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The hole at the back of the gas chamber is to allow gases to escape behind the puck, and eliminate resistance to the puck/piston moving back. It serves an important purpose and should not be interfered with or blocked. If the carrier rod is loose, you may want to have a gunsmith familiar with AK's have a look at it. Edit: If it is a Tromix gun, contact Tromix and ask about the carrier rod. WS

I'd check that out with PSG. It's military ammo of Arab manufacture. Hard primers and misfires, FTF's would be a concern if I were buying. Maybe some of the vets on the forum could shed some light on Arab made 7.62 X 39.

Well you can gripe about it buddy, but it doesn't change anything. Wish I could get decent 5.56 at .20 per round :dollar: :dollar: Happy new year to you and yours! Be safe and go well... WS

For that price you can try it out and give US a range report Chevyman. Looks like a smokin' deal. WS

Nice!

Maybe... No doubt they have already picked the perp's home clean..... WS

My advice, leave it as it is and don't attempt to modify it. If you want an AR saftey -- shoot your AR. The AK safety was designed for the AK, and has worked brilliantly as designed for over 60 years. You'll get used to it pretty quickly;) WS

At that point, I believe shooting the assailant is justified and necessary This is different from the one I remember. The one I was thinking about is where a homeowner came home and found a thief in his garage. The thief was a career criminal and drug addict as I recall. The homeowner was also a marine and confronted the thief. A fight ensued and at some point the criminal took off running. The homeowner gave chase and at a couple of points additional fights ensued. The homeowner was trying to detain the thief. The criminal repeatedly told the homeowner that he knew where the guy

His response should have been "Are you feeling lucky - punk?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnMLGkj91Og Classic! And then there's this one......

Well, he did have other options. We are instructed not to give chase, and not to shoot unless we believe our own life, or the lives of others (innocents) may be in immediate danger. We are also not required to retreat, and I cannot remember an occasion where a property owner was prosecuted for killing a burglar/home invader inside the home or immediately on the property. We actually had a case where a Marine, just out of the service gave chase to, and killed a criminal he had just caught burglarizing a business. Apparently, the burglars mad the mistake of turning on the Marine who then s

They seem to come in handy dialing in coordinates for a remote hit on terrorists camps as well. BTW, my favorite new GPS product is the one that gets you lost, and then calls in rescue to save your retarded ass....LMAO!!! WS

After spending years on unfamiliar roads here and abroad, using roadmaps and relying upon the kindness of strangers to navigate, I think GPS is pretty damned neat! As an early adopter, I started using DeLorme with a tethered GPS receiver (the size of my fist) on my laptop in the mid 90's. The one bad experience I had was as a result of taking a chance by using the shortest route function instead of staying on main routes. Long story short, I ended up on in a blizzard on a Colorado mountain pass looking at twelve foot drifts between me and my destination for the evening. I turned aro

Tony's the expert on SBS's. Makes sense to me too. You don't use an SBS to go dove or quail hunting (usually). WS

I don't think those engaged in military or police training are limited to California neutered mag releases. Were those 7.62 or .308? I suspect .308. WS One of the instructors is in the background, stating that "it is going to go straight back". I'm guessing he is telling them to expect the recoil to be X axis rather than Y axis (no muzzle climb).

Interesting. I have a couple of S-12 videos on You Tube, and Brazil is a consistent, and significant origin point for viewers. They like em' down there. WS

Agreed Cobra. For some reason, I did not see the post from Will - may have been an earlier version of the thread. Anyhow, it looks like one hell of a deal! WS

I get around $1650 for one of my custom builds, but a great deal of extra work has gone into refining and modding the internals, and gas system. they are first and foremost built for performance, and hands down guaranteed to shoot damn near anything you want to cycle through them. If the gun you are looking at meets all of those criteria, it's a bargain. But look for terms like "NIB". "NIB" for an S12 conversion can be the kiss of death. It usually means the gun has never been function tested. And, I have personally worked on beautiful "NIB" conversions that were sent to me because they di

Sounds too easy. I had read from a few sites describing their own horn project that it is easier to find a horn to suit an existing rim than it is to make a rim for your horn. They suggested finding a nice silver bangle or something for the rim, and like you said, a thimble for the terminal. Bah, I say. I'm going with 20 gauge pewter sheet. I have a hard time envisioning that it will be subjected to temperatures anywhere near the melting point of even the beeswax I will be using to seal the inside with. (This seal will be in addition to the food-safe lacquer already on the horn.)

Hmmm.. Pewter has a relatively low melting point, and Aluminum can be tricky. One thing that did occur to me was to look for metal vessels that already have a size and taper equivalent to the horn you are using. Then, all you would need would be a hacksaw to cut a slice out and you'd be good to go for the rim. Perhaps a metal shot glass with the bottom sawed off, and thimble for the tip to grace the bottom portion It's a thought anyway;) WS

Yeah, and put something in there that's fit to drink! WS

If you do decide to go the strip route, there is a quick and dirty way to make a template without having to do a great deal of advance measurement. Use wide strips of regular masking tape to cover the areas you want to surround with metal. Over the masking tape, use blue painters tape around the horn in the same dimensions and area you want to encircle with metal. Wrap a couple of times until you have a workable thickness. Once you are satisfied that you have the area you want "masked' perfectly with the painters tape, using an Exacto knife make a straight vertical cut in the painters tape

LOL!!! You didn't acknowledge my post... OUCH!!! that's ok. I can take the dis. I do this kind of stuff for a living - every day. Enjoy the PMC. I recommend against attempting to fire it 'in situ', but do as you like... Any way you approach it, it's bound to be a learning experience! WS

If all you need are rims on the top and tip, start by making paper templates that fit, and increase the diameter of the templates by the thickness of the metal. If you don't have the equipment to braze it together, find a metalsmith who does, and have he or she do it. Your object is conical, so mount the top and bottom strips from the bottom up moving it up the conical shape until you have a tight fit. You can take out slack with a plastic or hard rubber mallet. Just be sure the metal is well annealed (dead soft), and that you don't hit it so hard that you break the horn itself. Use epoxy to s

LOL!!! The huge rat target on the wall is a nice touch.... Russian prairie dogs....

Nice gun! Looks like a RH folding stock? Do you remember if the stock on the gun was a folder, and if so, which way the stock on the gun folded? Thanks in advance. WS