RPK 3 Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 The barrel mount was very simple and its very solid. Just got lucky that the drill bit was the perfect diameter. What did you use to saw the clamp after drilling the hole? It looks very tight, almost as if you made each piece separate off of two holes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jamesavery22 54 Posted January 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 I think I did what you're saying... The piece started at the height it is without the bottom halves of the "clamp" part. I milled the bottom of the rail and the bottom of the two small pieces as flat as I could. Made the mounting holes, tapped the holes on the rail side and screwed everything together. So no big hole drilled yet. Mounted the assembled piece in the vice vertically then drilled the big hole. So all three pieces didnt start as one, got drilled, them separated. They started as separated pieces, got assembled then the main hole got drilled. That make sense? I feel lost... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gtnichols 51 Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Yeah, I want to buy the bi-pod, PM sent Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jamesavery22 54 Posted February 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 (edited) More pics. New front HG and new Grip. Made a copy of Dinzag's front HG bolt on retainer. Edited February 16, 2009 by jamesavery22 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jailbait 2 Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 it's just to sexy. to bad your not going to make more of the sights. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jamesavery22 54 Posted February 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Thanks Jailbait, I'm proud of what I made but its really a poor design. Zero'ing the iron sights with this design is a bitch. I don't even know if it could be done without the Aimpoint. What I've done(changed Aimpoints a couple of times): mount the Aimpoint zero the aimpoint at 50 yards loosing the screws on the mount barely knock the front sight left or right so it lines up with the zero'ed Aimpoint dot So I need to come up with a better design Quote Link to post Share on other sites
talaananthes 3 Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 Zero'ing may be an annoyance . . . but I would absolutely buy one of these. They'd be most awesome in combination with a windage adjustable rear sight, which I have. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mogunner 240 Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 Screw the paint, you should ship that to me and let me powder coat it in a nice matte black poly! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jamesavery22 54 Posted March 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Zero'ing may be an annoyance . . . but I would absolutely buy one of these. They'd be most awesome in combination with a windage adjustable rear sight, which I have. That's actually exactly what I ended up with on this rifle. Switched to a Troy front flip sight and an RPK rear adjustable sight. Simplified things. Can adjust windage and elevation with no tools(well need a knife or unfired round to push the front sight plunger down). Screw the paint, you should ship that to me and let me powder coat it in a nice matte black poly! Hehe I recently finished a 6061-T6511 picatinny mount for a M951. I sent it off to US anondizing for a hard anondizing finish. Assuming all goes well with that piece I'll be sending this old picatinny barrel mount as well as some other pieces to Victor as well. I probably should have done a retro on this rifle. I've put over 4000+ rounds through the rifle since the last post in 2009 in this thread. I did have some other work done. The barrel was pressed out, GB & rear sight block pressed off, barrel was cut and threaded, rear sight block pressed back on, normal front HG installed, GB pressed back on, FSC47 blind pinned, and barrel assembly returned to me and pressed back into the receiver. A Troy front sight was given to me. Had a tad less wiggle than the MI so swapped them. Rifle is still going strong. Just did some snap shot drills with it a couple of weeks ago. It is still my favorite AK out of my 5.45, 107UR, and other 16" AK's. It's the second lightest to the 107UR. One thing I'd change if I could is the FSC47. Would prefer a pure flash hider. FSC isn't bad but I don't feel the compensation and braking is worth the flash and noise. That's a permanent part of this rifle now. My 107UR is a fun gun but being an SBR make it a bitch to travel with. This Saiga is what I default to in a non-gun gear looking bag to lock in the trunk. It is also the best "handling" AK I have. Easier to control muzzle rise wise than the 107UR, quicker to get on target from carry than a 16" AK, and much lighter. 107UR beats it in weight only by a few ounces. The beer can FH adds a lot of weight. One gadget addition I gave it was a gear sector E1e offset mount and a E1e head/Aleph 123x1 body/e2d clicky/kuk427 XP-g tower light. Smallest & lightest weapon worthy light I could find. Pre-install of the kuku tower: I've been happy with the front sight mount. Held zero and taken a beating. Just needs to be hard anodized. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
