leadchucker 12 Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 I may want to reload some ammo to shoot in my IZ132 later, but this thing is pretty rough on the empties. It is putting a fairly large dent in the sides of the empties as it ejects them. They are evidently hitting the dust cover when the ejector flips them out. Anything I can do to stop that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banshee 69 Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 (edited) ya, don't worry about just shoot it. The dents will not hurt anything and will reload just fine.. is yours worse than this one from my 551? Reloads fine. Edited December 28, 2011 by Banshee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leadchucker 12 Posted December 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 That looks about the same as mine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leadchucker 12 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Okay, I have seen quite a few AK's that dent up the brass like this. I've also seen quite a few people who told me that a buffer would help. Will it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lone Eagle 839 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Watch what that poor casing goes through. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rjwillow 5 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 You will be FL sizing anyway. Just reload them and chuck anything that worries you too much. I use range pickup brass for my Saiga along with stuff hat is out of my specs for my bolt guns and precision rifles, I have a "pool" of brass dedicated for "down and dirty" reloads.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toadold 0 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) Well I haven't tinkered with extraction problems on an AK but I've done a bit with pistols. Right now you have an AK that is performing within Russian mil spec. I'm not a big fan of buffers, but I'd try a buffer or an increased strength recoil spring first. The other two solutions are ugly and one is real tedious. I personally wouldn't try them and only present them for amusement. I remember back in the day reading about guys who were building their own receivers, they would trim down the ejector portion on the rail and then when they got it installed it would be too short, they'd either have to take the rail off and start over again or they would get the end of the ejector TIG welded and start a tedious grind, file, and stone to get things working. The other option is to cut more clearance in the dust cover, uhh....that could get ugly. Edited January 18, 2012 by toadold Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leadchucker 12 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) ...SNIP... Watch what that poor casing goes through. Thanks! That video was educational. As I guessed the empty is hitting the dust cover. That explains why all the empties wind up in front of the firing line too. Based on that, it doesn't look like a buffer will help. Edited January 18, 2012 by leadchucker Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rjwillow 5 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Yup... in front of the firing line by 10' sometimes. I get a lot of "abandoned" brass that way. If it's completely trashed, I toss it. Otherwise, don't worry about the dings and such... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LtDan 4 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Look for a Valmet port ejection buffer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toadold 0 Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z29pmY9SKQM Animation of AK internals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toadold 0 Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Doh! There was a forum post on this and they gave a link to where you could get the Valmet buffer. A tad expensive at $45 might be made good long term on saved brass. http://www.robertrtg.com/valmetbuffer.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lone Eagle 839 Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 What some of the guys on another forum have done for a buffer is get door edge trim for a car(the little C-channel looking stuff) and put a small piece on the top cover. Most say it solved the side ding, but the case neck stil gets a "love tap" on the front trunion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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