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I have a Romanian AKMS that I have "Sovietized" and have the chance of a genuine stamped Soviet stock complete with the mechanism.My question is can I just swap the stocks or do I have to change everything?.Has anyone done this and can tell me whats involved?.

British law says self defense must be proportionate, self defense cannot be used as a valid reason to possess firearms.Gun crime is pretty rare over here but knife crime is quite high, especially amongst teenage gangs in the cities.

Thank you SIM_player, there is now a 1939 Izhevsk 91/30 added to the family With regard to reversing the laws there is an online petition on the go to get the ban on semiauto rifles and handguns repealed.If the petition reaches 100k (iirc) then parliament have to debate it in the House Of Commons but I don't think they will be repealed especially when the US goverment are looking at tighter gun control.

Nothing some fine steel wool wouldn't sort out ,far too shiny and I don't believe any firearm,let alone an AK,should be considered too beautiful(?) to shoot.

I had to file some off the end of my gas tube, didn't have to take much off and it now locks in perfectly.Just take your time and keep trying it so you don't take too much off,as soon as the lever locks down thats it.

I remember seeing a pic somewhere of an Afghan guy with a bicycle chain as a sling!.

On a traditional AKM with a short slant muzzle brake (actually more a compensator than a brake) the bayonet lug is on the gas block.On an AK-74 with the longer muzzle brake the bayonet lug is on the front sight block.

atakacorp............its a Belomo PK-A not the Venezuela version. Over here i can get a pair of Izhmash or Tula Bakelites for around £30 (GBP) and steel 30r mags work out at around £10 each.Milsurp mags are easy to get, aftermarket polymer ones not so.Dragunov mags are rare here, some places charge nearly £100 for them.

Not getting the serf/display piece thing?! He is referencing the fact that you reside within a constitutional monarchy, wherein the Queen and Her Men are granted licence to do as they please and own what they will, whilst the peasantry must wade through an ocean of red tape to lawfully purchase a pale imitation of the weaponry of the nobility. Or something like that.I very much doubt that the Queen sleeps with an AKS-74U beneath her pillow - but I've been wrong before. I thought everyone knows she has a Sten and a SMLE under the bed!

Not getting the serf/display piece thing?!

I had one of those nc star scopes on a M44 carbine and the recoil made it self destruct!,it just started falling to bits.

Following the debacle will the Isreali K98 that was wildly inaccurate (and sold to a re-enactor to shoot blanks through) I have purchased a Charnwood Ordnance No4 Mk1 Lee Enfield in 7.62 NATO that is immaculate and shoots like a dream with the irons and I sold my M44 Carbine and bought a 91/30 thats a 1939 Izhevsk with matching numbers and also shoots very well for a 74 year old rifle

It's a 1939 Izhevsk going by the date and arsenal stamps.The first two letters of the serial number are Russian Cyrillic not Latin.Originally it would have looked like mine, which is also a 1939 Izhevsk.Photo was taken on Saturday just gone,also bought the Lee Enfield No4 Mk1 which is a L8A4 7.62 NATO conversion IMG_20130917_212001.JPG OP.....you've done a nice job there,if its saved a rifle from being scrapped and given it a new lease of life then good luck to you the stamp "POO" to the left of the SA is Latin. Its the same as the original S# which is Cyrilic. That is a BATFE requirement.

It's a 1939 Izhevsk going by the date and arsenal stamps.The first two letters of the serial number are Russian Cyrillic not Latin.Originally it would have looked like mine, which is also a 1939 Izhevsk.Photo was taken on Saturday just gone,also bought the Lee Enfield No4 Mk1 which is a L8A4 7.62 NATO conversion IMG_20130917_212001.JPG OP.....you've done a nice job there,if its saved a rifle from being scrapped and given it a new lease of life then good luck to you Thanks. Nice pair of rifles you have there. Does the Mosin have all matching #'s? All matching numbers and more arsenal stamp

It's a 1939 Izhevsk going by the date and arsenal stamps.The first two letters of the serial number are Russian Cyrillic not Latin.Originally it would have looked like mine, which is also a 1939 Izhevsk.Photo was taken on Saturday just gone,also bought the Lee Enfield No4 Mk1 which is a L8A4 7.62 NATO conversion OP.....you've done a nice job there,if its saved a rifle from being scrapped and given it a new lease of life then good luck to you

Goes to show you learn something new every day then Are the windage and elevation turrets marked in English or Russian?.

To my knowledge all Russian siderail mounted optics slide on from the stock end of the rail.I have a POSP 8x42vd on a SVDS and another on an AKM, a PK-A red dot and a 1pn34 night vision scope and all attach from the stock end.They any of them slide on from the barrel end there is nothing that acts as an arrestor and recoil will cause them to creep forward and fall off.

Thicker barrel and receiver on the SVDS,plus most of the stock is tubular steel. SVD = 4.3kg SVDS = 4.68kg

Don't know if you noticed but this thread is over 2 years old now

Shooting wise I don't know yet as I haven't shot the full length one at the range yet.There is a difference in weight though,with the SVDS being heavier.

Nice, I like that a lot Have a look on the net, plenty of Russian/Ukrainian sellers with wood furniture.Some nice Soviet laminates the way to go

Thank you If its any consolation I feel the same way, as yours is semi auto as Mr Dragunov intended.

Looking good I wonder if these two will breed? DSC_0167.jpg Yours? yes indeed.i couldn't help my self, it was telling me to buy it!.On the lookout for wood furniture now,got handguards so just need a stock........and another scope, more mags etc etc!!!

Looking good I wonder if these two will breed?

Hello and welcome It looks nice to me, i would leave the buttstock as it is, the light patch is unique