NOT A RIVET........MICRO C-39

[JESS1344 508]

GUYS,

   WELL STUPID ME.......................BEING HALF-BLIND, WHEN I FIRST LOOKED THIS MICRO C-39 OVER, AND LOOKED UP IN THE HOLE IN THE FOREND, I SAW WHAT I THOUGHT WAS RIVET.

 

   I THOUGHT AT THE TIME "WELL THAT WAS STUPID".......

 

   AS WITH THE OLD SAYING ABOUT POINTING OUT SOMEONE ELSES FOIBLES, DON'T FORGET THAT THREE FINGERS ARE POINTING BACK AT YOU.....

 

   ANYWAY.......I'M WORKING ON THIS THING LAST NIGHT, AND WAS WEARING A MAGNIFIED OPTIVISOR, TO BETTER SEE WHAT I WAS DOING, AND HAPPENED TO GLANCE UP IN THAT HOLE AGAIN.

 

   I WAS LIKE "WHAT-THE-FUCK", AND SHINED MY FLASHLIGHT DOWNHOLE.

 

   SURE AS HELL, WHAT I HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT WAS JUST A PUNCHMARK, FROM WHATEVER TOOL WAS USED TO SET THE RIVET, WAS ACTUALLY THE RECEPTICLE OF AN ALLEN-HEAD BOLT.

 

   DIDN'T TAKE BUT A MINUTE TO GET THE RIGHT-SIZED ALLEN BIT IN THE OLD CHAPMAN SCREWDRIVER HANDLE, AND BACK IT OUT.

 

   ANOTHER COUPLE OF MINUTES TO FIGGER THAT THE FOREND HAS TO COME OFF STRAIGHT FORWARD, BUT FIRST THE VORTEX FLASH SUPRESSOR (OR WHATEVER MUZZLE DEVICE YOU'RE USING) HAS TO COME OFF.

 

   MY FOREND WAS SUFFICIENTLY TIGHT, THAT I GOT OUT THE OL' MK-1 KALASHNIKOV ADJUSTMENT TOOL (A 3LB RUBBER MALLET) AND BY GENTLY TAPPING ON THE REAR OF THE WOODEN HANDGUARD, OFF IT CAME.

 

   I ALSO NOTED THAT THERE ARE TWO SCREW HOLES THAT GO INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE FRONT SIGHT ASSEMBLY.

 

   THE FACTORY WOODEN HANDGUARD UTILIZES THE FRONT HOLE.

 

   NOW FOR THE $64K QUESTION: WHOM, IF ANYONE, MAKES A RAILED HANDGUARD, PREFERRABLY ALUMINUM, FOR THIS LITTLE BEAST?

 

   SEE PICS BELOW.

 

   JESS1344

 

 

HERE IT IS, WITH THE FOREND OFF.

AS THE FOREND MUST COME OFF STRAIGHT

FORWARD, YOU MUST REMOVE WHATEVER

MUZZLE DEVICE YOU'RE RUNNING.

 

 

 

A GENTLE TAPPING, IN THE AREA INDICATED,

WITH THE MK. 1 KALASHNIKOV ADJUSTMENT

TOOL, AND OFF IT COMES.

 

 

 

THIS IS SOME OF THE STUFF I WAS DOING LAST NIGHT,

PUTTING A BIT OF A RAMP INTO THE CHAMBER, SO THAT

HOLLOW POINT AMMO, WON'T EITHER BEAT ITSELF HALF-CLOSED,

OR COME TO A COMPLETE SCREECHING HALT ALTOGETHER.

 

I HAVE A CENTURY AES10-B, THAT ABSOLUTELY REFUSED

TO FEED HOLLOW POINTS, COMING TO A HALT AGAINST THE BREECH-FACE

 UNTIL I DID THIS TO IT.

 

I REALLY, REALLY WISH THAT PEOPLE THAT BUILD THESE AK'S,

OR MORE PROPERLY, THE FOLKS THAT MAKE THE BARRELS

 WOULD, WHILE THEY'RE DRILLING THE GAS PORTS,

MAKING THE PIN CUTS, AND CUTTING THE EXTRACTOR

CLEARANCE, TAKE ANOTHER TWO MINUTES AND CUT

A SIMPLE RAMP AT THE CHAMBER MOUTH, AS WAS

DONE ON MY SGL 21-76, FROM THE FACTORY, 'CAUSE

IT'S REALLY A PAIN-IN-THE-ASS, ONCE THE BARREL'S INSTALLED.

JUS' SAYIN'

[mancat 2,368]

For some reason I have lucked out. All of my x39 guns will eat HPs without any issue.

[getitat 609]

Hello

 

Don't have a micro just like yours but I'm waiting on a Bulgy sight/gas block from K-Var in hopes that it will replace the one on my new Century mini-Draco so I can use my can w/ 24mm threads. It pins on the top, while the Bulgy pins on the bottom, it appears, so as long as the barrel boring matches I think it will work.

I'm not looking for a quad rail, but was hoping a Chaos rear dust-cover rail would fit. It looks like from the gas tube latch back everything is pretty much stock.

 

I've been promising myself this one WILL remain a pistol!!!!

 

-Guido in Houston

[JESS1344 508]

For some reason I have lucked out. All of my x39 guns will eat HPs without any issue.

MANCAT,

   JUST FOR SHITS AND GIGGLES, HAND-SHUCK A HALF DOZEN HOLLOW POINTS THROUGH ONE OF YOUR X39 GUNS, AND THEN INSPECT THE NOSES OF THE PROJECTILES.

 

   I'M CURIOUS WHAT YOU'LL FIND.

 

   JESS1344

[LuPiN8oR 333]

I reallly need to sit down w my m92 and ramp it... im worried ill mess it up though...good post jess!