Ky1e 0 Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Its done for now. got a crappy stock just so i could shoot it. hopefully a kvar nato length soon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TxStrat 5 Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Just finished my conversion tonight. The furniture doesn't match, but I'll worry about that later... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JBubbs 17 Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 TxStrat, is that OD or Dark Earth? looks OD but my eyes can be tricksy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CPF 80 Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 TxStrat, is that OD or Dark Earth? looks OD but my eyes can be tricksy Looks like the PG is dark earth, and the stock and handguard are OD. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TxStrat 5 Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 (edited) It's just really bad light and a poor cell phone camera. They are all supposed to be Dark Earth but it's a Magpul stock, a Tapco Galil forearm and the pistol grip is from CAA. They were all marked Dark Earth but they don't match. I will take a better pic tonight. I did put the JTE main spring in and man it made a huge difference in the trigger. I am used to very clean "glass rod breaking" triggers. This still doesn't compare to the triggers I use on my competition rifles, but it's a heck of a lot better than it was.... Edited July 19, 2011 by TxStrat 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JBubbs 17 Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 I ended up using all tapco furniture cause I was worried about matching. Is the Tapco and Magpul very close or no? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TxStrat 5 Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 in good light they are closer than it appears in that pic. The pistol grip is a lot lighter than the magpul stock and tapco forearm. Honestly I didn't even give it a thought, I thought they would match a lot closer than they do. I bought everthing from CSS and this is not a shot at them. The kit had a saw grip in it, but there was an option to "upgrade" to the adjustable grip for some additional money. I can't remember exactly what it cost. I have short fat fingers and most of the time thumbhole stocks and pistol grip stocks are difficult for me to use, so I upgraded in hopes that I could use the "small" inserts. They really should have a "disclaimer" that says they might not match. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JBubbs 17 Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Yeah, I got a Tapco DE handguard and wanted the Magpul stock but was worried about the color matching so I just went with a Tapco stock body on a CAA buffer tube from CSS. I bet if you put the saw grip on you could live with it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TxStrat 5 Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Probably, but comfort and accuracy (and I mean making sure that I can do my part) are more important than a beauty contest...although I'll say that there are a lot of great looking AKs in this thread. I was thinking about utility when I went with the platic stock and forearm, but these rifles with the nice wood furniture on them really look awesome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gregomega 929 Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Thought this was the picture thread? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TxStrat 5 Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 OK, lets get this back on Topic... Here is a better pic showing that different Manuf. have a different idea of what Dark Earth is... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skyeblu 0 Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skyeblu 0 Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 My conversion Quote Link to post Share on other sites
storm1 2 Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 (edited) here is mine, i did all the work myself with some forum help, of course! Edited July 25, 2011 by storm1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Scratch 91 Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 While I'm posting pics, I figured I'd add this here. Z-Recto-finished Russian laminated wood on what I believe is an early Krebs build. I never actually shoot this thing (just once since I got it back in the 90s) as it's too purty to have it clomped around in the sticks getting scratched up. GP-30 repro is just for show. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dieb4iwake 60 Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 HOw'd u get the AFG so close to the magwell? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
storm1 2 Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 (edited) mr scratch what technique did z-recto use to refinish? is it the pine tar shellac turpentine technique? is z-recto on this site? ps super nice wood! Edited July 30, 2011 by storm1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Scratch 91 Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 mr scratch what technique did z-recto use to refinish? is it the pine tar shellac turpentine technique? is z-recto on this site? ps super nice wood! I believe it is an Ancient Chinese Secret, but Z_Recto is widely acknowledged for producing the best Russian AK refinishing. My pics here don't even do the work justice, the lamination just lights up in the sunlight. Here's a before/after of his work on someone else's milled set: He's not a contributor here so I don't know if I can post a link to his contact info, but googling "Z_recto" "Z-recto" or "Z recto" would probably enable you to track him down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
storm1 2 Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 (edited) I just did a set, with amber shellac and iodine, I stain it first with minwax "spice"... came out pretty good...I still want to experiment, ordering some more wood and that pine tar... Edited August 2, 2011 by storm1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KLIKOMAN 0 Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 maglock and stock pinned for californias awesome law lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JBubbs 17 Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 Don't you love it when you get it all back together and think you've beaten the monster just to realize you've put your hammer spring in upside down and get to do it all over again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CPF 80 Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 Don't you love it when you get it all back together and think you've beaten the monster just to realize you've put your hammer spring in upside down and get to do it all over again I know a ton of people that messed up the hammer the first time in a conversion. Me included. I guess its just easy to do Quote Link to post Share on other sites
storm1 2 Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 Don't you love it when you get it all back together and think you've beaten the monster just to realize you've put your hammer spring in upside down and get to do it all over again I guess I'm not the only one who did this! lmao!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stnls1911 55 Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Don't you love it when you get it all back together and think you've beaten the monster just to realize you've put your hammer spring in upside down and get to do it all over again I guess I'm not the only one who did this! lmao!!!! I must admit, I did the same thing as well Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TacticalGenius 4 Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 This is my work in progress, soon my stock will be an arsenal warsaw, my forearm will be the sgm tri rail, and it will have a gas tube with a vented steel upper handguard. For now it has a texas ak trigger group, phantom flash hider, hogue grip and dinzag bullet guide plus a few steel mags. It has never malfunctioned and probably never will. I am beyond happy with this project. Is your phantom flash hider the extended one or the regular length one? TG Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sandboss 0 Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 Hi all, just finished my first conversion. It was a lot of fun, can't wait to shoot it! Thanks to Dinzag and K-Var for a quick turnaround and professional service. I even lucked out and got a dimpled receiver! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CPF 80 Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 Hi all, just finished my first conversion. It was a lot of fun, can't wait to shoot it! Thanks to Dinzag and K-Var for a quick turnaround and professional service. I even lucked out and got a dimpled receiver! All Saiga's made in the past few years have had dimples. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sandboss 0 Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 Makes sense, I did most of my reading in the first half of the thread so the little knowledge I have is probably not up to date. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
irishsandman 17 Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 My IZ-132 after conversion and test-firing/sighting in. I have a TAPCO Intrafuse on the way after the Galil retainer broke. I had a short TAPCO Vertical Grip sitiing here, too. so that's next (plus I am going to get the Vortex SPARC for my UTG side rail mount). Shoots like a damn dream after the conversion. did a 70 ft sight in using the Arsenal target and tool and i had two groups in the bullseye (5 rds each) just resting off a tailgate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JBubbs 17 Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Irishsandman, who makes that grip? Really diggin it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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