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This page is mostly a placeholder for now Installing your barrel requires a specialzed jig that is purpose-made for this task. Despite what the gurus on forums may tell you, do not hammer your barrel in or out. The Makarov barrel is very thin and will not stand up to the abuse.  New c …

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 + mag catch fro …

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.