Fitting New Buttstock?

[Suburban 0]

I'd swear that I read somewhere that there's supposed to be a gap between the shoulder of a stock, and the rear end of an AK-47 receiver. Had something to do with recoil. I've done a couple 'net searches, and searched the tech section, and found nothing.

 

Anybody know what this is all about?

 

I've got a new K-Var NATO-length stock, and I want to find out what the deal is before I drill the holes.

[saigafreake 27]

no u dont want no gap u want it all the way in then just drill your holes.

[Reverendfranz 160]

Dont know if there is "supposed" to be one, but there always is.

[22_Shooter 1,560]

Dont know if there is "supposed" to be one, but there always is.

 

Eh?

 

All of my AK stocks are snug up against the receiver.

[BobAsh 582]

Dont know if there is "supposed" to be one, but there always is.

 

Not if you do it right.

 

[Blackjack_21 0]

I had the same problem until I did some Dremel work to the stock. I bought one of the K-var NATO length models in black, and ended up with the same problem. I fixed the gap, but I made the mistake of drilling my holes 'before' I had the gap fixed.

[3ac6ucb 24]

Aftermarket stocks are sized large so that they'll fit without wiggling in even the thinnest of stamped receivers. You may need to file/sand/dremel/whatever to get a stock to fit inside.

 

If you think it's a tight fit with a Saiga, try a 1.6mm receiver