kmanator

Me likey!.

Another fun day at the range...This is a 5 shot group at 100 yards with the red dot resting the front grip on the table..red dot covers the target at that distance..well with in "minute of man" with a 14 inch barrel...I'm sure a scope will tighten it up a bit .

Back from the range again...Need to add some meat to the rear catch on the magazine..Click on picture for video

Curious to know if you compared the over all length of the 2 ? What was the projectile profile..super pointy or more of a round nose? Trying to figure out why the 54r binds on tips of a stuffed mag? According to the internet..they are not identical. 54r case is .22mm longer and OAL is .16mm longer?....just enough to bind in the mag. http://en.wikipedia....wiki/7.62x53mmR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.62x54R

Yes,The mags are finicky to say the least! As long as the feed lips don't get distorted they run fine when they're dialed in.Hand loads work the best in them because you can set the bullet a tad deeper to make the overall length shorter to prevent binding at the bottom of a stuffed mag.The mags are actually designed for the Fiinnish Lahti 26 cartridge 7.62 x 53R that is 1 mm shorter in length than what we are shooting today thats availible....OK...Back from the range today for some range results. This is my first experience in the red dot arena and with my failing vision I had a little problem

Thanks to all that replied and yes....Home cheapo birch plywood...was a MOFO to get the color to match the factory romy grip..Started with Swedish Pine Tar then numerous min-wax colors to tweek it in.

Finally finished up my PSL shorty build.Plethora of Combloc parts used,Welded FAL flash hider,14 inch Romanian PSL barrel left over from my PSL bull barrel build.Russian Saiga front sight.Yugoslavian M70 grenade launcher gas block with a drop in gas regulator screw insert,Romy lower hand guard with Polish laminate upper.Receiver is a kmanco folded flat with a Hungarian AMD rear trunnion.Hardwood birch laminate butt stock and grip.El Cheapo red dot for now 'till my PK 1 comes in.Finnish Lahti 26 20rd. mag.

Very nice indeed!

That is the same barrel I used for this build....I picked up a few....

Well guy's,Finally got to get to the range today for more ammo testing.Today I was shooting some quality boxer primed brass cased Privy 150 grain soft point and some 182 grain FMJ's. As I suspected the previous rupture brass case problem was ammo related,These cartridges shot flawlessly with zero ruptures or deformity. As far as the accuracy the 150 gr. was all over the place and the 182gr was about 1 inch groups..this barrel defiantly likes the heavy stuff the best.Now time to dial in with some handloads...After I do my happy dance....kman

Thanks...The gas block was a custom 2 pc. design that i made from 3/4 round bar and tig welded to the 1 inch chromoly tubing barrel band.Has a stainless 1/4- 20 cap screw modified for the air screw needle jet..It is pinned in place with 1/8 inch pins.

I did not take any "off"..I had to make the elevated support ring by carefully scooping the chamber end with out touching the overall length of the existing chamber.This was done before the headspacing pin was drilled,which is just a matter of how deep the barrel is in the trunnion.When I tried to headspace in the original configuration I could not get it to headspace.I realized the PSL bolt pocket is very deep and swallows the rim of the cartridge.Mimic what the original PSL barrel ring looks like....kman

If the square body is still there it is easy to restore with a mig welder and a dremmel cut off wheel the shape the bead...Here is one I restored on a psl.And yea,I know it opened up the 922 can of worms but I prepared for that with the build parts..kman

Very high quality looking part Any chance of hi-cap PSL mags on the horizon?

Way kool...love the fire tiger stripes on the furniture and the gasblock/sight combo How ya diggen the mil-dot? That's what I have on my Bull PSL and like it much better than the chevrons

Beautiful sculpture....I would display that up on my dining room table as a center piece

And was a Gilligans Island episide

I think NY has a weight restriction on pistols...they can't weigh more than 50 ounces?...some one from NY please chime in on this law.I only know this from the many request from NY forum members to weigh my super shorty's...and yes they are over the weight limit...kman

the front gap is factory purpose.With out that gap the sight block could hit the trunnion as the barrel is being pushed in for headspacing.The cover gap is acceptable as long as the cover stays put when shooting.You can tighten it up a little by carefully bending the rear lower edge out making the cover a tad longer.Those gaps are exactly how Kalashnikov designed it.

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As in Tennessee Guns International

OK Gent's...Got to the range today to continue the ammo test for this.A friend of mine that collects mosins gave me an assortment of different mil-surp ammo to test and this is brass cased 1954 Bulgarian heavy ball,2 shot groups x two 100 yards to start the session. Well about the 6th shot somethings wrong...big pop..top cover off Turns out the brass cases don't like the unsupported part of the chamber where the extractor cut is and peels open like a sardine can. The result.. OK that's ends testing of the brass today.Next up..1956 Polish steel heavy ball. This 3 shot x three g

LOL....the PSL was finished with alumahyde II in matte black

that was a 5.45 tantal parts kit i acquired in a trade that i made a modified AMD wire folder and a modified sks paratrooper bayo that was made to fold sideways instead of under.

I have found that the biggest critics of ak pistols are the guys that never handled one or don't have the skills to build one[AMD cut barrel kit$99.00]...That super short is mine and has 1-7/8 inches of rifling,measures 12 inches from tip to tip and can truly be shot like a pistol[one hand],Is just as accurate as a stub nosed revolver at 25 yards[7 inch group freehand]accepts a 75 round drum,chronoed at 1200 fps,fits hidden under my arm in a shoulder rig and baggy shirt,Makes one hell of a fire ball,and scares the shit out of Fudd's Click on pic. below for vid.