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[SJgunguy24]

Did you TIG the trunnions to get the penetration you needed, and did you fill the holes with rod or leave the rivets in place?

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[SJgunguy24]

No I did not TIG I MIG welded everything. I left the Rivets in placed and drilled 1/4 inch holes in the flat then drilled into the trunnions to open them up.

I had a guy bring in gun that was a screw build and I had to shot some wire in there to fill the holes, then build up the weld material. I took it down and welded the receiver to the trunnion. Tacked in a couple of spots on the inside to make sure it wouldn't move.
You build looks clean. Flap wheel?

[AndrewMendez]

Nice! Very nice!

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[Sky_DiveR]

Ha Ha Ha. Good to see it all worked out for ya. Lookin' pretty snazzy.

Heck of alot faster than your 74, huh? Did you finish pinning the barrel?

Funny... I don't recall seeing that mask before.

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Ha Ha Ha. Good to see it all worked out for ya. Lookin' pretty snazzy.

Heck of alot faster than your 74, huh? Did you finish pinning the barrel?

Funny... I don't recall seeing that mask before.

That's a Miller auto hood.

You could always chop the front sight and weld it to the gas block.
I used a POS flux core but didn't get full penetration. This is after I TIG welded it.


I use the 2" roloc's with an angle grinder also. I finish with a 120 and a fine fiber disk. Don't even know the holes were there.

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[SixPointEight]

I approve of where this rifle is headed. Leaving the flash hider? Or going with a fake can for the magpul look?

[SJgunguy24]

I did think about it but I noticed the GB on my AK was originally pinned crooked and I am to lazy to weld the barrel and reset the pins so I am just gonna scrap it and find the right one. I am gonna keep the rifle this time so I want it right (in my opinion) also I wont be putting a different rear sight on it and re-setting the front sight to the leaf sight seems to more work than its worth.

You can knock the gas block over to where it needs to be and just redrill the holes at 1/8". The OE pins are 3mm IIRC and 1/8" is 3.14mm or something like that and just re pin using 1/8" dowel rod. It's enough to set it properly but not enough to eat into the barrel excessively.

When I moved the sight back I also moved the rear to the cover. It's really tight and doesn't shift at all. I milled out where the rear used to be and installed a rail that matches up with the UTG hand guard. It's just sitting there in that pic, I want to get some steel rail and weld it in place when I'm not broke.

I've built a couple of custom jobs and a ton of standard AK's. I like to just see where it goes but have a general idea of what I want.

[Sky_DiveR]

WHAAAAAAAT! No No No No! The GB was not crooked when I sold it to ya! j/k

Sorry bout that dude. I didn't notice it was crooked. Thought it was all fairly straight when I got it. Ya know... better give it back to me. I don't like selling shoddy merchandise. I'll even replace the flat for ya. Whaddya say??