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In today's AK building scene, 5.56 Kalashnikovs are more popular than ever. While certainly not an invention of mine, the practice of making a 5.56 AK by using a Galil bolt and bullet guide, in an otherwise 7.62x39 kit, is becoming more and more common and is something I have tinkered with quite ext …

This page is mostly a placeholder for now   This video from Rob is also helpfulhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWrqJHxQhsI …

Congrats on your shiny new RPK carry handle! Here's how to get it on the gun.Step 1: Remove the lower handguard from the rifle.Step 2: Fit the lower bracket to the rifle:Step 3: Flip the rifle as shown, and orient the carry handle with the loop on the ejection port side, as shown.Step 4: Clip the ho …

WBP is the most affordable route to a 5.45 or 5.56 AK in today's market of nearly non-existent surplus AK-74 parts. The affordability comes with some caveats, however. Durability I built one of the WBP kits in 5.45x39 and shot 5,000 rounds of full auto to test the WBP parts and my Krink kit …

Looking at buying one of my  reproduction AKS-74u kits? Here's a few different routes you can take for completing the kit! First off, the basic parts that are not caliber specific: Trigger guard, magazine catch, and selector stop plate: The best value is This trigger guard + m …

In the last couple of months, I've started actually taking notes on the AK building adventures in the shop.Going forward I'm going to start posting some of them here! Leave a comment if there's anything in particular you want me to explain or show.