I've been AWOL from MDS for several months now... Let's just say I've been busy. Had no time to breathe, let alone post (or shoot, or build). Anyway, for the first time since before Christmas, I had time to disappear into the basement for a full day, and finish (mostly) a gun that's been sitting in a tray, broken into parts, and waiting for a trip to the blasting cabinet and parking tanks...
The gun started as a demiled parts kit from a brand new M92 pistol (had to do it that way since I got this before the gun was on the roster). I built it on a receiver flat that I folded, welded, fitted, hardened, tempered, blasted, and engraved. (see http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=161803 for a discussion of how I hardened the receiver - the video in post 12 of this thread is the receiver for this gun!) The rear end is the Asian copy of the Russian/Bulgarian triangle side folder. The grip and safety switch is from the new SAM7's. The barrel is also new because the factory barrel's machining was so bad that it was unsalvageable.
The muzzle device has the interior cone removed to make it MD compliant (no folding stock and FH). I may still make something custom there, but I just don't have the time now.
A couple of acknowledgments before the pictures: 1- Thanks to the great folks at Engage Armament for sourcing the parts kit, helping with the engraving, and introducing me to the AK platform. 2- Thanks to Jim Fuller and Rifle Dynamics for bringing their awesome AK Builder class to Maryland. It was this class that gave me the knowledge and confidence in the AK platform which culminated in this build. To anyone thinking about taking the class: I highly recommend it!
Without further introduction, here is my new M92S SBR:
EDIT: Scroll down to posts 9 and 10 for more pictures and a discussion of a couple interesting issues I ran into during the build.
The gun started as a demiled parts kit from a brand new M92 pistol (had to do it that way since I got this before the gun was on the roster). I built it on a receiver flat that I folded, welded, fitted, hardened, tempered, blasted, and engraved. (see http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=161803 for a discussion of how I hardened the receiver - the video in post 12 of this thread is the receiver for this gun!) The rear end is the Asian copy of the Russian/Bulgarian triangle side folder. The grip and safety switch is from the new SAM7's. The barrel is also new because the factory barrel's machining was so bad that it was unsalvageable.
The muzzle device has the interior cone removed to make it MD compliant (no folding stock and FH). I may still make something custom there, but I just don't have the time now.
A couple of acknowledgments before the pictures: 1- Thanks to the great folks at Engage Armament for sourcing the parts kit, helping with the engraving, and introducing me to the AK platform. 2- Thanks to Jim Fuller and Rifle Dynamics for bringing their awesome AK Builder class to Maryland. It was this class that gave me the knowledge and confidence in the AK platform which culminated in this build. To anyone thinking about taking the class: I highly recommend it!
Without further introduction, here is my new M92S SBR:
EDIT: Scroll down to posts 9 and 10 for more pictures and a discussion of a couple interesting issues I ran into during the build.
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