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Looks like it will work good, not interfere with operation, and offer a good deal of leverage to work the saftey much better than some other attempts I've seen. All you need to do now man is get it coated.

 

Looks good and well executed.

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Thanks.

 

Already done. I just took the pictures before painting, so that the contrast would make it easier to see. Painted, it looks as though it was installed at factory. I am sure that people who are not already familiar with kalashnikovs would assume that the factory put it there. My cousin has a stamped and welded one with a curved tab. That is more comfortable, but would be difficult to execute.

 

Come to think of it, what is the factory's excuse for not putting one on every AK? It is such a clear improvement at effectively no cost.

 

It also serves as a good comfortable place to rest your trigger finger between shots. That promotes good safety, and naturally reminds you to take the safety off before attempting to fire. It is pretty easy to flick the safety off while shouldering as you aim at a clay. Resetting the safety is also very natural and easy.

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I like the shit outta that the more I look at it. I may have to do something similar for my SGL. The safety on it is a pain to work. Its very stiff. I also like how you followed the contour of the factroy lines in the sheet metal for a very clean look.

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Thanks CH. If you notice, I am offering to do this for a 4 more people in the PIF thread.

 

CH- if your safety is stiff, you need to lift it past your safety stop, rotate it down as far as it will go. Then sit on the gun and lift upward on the safety very hard, while pressing with the other hand at the pivot point Tweak back and forth as needed. My other gun needed two hands to move from the factory it was so tight. Now they are both easily moved with index finger and click at each stop. I also put a divot in the safety scratch at a mid point that is 'safe' yet allows the bolt to be cycled to charge or clear, so long as the hammer is already cocked.

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ak builder sell one ready to get riveted in for like $10

 

It would take as long to order that as to make this. I find my own work looks as good and is more satisfying. I did two of these in under an hour while taking pictures. (not counting painting mine.)

 

Nothing wrong with going that route though. IIRC theirs is level in the safe position instead of the fire. I think the angle on mine looks better and feels better.

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Very good tutorial; thank you for sharing.

 

Speaking of running the safety: Western World overlooks the fact that Soviets (and many Comblock allies) were (and still are) trained to ...run with safety off.

Basically, safety goes OFF and stays there until the exercise complete or threat alleviated.

Even more: combat patrol and CQ/urban search ops performed with finger on the trigger, and that applies to rifles (and MGs) and so the handguns.

 

Since this is being practiced since early days of Civic Defense and JROTC-like programs,"finger ON" is very natural to them, and accidental discharges are very rare.

Para-military training was dropped as mandatory school program, but available to many as elective, and slowly gaining momentum.

 

However, I do NOT advocate adopting such "foreign" concept on the fly here, suddenly breaking the good and well established rule of "finger OFF".

This is for "illustration purposes only".

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Thanks.

 

Interesting info. Sounds to me like their training is a work around for a poor design rather than a "best practice".

 

The most common gunshot wound of US soldiers in the middle east is supposedly caused by carrying the m4 on a single point sling. With the muzzle dangling down and to the left, the trigger snags on something on the chest area, and the rifle fires in around the right side of the left knee and the projectile exits around the left side of the left ankle. I've seen a few pictures, and they serve as a good counter point to "the 556 is a poodle shooter...." The mistake was that the safety was either off, or got bumped off. True some are finger discipline too, but many are not.

 

Anyway, I would expect there would be some similar problems with soviet soldiers running with safeties off. One thing we do know is that the Soviets never liked to accurately report their failures, so I suspect there were more than we hear about.

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