DFWMustangs.net AK build party

[Venix]

If you guys can find a full set of parts, then I will buy them and participate!

[GAP]

If you guys can find a full set of parts, then I will buy them and participate!

Like this? http://ak-builder.com/index.php?disp...oduct_id=30034

[CJ]

That is ridiculously expensive

[Leah]

We need an AR build party!

[MULEY4X4]

I am seriously interested in doing this depending on the dates in October. I'm getting married on the 26th . Going to join the rest of y'all. CJ I just bought a 5.45 AR upper. Would you go with the ak74 or AK47? Only thing I was thinking about is using the same ammo.

[CJ]

We need an AR build party!

We've done several, bring your AR15's if you want to, I'll bring all the tools you will need.

[CJ]

I am seriously interested in doing this depending on the dates in October. I'm getting married on the 26th . Going to join the rest of y'all. CJ I just bought a 5.45 AR upper. Would you go with the ak74 or AK47? Only thing I was thinking about is using the same ammo.

Personally I like the AK74 and 5.45 cartridge from a controllability/accuracy perspective. For a SHTF situation a 7.62x39 might be a better choice for ammo availability. My SHTF AK is a side folder 5.56 Beryl - The 5.45 round is better than 7.62x39 for accuracy, but the 5.56 is ballistically superior in my opinion.

[MULEY4X4]

Personally I like the AK74 and 5.45 cartridge from a controllability/accuracy perspective. For a SHTF situation a 7.62x39 might be a better choice for ammo availability. My SHTF AK is a side folder 5.56 Beryl - The 5.45 round is better than 7.62x39 for accuracy, but the 5.56 is ballistically superior in my opinion.

Ok that's what I thought. Have you ever shot the round out of a AR? Any special cleaning techniques?

Ok back to the ak. These kits. I guess ak 74 it is. Is there anything special we should be looking for? Chrome lined barrels etc ? Any way we can get a group buy price on kits? I'm assuming they all have to be imported etc. maybe gettin them from the wholesaler? Or is that to far outside of the box?

[CJ]

Ok that's what I thought. Have you ever shot the round out of a AR? Any special cleaning techniques?

Ok back to the ak. These kits. I guess ak 74 it is. Is there anything special we should be looking for? Chrome lined barrels etc ? Any way we can get a group buy price on kits? I'm assuming they all have to be imported etc. maybe gettin them from the wholesaler? Or is that to far outside of the box?

5.45 conversions should function better than 7.62x39 conversions because the 5.45 case is much less conical, which is why the x39 AR's have tendencies to jam. Chrome lined wouldn't be a bad idea for 5.45 since you're going to be shooting corrosive surplus ammo, easier to clean. I doubt we could get a group buy going, demand is far too high.

[Semper299]

Well, CJ made me feel pretty comfortable with what I need to get to do a build, so count me in on the AK build party. Not sure what I am going to build yet, and I will probAbly wait a bit see if prices come down some.

[Mr_Fiux]

[IHaveAMustang]

5.45 conversions should function better than 7.62x39 conversions because the 5.45 case is much less conical, which is why the x39 AR's have tendencies to jam. Chrome lined wouldn't be a bad idea for 5.45 since you're going to be shooting corrosive surplus ammo, easier to clean. I doubt we could get a group buy going, demand is far too high.

I love my 5.45x39 AR SBR. After I fixed the weak hammer spring and bent the lips of my magazines, it functions like a boss...but many you have to clean it good.

Noticed a bit of rust this past time. Soak it in warm soapy water and rinse then brush/lube the crap out of it.

[bigmuskie]

I love my 5.45x39 AR SBR. After I fixed the weak hammer spring and bent the lips of my magazines, it functions like a boss...but many you have to clean it good.

Noticed a bit of rust this past time. Soak it in warm soapy water and rinse then brush/lube the crap out of it.

I'd also use Windex with ammonia D to dissolve the salts from shooting surplus ammo.

Glad you got that 5.45 running right. I've been considering a SBR 5.45 upper myself, but the lack of functional mags were holding me back.

[IHaveAMustang]

I'd also use Windex with ammonia D to dissolve the salts from shooting surplus ammo.

Glad you got that 5.45 running right. I've been considering a SBR 5.45 upper myself, but the lack of functional mags were holding me back.

I'm going to try an experiment once steel GI mags come down.

The bodies are the same, it's just the followers. I plan on taking a steel (read: tough lips) magazine and putting the 5.45 follower in there and see if that fixes the feeding issues once mine redevelop. The problem is they are aluminum (I feel more like tin) and they bend out over time.

[CJ]

I'm going to try an experiment once steel GI mags come down.

The bodies are the same, it's just the followers. I plan on taking a steel (read: tough lips) magazine and putting the 5.45 follower in there and see if that fixes the feeding issues once mine redevelop. The problem is they are aluminum (I feel more like tin) and they bend out over time.

For reference, the difference between 5.56 and 5.45 is too great to allow reliable function in AK's using the same magazine bodies.