74 (both full stock and folding stock) before the Russians came out with the AK74M. Ak74 hand guard timeline: AK74 and AKS74 fitted with 4 different styles of wooden hand guard AK74 and AKS74 fitted with Plum coloured hand guards. This was because during the Afghan war the wooden hand guards would loose their varnish and the wet and cold would get into the wood and split the laminated plywood making the weapon useless. This is also why the wooden pistol grips were phased out and replaced with Bakealite ones. AK74 and AKS74 replaced with AK74M which had polymer Hand guard and stock. Here's a picture of the timeline on a AKS74 Edited August 26, 2012 by mightyjebus 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChickenWatermelon Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Hmmmm, dat finish... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
supervepr Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Dan is correct about the AK heat shield. Not being there is not going to help the rifle and will almost certainly burn the user:-) My beloved Kalashnikovas get HOT in a hurry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SteevoLS Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 ^ this. Doesn't matter what I put on the top (vented heat shield, wood, polymer, etc)... it still gets hot as balls very quickly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
T3CH Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 ^ this. Doesn't matter what I put on the top (vented heat shield, wood, polymer, etc)... it still gets hot as balls very quickly. Hot you say? tad warm maybe. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SteevoLS Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 Well, he needs a new barrel now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChickenWatermelon Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q0T6lsWK2A Quote Link to post Share on other sites
supervepr Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 (edited) That is one lucky Taliban. I was trying to figure that one out. Piston placed backwards and blew all the gas (and piston) through the tube and into the dust cover? Maybe not possible but a theory:-) An AK piston is a tough piece of pig iron and could cause a ton of damage. Bad, way beyond spec ammo? Edited August 27, 2012 by supervepr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ivan le Fou Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 This Tali-AK was in fact rebuilt with homemade, and badly installed, components. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kojak Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 This Tali-AK was in fact rebuilt with homemade, and badly installed, components. Oh, was that in the incident report? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ivan le Fou Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Yes indeed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DanHS Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Most likely a Khyber Pass AK, built from scavenged parts and homemade parts, mixed with a bad round or some other failure, and BOOM! Looks like the front trunnion separated from the receiver actually, but the video is so short and blurry you can't see any detail, so you can't tell exactly why it came apart. The Mujaheddin had used a lot of Khyber Pass SMLE copies in the beginning of the Soviet invasion, many were built from metal of questionable quality, but they reloaded their own ammo with homemade gunpowder (often made using old film), which wasn't very powerful. They still reload their own 7.62x39 ammo with homemade powder and makeshift equipment, and I'm sure here and here a bad round that results in severe overpressure gets produced. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
supervepr Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 (edited) I did not know they reloaded 7.62 in that manner. Interesting. Scary...but interesting:-) A hyper-loaded round could build up enough gas to blow the piston out like a missile. It would demolish the trunion and everything in its path. Good catch, Dan. -Dave Edited August 28, 2012 by supervepr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ivan le Fou Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Thorntail mount for my AK: I like it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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