CSS '54R VEPR FOREND TENON RELIEF CUT

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GUYS,

WHEN I RECEIVED THE TWO CSS FORENDS FOR MINE AND A FRIENDS 'X54R VEPRS, IT WAS CLEAR THAT A RELIEF CUT WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE FOR THE TENON TO CLEAR THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FRONT TRUNNION AND SNUG-UP AGAINST THE FRONT OF THE RECEIVER.

 

SEE BELOW:

 

LEFT SIDE VIEW

FROM THE END OF THE TENON, YOU TAKE .200 OFF THE TOP SURFACE,

AND CUT FORWARD .217

TOP VIEW

END VIEW

NO REMBRANDT HERE, BUT AS THEY SAY, ONE PICTURE IS

WORTH 1000 WORDS.

AS WITH THE ONE I FITTED TO MY VEPR, I'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO TAKE A NEEDLE FILE AND TRIM .002-.003 FROM EITHER SIDE OF THE TENON, SO THAT I MAY GENTLY THUB IT INTO PLACE WITH MY MK II KALASHNIKOV ADJUSTMENT TOOL (A 1LB RUBBER MALLET; THE MK I IS THE DREMEL TOOL WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF ATTACHMENTS).

 

BTW, AS WE ALL KNOW, AK/VEPR DIMENSIONS CAN BE SOMEWHAT "FLEXIBLE", SO YOUR TOLERANCES MAY VARY SOMEWHAT FROM MINE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL BE A GOOD STARTING PLACE.

 

BY TAKING THE TRIMMING OF THE SIDES OF THE TENON SLOWLY, JUST A FILE STROKE OR TWO, TO EITHER SIDE AT A TIME, AND TRYING THE FIT, I WAS ABLE TO GET SUCH A TIGHT FIT, THAT I DON'T THINK I'M EVEN GOING TO BOTHER DRILLING A HOLE IN THE RECEIVER FOR THE HOLD-DOWN SCREW.

 

TIME AND USE WILL TELL.

 

SUBMITTED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

 

JESS1344