biskitz 24 Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 (edited) After 3 months of being obsessed with this conversion, I'm happy to post some pictures of it. Idea was to take a 16" S308 and not go tacticool or long range, just straight AK. Mississippi Auto Arms sold me the gun, it is an 09. Ordered fire control group, muzzle brake, threading kit, gas tube, handguard retainer, and front sight block mod from Dinzag. Bought a Krebs safety lever from the forum classifieds. Ordered Ironwood Designs hardwood birch stock set with Yugo pistol grip. AA-OK sold me the hardware for the stockset and a nice russian surplus sling. Northridge came through with an East German windage adjustable rear sight. Sent all of the metal parts off to Hoosier Gun Coat for Graphite Black Cerakote. Finished the stock with Tung Oil under Garnett Shellac from shellac.net Pictures sure don't do the wood justice, it is holographic. Thanks for looking. Its nice to have a place to share! Edited February 28, 2012 by biskitz 11 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lbsrdi 1,078 Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Looks really good man, I love the wood. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SaigaKen 338 Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Very cool. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FingerStyleFunk 6 Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Beautiful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pintac 6 Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Nice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vulcan16 971 Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Very nice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
unclejake 428 Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Classic , clean lines....a great job. you should be proud!! I have a 21" that my dad whittled out the furniture out of wallnut...nuthin like wood! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RedDevilGuns 25 Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akastormi 617 Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 very nice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PRISONSHANK 70 Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Tittys!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
saiga545 47 Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 All those photos need is a beautiful Russian girl holding it! Did you thread your muzzle to 17x1 or 5/8x24? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HarvKY 72 Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Nice setup Matt / Ironwood is really turning out great stuff nowadays Cheers Harv Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrThunder88 912 Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Looks great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
biskitz 24 Posted February 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 All those photos need is a beautiful Russian girl holding it! Did you thread your muzzle to 17x1 or 5/8x24? Both! I threaded to 17 x 1 and realized it wasn't straight. Then I used one of Dinzag's muzzle cutters to shave off the 17 x 1 threads and re-threaded with 5/8 x 24. Thanks for all of the kind words. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dad2142Dad 6,559 Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Great job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deadeye 325 Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 very nice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Red Dirt 1 Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Super. Its nice to see a conversion that is a different flavor than most conversions including mine. Very unique and very good looking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zambidis 90 Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Looks good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THX1138 7 Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Very classic looking, excellent job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berzerker2 19 Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Wow that is awesome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Towerdog 6 Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 I just had to rub one out on that! I just bought another S308 and was looking for some wood conversion ideas. That's beautiful.....I need a cigarette now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PapaSmurf 3 Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 Very nice work. Love the deep 3D look on the buttstock. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Super Dave 0 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 It is perfect. Guess I gotta get a short one too, now. Damnit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mullet Man 2,114 Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 That BEAUTY above makes me want to do a .308 now! VERY VERY NICE my friend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mephis 82 Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 That wood is amazing, it reminds me of the level of figure in some upper end guitars. That's always been a gripe of mine with wood on guns, you always see such nice woods used in other fields, while the scraps are used on guns. I've always been paranoid of ordering any wood set for this reason. Plus, I'd end up terrified of damaging it. It's a beautifully well made gun, as well as beautiful over all, very nice work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
biskitz 24 Posted March 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 That wood is amazing, it reminds me of the level of figure in some upper end guitars. That's always been a gripe of mine with wood on guns, you always see such nice woods used in other fields, while the scraps are used on guns. I've always been paranoid of ordering any wood set for this reason. Plus, I'd end up terrified of damaging it. It's a beautifully well made gun, as well as beautiful over all, very nice work. Thanks! I can tell you that Matt at Ironwood Designs is really making some great wood stocks. I ordered the Hardwood Birch because I knew I would end up banging it around. After I finished the build I took pictures quickly while it was pristine. Then I went ahead and banged the front magazine catch into my forend so I could have the first ding out of the way. Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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