Check out Frank’s New Hog Rifle – A slant back Vepr With Our Stock Set. What Frank did that I think is really neat is that he machined the slots into our Vepr handguard. The urethane pastic we use is glass fiber reinforced and acts like a hardwood – you can easily route or mill it with a cutting bit.
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Hello folks! A friend did a great quick youtube video to show people the few quick modifications needed to fit our C39 Micro handguard onto a Draco Micro. I think he did a great job and sure appreciate his taking the time to make the video and share it with us!
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Man, I like what Matt did here. The color, the PRS stock, handguard and our second generation Molot grip come together to really make quite an impressive rifle and to top it off, he has a Steiner scope!! Wow!
Version 1.7 1/27/2014
First and foremost, please ensure your rifle is unloaded and a round is not in the chamber. Please be safe!
In general, the urethane plastic we use for the buttstock and handguard will behave like hardwood when it is being cut. Thus, if you choose to install something, follow the guidance for a wood stock in terms of hole sizes to drill, tools to use, etc. Note, the plastic has very little give and forcing parts together will risk stress fractures. Make sure they seat/fit in a square even manner.
The following are installation notes for each component of our Vepr rifle furniture system. What you need to install will depend on what you purchased.
The buttstock is attached to the rifle’s rear trunnion via two #10×7/8” screws. The urethane plastic we use is very hard and ideally the hole for the screw should be drilled with a #21 (0.1590”) drill. Take care to ensure the stock is centered before locating and drilling each hole.
Tip: If for some reason you need to drill a new hole, the old hole can be filled with quality epoxy cement and allowed to cure per the instructions of the glue. To fill a deep hole, either run the epoxy down the side or use something long and thin, such as a toothpick, to get the epoxy to the bottom.
For durability, use a longer setting high-strength epoxy as the quick 90-second, 5-minute and 10-minute epoxies are prone to “sugaring” or breaking down with constant jarring. JB Quickweld, Brownell’s Acraglas (our recommendation) and DevCon industrial epoxies (such as “Plastic Steel”) are all good choices. If you want to color the epoxy black, add a bit of black powdered tempera paint to the mix while stirring thoroughly.
Please note that if you buy the buttstock without a recoil pad, you must add one to protect the end of the stock from abrasion.
The recoil pad is secured to the rear of the buttstock via two #10×3/4” screws. Again, be sure to drill a hole first with the recoil pad centered on the stock.
If you want to blend the pad to the stock, put a thin film of black RTV silicone on the buttstock and use your finger to smooth the edge between the stock and the pad. This is for looks only – the screws must still be used to secure the pad in place. If you decide to do this, fit the pad first and have everything ready. Then remove the pad, add the thin amount of RTV, put the pad back on, tighten the screws and then blend the silicone with your finger.
There are two key things you need to know about the handguard:
First off, there is a special 13mm wide x 5mm thick spacer in the bag with the screws. It must be used between the handguard and the barrel lug to get the angle correct. The original Vepr screw is used and the special spacer is mandatory. If you lose the spacer at some point down the road, stack 6mm washers from the hardware store to get the necessary space between the barrel and the handguard.
Second, with the spacer on the screw, swing the handguard into place but do not tighten the screw. The Vepr handguard sometimes fits tightly and you don’t want to adjust the screw hole if the unit isn’t fully seated at the rear in the receiver. Carefully remove the screw, leaving the spacer properly positioned and look down in the hole and check the alignment between with the screw hole in the forearm and the hole in the barrel lug. You may need to use a circular file to carefully “slot” the handguard hole just a bit to get proper alignment. It is very important that you make sure the handguard is fully seated to the rear before you make any changes. Take a little off and test over and over– go slow and don’t rush. Use the oblong washer that came with the stock to reinforce the hole. If the handguard does not rest squarely against the receiver you will risk the handguard cracking by the barrel lug as it will be placed under undue stress during firing. So, take your time slot the hole as needed.
The handguard and buttstock are made from our proprietary urethane plastic that is machinable. This means you can drill, cut, sand, abrasive blast and so forth. When we build the furniture, we sand to 180 grit and then use 80 grit AlOx blast media at 90 PSI to frost the plastic.
If something chips or gets scratched at some point in the future, sand with 80 grit, then 100-150, then 220, then 320 then 400. Another option is to repair the scratched area and then abrasive blast after 150-180 grit sand paper is used. When making the furniture, we use an abrasive blaster with 80 grit aluminum oxide media at 90-100PSI to create a non-slip surface. After either sanding or blasting, you can apply a wax based finish as a “top coat”. The recommended sealer is actually a beeswax blend developed for boots called “Sno-Seal” by ATSKO. In general, you could use any wax based finish such as clear or black shoe polish, that is then buffed with a cloth.
Thank you for purchasing our furniture. We truly hope you enjoy it.
Eugene built this awesome looking 5.45×39 Vepr with a 20.5″ barrel. It has our second generation Molot grip and Vepr handguard. The rifle also sports a BeloMo PO3.5x21P optic and an Ace ARFX-E via a DPMS extender and Canis Design slant cut adapter.
End results: One wicked looking rifle!!
Got my handguards today! Good god, they are fantastic. Just wanted to share these pics, I’m going to try to get you better pics, with mags & ammos & such, this weekend. I’ve always been a wood furniture guy on all of my guns, even my 1911s have wood grips, but your handguards are fantastic. Couldn’t be more pleased.
Folks ask me if the Yugo M70 and M72 use the same handguards – in short, they do not. The upper gas tube cover is the same across all models of Yugos I have seen but the lower handguard on the M72 is very short and rectangular. This is especially true when it is next to the long sleek tapered M70 handguard that is also used on the M76 and M77 rifles. By the way, please ignore the green clay and mess – I was making molds when I took these photos:
The other unique factor is the ferrule. Yugo ferrules are very hard to find in the US. With other countries’ ferrules you may find them for sale by a vendor who did a bulk purchase, but that is never the case with the Yugo M70 ferrule. We actually found a college student with a talent for making dies and an interest in Yugos who makes replica ferrules for the M70, M76, M77, M85 and M92 handguards. Now here is the rub – the M72 uses a bigger unique ferrule and you will not find them unless someone sells a handguard with the ferrule installed or has pried one off a handguard for some reason.
These photos show the smaller M70 ferrule by the larger M72:
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Len’s Yugo M85 is looking pretty sweet!
Here’s what he has to say about his weapon:
Tungsten gray is the cerkote, Sight is a see all {from tandemkross}, key mod rail ,covers, and flash hider {Midwest Industries}, Sling adapter {RFT}, Inforce light, THE Pin Ronin’s grips, dust cover rail Storm Werkz. AR mag adapter PAP 85, 5.56 Will let you know how it shoots and how the sight works {at least I can see it}
If you are interested, we have a “how to” blog post outlining how to install it
If you would like to buy one, they are available via our online store
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