ken792
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So I got this Romak 991. JB at NOVA Firearms was going to Dremel out the mag well to take double stack mags, but never got around to it, so he let me take it off his hands at a very generous price. JB is such a nice guy that he let me pay for it and held on to it while I became a VA resident and waited for my driver's license to turn 30 days old before I could pick it up.
The Romak 991 is a single stack AK, that only takes their proprietary mags. This is an early one dated 1999, so it has a single stack trunnion. As I understand it, the early WASR's also had single stack trunnions, which Century simply milled out. The obvious problem is that it grinds away the insides of two trunnion rivets, but the rifle still works fine. Later on, they switched to double stack trunnions, so it was a lot easier to convert those rifles.
The bolt lug is slightly thinner than a regular AK bolt, to be able to fit through the single stack mag, but the sides aren't beveled like on some other single stack AK's like the Zastava PAP, so it will still work with double stack mags.
My goal is to have an evil AK for under $100 total. A coworker gave me some takeoff furniture from a Century RAS-47, so I just need a US trigger group for 922r compliance. I'll keep posting as it progresses.
Here's what it looked like originally with the ugly stock.
Here, I have cut the mag well out. I left it a hair on the small side so that I can carefully fit it larger later. I got started on the trunnion, but the aluminum oxide stone isn't doing too great on it, so I need to find my carbide cutter. After the trunnion, I just need to cut back those mag supports you see in the center.
The Romak 991 is a single stack AK, that only takes their proprietary mags. This is an early one dated 1999, so it has a single stack trunnion. As I understand it, the early WASR's also had single stack trunnions, which Century simply milled out. The obvious problem is that it grinds away the insides of two trunnion rivets, but the rifle still works fine. Later on, they switched to double stack trunnions, so it was a lot easier to convert those rifles.
The bolt lug is slightly thinner than a regular AK bolt, to be able to fit through the single stack mag, but the sides aren't beveled like on some other single stack AK's like the Zastava PAP, so it will still work with double stack mags.
My goal is to have an evil AK for under $100 total. A coworker gave me some takeoff furniture from a Century RAS-47, so I just need a US trigger group for 922r compliance. I'll keep posting as it progresses.
Here's what it looked like originally with the ugly stock.
Here, I have cut the mag well out. I left it a hair on the small side so that I can carefully fit it larger later. I got started on the trunnion, but the aluminum oxide stone isn't doing too great on it, so I need to find my carbide cutter. After the trunnion, I just need to cut back those mag supports you see in the center.
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