stinker
02-15-2011, 01:24 AM
This might be a post better suited for the modification section but oh well.
The rifle is a chicom so it seems plausable for here.
Ever get that queasy gnawing feeling in your gut you're about to make a mistake?
Just for the sake of being thorough here's the only pic i have of it handy.
(i'm out on the road in an 18 wheeler atm)
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/4335/020511114100.jpg
History of the rifle.
I picked it up in a pawn shop around 1995ish for (i think) $275 exactly as you see it now but with a smaller scope that was fubared.
I bought it to shoot, not have it exclusively decorate a closet.
It's absolutely completely dependable. I pull the trigger it goes bang without exception.
Because of the dependability firing i consider it my SHTF rifle.
I allready have at least a dozen norinco 5.56x45 metal 30 round mags for it and 2 norinco 10 rounders.
The stability of that scope mount is in question. It was on the rifle when i bought it.
It's perma bolted to the left side of the receiver with 4 screws through a internal/external block base. I think it might wiggling around under recoil but i'm not sure.
Never finished zeroing it in after i took the fubared scope off and then hit the road working right after.
Just never made the time or had enough money until now.
I just recently found out about the 922 compliance rules.
I had my dad snap that pic was elated when i saw the receiver was not slant cut and of course immediately went bats**t nuts buying parts.
The things i have so far...
ATI strikeforce kit with the aluminum upgrades
New receiver buffer(just in case)
New pistol grip screw(just in case)
Tapco G2 double hook group
Things i'm thinking about doing to it.
Swap out the front sight block so i can have threads again(not enough there to just thread it)
Swap out the gas block thingamajig so the bayo lug is restored.
With those two i can again put a cleaning rod back on it(impossible currently)
Yank that scope mount off and have a gunsmith plug the holes(maybe)
If either Krebs, TWS or someone gets around to making a quality quick release beryl rail that will work on a chinese rifle the maybe will become a definitely for yanking off that mount.
Hole plugging will most likely mean completely refinishing the receiver.
I also have an AR mag adapter allready on the way, which is the most important part of my concerns.
It means milling the receiver of a somewhat unusual rifle.
Since it's to be a SHTF rifle in 5.56 and it takes perhaps the hardest to find magazines i think i've ever seen i think it makes complete sense to make it able to use a magazine you could grab from any dead soldier or some misc butthole that does'nt know how to clean his jammed ar-15 every single day(no bias there, no way, no how :laugh:)
Bottom line...I want a 5.56 AK that can use ar15 mags.
I allways have since i first saw the adapters that are factory made for the galil, but a galil was allways way too expensive.
Am i being an idiot for planning to do all that to this particular rifle or should i keep it intact from any permanent changes?
Or should i just suck it up and shuck out the big bucks to buy a saiga 5.56 or an arsenal because i'd be stupid to grind on that rifle?
Opinions please.
The rifle is a chicom so it seems plausable for here.
Ever get that queasy gnawing feeling in your gut you're about to make a mistake?
Just for the sake of being thorough here's the only pic i have of it handy.
(i'm out on the road in an 18 wheeler atm)
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/4335/020511114100.jpg
History of the rifle.
I picked it up in a pawn shop around 1995ish for (i think) $275 exactly as you see it now but with a smaller scope that was fubared.
I bought it to shoot, not have it exclusively decorate a closet.
It's absolutely completely dependable. I pull the trigger it goes bang without exception.
Because of the dependability firing i consider it my SHTF rifle.
I allready have at least a dozen norinco 5.56x45 metal 30 round mags for it and 2 norinco 10 rounders.
The stability of that scope mount is in question. It was on the rifle when i bought it.
It's perma bolted to the left side of the receiver with 4 screws through a internal/external block base. I think it might wiggling around under recoil but i'm not sure.
Never finished zeroing it in after i took the fubared scope off and then hit the road working right after.
Just never made the time or had enough money until now.
I just recently found out about the 922 compliance rules.
I had my dad snap that pic was elated when i saw the receiver was not slant cut and of course immediately went bats**t nuts buying parts.
The things i have so far...
ATI strikeforce kit with the aluminum upgrades
New receiver buffer(just in case)
New pistol grip screw(just in case)
Tapco G2 double hook group
Things i'm thinking about doing to it.
Swap out the front sight block so i can have threads again(not enough there to just thread it)
Swap out the gas block thingamajig so the bayo lug is restored.
With those two i can again put a cleaning rod back on it(impossible currently)
Yank that scope mount off and have a gunsmith plug the holes(maybe)
If either Krebs, TWS or someone gets around to making a quality quick release beryl rail that will work on a chinese rifle the maybe will become a definitely for yanking off that mount.
Hole plugging will most likely mean completely refinishing the receiver.
I also have an AR mag adapter allready on the way, which is the most important part of my concerns.
It means milling the receiver of a somewhat unusual rifle.
Since it's to be a SHTF rifle in 5.56 and it takes perhaps the hardest to find magazines i think i've ever seen i think it makes complete sense to make it able to use a magazine you could grab from any dead soldier or some misc butthole that does'nt know how to clean his jammed ar-15 every single day(no bias there, no way, no how :laugh:)
Bottom line...I want a 5.56 AK that can use ar15 mags.
I allways have since i first saw the adapters that are factory made for the galil, but a galil was allways way too expensive.
Am i being an idiot for planning to do all that to this particular rifle or should i keep it intact from any permanent changes?
Or should i just suck it up and shuck out the big bucks to buy a saiga 5.56 or an arsenal because i'd be stupid to grind on that rifle?
Opinions please.