talaananthes 3 Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Will you make and sell me one sized for a 7.62x39 Saiga barrel? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jamesavery22 54 Posted March 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Sorry talaananthes, I only do one-off's. I don't have any CNC stuff so I can't maintain accuracy ontop of making any of these pieces being very time consuming. Real job takes presidence. Thanks for the compliment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mogunner 240 Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Since I got set up doing powder coating for the sight tools that I make, I tend to PC pretty much everything metal that comes my way. I considered anodizing, but the limited space that I have in my garage/shop and my intolerance for most sorts of fumes kinda put the brakes on that, the smells of the acid would have given me an instant migraine right off. I'm looking for a local manufacturing company to take over what I'm doing now for a share of the profits so that I can work on some new stuff that I have in mind, no time to do any side projects at the moment. I like the anodizing as it's more of an "integral" coloring and protectant and it adds a bit of hardness to the initial thickness of the metal, just didn't want to sacrifice that much space for the process. I don't have CNC capability either, it's a much slower process making the sight tools that I do for the Mosin's, but there's only like three or four critical points on them so the rest can vary. Would be nice though... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BpS12 512 Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Nice job James, I'm envious of that little mill. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
talaananthes 3 Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Sell the design to Krebs or whoever the hell will mass prod it so I can have one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jamesavery22 54 Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Sell the design to Krebs or whoever the hell will mass prod it so I can have one. The design is nothing new. UTG and SureFire make rail mounts VERY similar to the one I made(mount for the Surefire 660). And they did theres before I made mine. So nothing to patent. The parts I made are of the same basic design with slight material and dimensions differences to suit the front sight instead of a flashlight. Anyone is welcome to take the general idea and mass produce/sell it. I'd be flattered. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cpltk2 6 Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Thats pretty cool man. I think the lines of the rifle flowed better with the ultimak lower hg then with the polymer, but thats just my useless opinion. I give you lots of props for making your own parts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jamesavery22 54 Posted November 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 Some small follow-up on this. I made this years ago. I finally got around to sending it to Victor at US anodizing to tumble and hard anodize it. The rifle has been through a multiple rifle classes. Fighting Rifle, RB1, some no-names. Never babied. Push-ups, thrown in mud, water, freezing cold. The rifle with the front rail attached has right around 10K through it since I first posed this. Even though I look back on how I did the rear trunnion rivets and how poorly they were done I've had 0 issues with the rifle or the sight. Never lost zero and no malfunctions even in freezing weather. Something I questioned with the 14.5" barrel and no changes to the gas system. While my curiosity has me working on non-saiga stuff I still love the platform. Even with the price rises in 5 years, whenever someone asks "What's the best path for a new person who wants a super reliable AK that's not +$1K?" my answer is still a Saiga. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Road Warrior 8 Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 Awesome rifle, the sight mount looks great anodized. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gunfun 3,930 Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Beautiful. Especially after you ditched the needless lower tri rail. I started out to do something similar on my 12 before a member here gifted me some unfinished dinzag reject sights. I am certain I couldn't have got them looking so nice. How much did it cost to have the anodizing done? I've had some parts I would kinda like to do that to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jamesavery22 54 Posted November 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 I sent a M951 mount to him that was already tumbled and it was $25. The rail was painted and needed to be tumbled so that was $70. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gunfun 3,930 Posted November 7, 2013 Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 Hmm. So if you have a tumbler for brass and get some ceramic media or aprasive impregnated plastic triangles, you could cut down the bill considerably. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jamesavery22 54 Posted May 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2020 (edited) I'm parting up the rifle this was on. I've listed this in the marketplace: Edited May 29, 2020 by jamesavery22 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tAKtical operator CRO 0 Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 I'm planing on putting adjustable gas block with integrated front sight. Only two reasons for that it's cheaper then KNS adjustable piston and I have a set of Meprolight night sights which I plan to put on the rifle. I'm very satisfed with the set on my 16" full size AK, so in the future build I'll get the same for SBR, period correct and propper Russian AK-104 in 7.62x39. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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