AK parts kit

[highpower]

OP, I think you scored big time getting an original barreled kit. As for building options, if you want it done right the first time, pay a known good builder to put it together.

Quite honestly, it's not worth the cost of the tooling (plan on $300-400 or so) to do only one. In my experience, the learning curve is rather steep and while a mistake probably wouldn't hurt the major pieces, I personally wouldn't want to ruin a receiver and have to get another and start over. I am somewhat OCD and even something like a cosmetic flaw would drive me nuts until I fixed it.

I have a couple kits that I had built by Two Rivers and while they aren't inexpensive, IMO it was worth the time and expense. While I haven't seen AR15barrels work, I would talk to him and see what he wants to assemble it.

This is my Two Rivers built 1958 Polish Kbk-N. I went a little overboard and sourced all original accessories for it including a period correct night vision scope, type1 Polish sling bipod and NOS '58 dated bayonet with frog.






And the Yugo M72B1 RPK they did for me.

[vf111]

Don't forget about Nicororishi and 69mach1

Is 69mach1 still around? I heard his shop closed...

[vf111]

This is my Two Rivers built 1958 Polish Kbk-N. I went a little overboard and sourced all original accessories for it including a period correct night vision scope, type1 Polish sling bipod and NOS '58 dated bayonet with frog.

Now I gotta look for a milled AK kit....

[vf111]

OP: I just had a Romanian G kit built up by my regular 'smith in Sac on an NDS-1 receiver. All matching kit with the original barrel. He said it was a piece of cake to build.

[BigPimping]

Nicoroshi Is the absolute guru on these rifles. His depth of knowledge was just crazy. He wrote a really good book about building them. "Build your own AK." By Nicoroshi. I believe it is still available on Amazon.com.

Sadly I have not seen Nico on here for quite some time.

[rlewpolar]

That night vision scope blew my mind. How much does it weight? Does it work?




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[ar15barrels]

Nicoroshi Is the absolute guru on these rifles. His depth of knowledge was just crazy. He wrote a really good book about building them. "Build your own AK." By Nicoroshi. I believe it is still available on Amazon.com.

Sadly I have not seen Nico on here for quite some time.

I think the last sighting was in Fresno around 2013.

https://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=768480

[AKSOG]

I think the last sighting was in Fresno around 2013.

https://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/...d.php?t=768480

His account had a login last year

[highpower]

That night vision scope blew my mind. How much does it weight? Does it work?




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I got it straight out of Poland. It had been serviced and tested back in 1964. I tried it and darned if it doesn't still function.

Since it has a rather large battery pack and the technology dates to the late '50's, it is kind of heavy. The entire kit in it's transport case comes in at about 28 pounds including battery and spares. Mounted on the rifle it adds around 12 lbs.

[rlewpolar]

I got it straight out of Poland. It had been serviced and tested back in 1964. I tried it and darned if it doesn't still function.

Since it has a rather large battery pack and the technology dates to the late '50's, it is kind of heavy. The entire kit in it's transport case comes in at about 28 pounds including battery and spares. Mounted on the rifle it adds around 12 lbs.

Love it, thanks [emoji106]


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[SVT-40]

That night vision scope blew my mind. How much does it weight? Does it work?

There is also a second generation Soviet night vision scopes. The below scope was made in November of 1981. It was intended for use on the AK-74 rifle. You can see the similarity to US second Gen "Starlight" night vision. It's a totally passive NV scope and doesn't use the infrared illuminator as the first gen did.

The unit below is new and never issued. It too works. Another cool AK accessory to collect!!

[rlewpolar]

AK parts kit

There is also a second generation Soviet night vision scopes. The below scope was made in November of 1981. It was intended for use on the AK-74 rifle. You can see the similarity to US second Gen "Starlight" night vision. It's a totally passive NV scope and doesn't use the UV illuminator as the first gen did.

The unit below is new and never issued. It too works. Another cool AK accessory to collect!!

Great stuff. Could you use an separate illuminator if you wanted to? My limited experience with NV is that an illuminator, especially a modern long range 850mW one will bring a Gen 2 unit to almost to Gen3 level.


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[SVT-40]

Great stuff. Could you use an separate illuminator if you wanted to? My limited experience with NV is that an illuminator, especially a modern long range 850mW one will bring a Gen 2 unit to almost to Gen3 level.

You could us a infrared light as a supplement, but you would be like a lighthouse beacon to anyone who had passive NV equipment. That's what was the great advantage of passive systems over active ones.