I posted a Forgotten Weapons video a few months back where Ian does a great overview of the Type 2 Avtomát Kaláshnikova (AK). Џон Ивошевић shared with me this cool computer animation of the parts and operation of a Type 2.
This is incredibly detailed – if you are into AK rifles, this is worth watching:
I’m amazed and hope you find it cool as well.
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For years I have have heard how great Geissele (pronounced Guys-Lee) triggers are. They offer a ton of models so I actually called them and talked about what trigger to use for a target rifle – which is the rifle shown above. After some talking, the gentleman I talked to recommended their Super Semi-Automatic Enhanced (SSA-E) trigger. I bought it direct from them and have been very happy. Here are the SSA-E specs on the trigger direct from the Geissele web page:
Type:
2 Stage
1st Stage Weight:
2.3lbs.
2nd Stage Weight:
1.2lbs.
Total Pull Weight:
3.5lbs.
Adjustable:
No
Recommended Use:
Target Shooting, Precision Shooting
Pin Size:
Mil-Spec
After shooting with it, I can tell you it is my favorite AR trigger hands down. Now I know why guys swear by them. The only con is the cost but you are definitely getting value in return.
I was surfing around on Youtube and found this video today – I wish I had known about it before as it would have helped me also. Bill Geissele, the man himself, walks you through their 15 models of triggers and answers common questions he gets about them. I definitely want to try one of their Super 3-Gun (S3G) or Super Dynamic 3-Gun (SD-3G) triggers in the future and will definitely go the SSA-E route again if I build another precision rifle.
By the way, unless you are in a rush, Geissele triggers go on sale 2-3 times per year at Midway, Brownells, Primary Arms and other sources. I paid $240 for my trigger and could have saved 40% if I had timed my purchase better. That’s what I am doing with my 3-Gun trigger purchase – just waiting for the next sale.
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Back in 2015, Rob Ski went to Definitive Arms to build an AK. In this video, they really get into the details of building an AK and anyone regardless of experience level is bound to learn something. You can watch in this 36:13 video as Rob builds his AK under the expert tutelage of the guys at Definitive Arms.
There are some great tips in here for riveting, getting the barrel blocks on square, etc. Definitely worth your time. After watching all these build videos, I really wish I had the time to build another.
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This is his last video in the six part series. He recaps what he did and shares with you some of his tips for sandblasting such as putting foam earplugs in the chamber.
Here are the links to each segment – when you click on them they will open in a new tab:
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In this fourth installment, you can see usmcdoc14’s welding results and he discusses how to trim the top rails. Note, a lot of flats and receivers now have pre-cut top rails so you only need to trim them if they look like what you see in the video – big, wide and straight.
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Here is the second video in usmcdoc14’s series about building an AK using a flat. He still swears left and right (which I find hilarious – when he said “sandblast the shit out of them” I started laughing) and gives you some good recommendations on checking the past receiver stub from the kit. He talks about his approaches for weld and rivet builds. He does make one comment I don’t agree with. To press out the barrel from the rear trunnion you do not need to remove the rear sight block (RSB) – you just push out the barrel pin out and then press the barrel out. Second, and this is just my opinion, with a weld build I would still drill some holes where the rivets were at and do plug welds otherwise you are going to pour on a ton of heat, may still not get good penetration and risk ruining the heat treat of the trunnion locking lugs.
Other than that, I think it is a good video and worth you watching and learning from. Your best bet is to watch multiple guys and decide what works for you.
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A few guys have contacted me wanting to learn more about how to build AKs from kits. Many of the resources I learned from when I started way back when (ballpark in 2006) are now gone. I do recommend AKFiles and their gunsmithing section so check that out. We really didn’t have Youtube then and when I did some research I found some great videos for you to watch.
A gentleman on Youtube, usmcdoc14, put together a four part series. This is part one and is 29:58 long. He swears left and right and I got a real kick out of watching and listening to him:
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The first time I saw the Walther WA-2000 I fell in love. Wow. It was the most amazing looking sniper rifle I had ever seen and I’ve only seen one once years and years ago. Like the HK PSG-1, the WA-2000 was developed in response to the 1972 Munich Olympic Games incident. Development started in the lates 1970s and only 176 rifles were produced between 1982 to 1988. When it was sold in the 1980s it never really took off because it was incredibly expensive – only 15 were imported into the US. The one I saw was around $10K if I remember right. Today, the price has skyrocketed – $70K for the first gen with the wood stocks and $40K for the second gen with the synthetic stock. With prices like that, unless I hit the lottery, the odds of my owning one is zero 🙁
I watched Ian’s video on the WA-2000 and, as usual, he does the best review of the rifle I have seen. He goes over the history, interesting design characteristics, disassembles it and then takes it shooting. Wow. I would love to shoot one of these. One misconception I had before the video was that the rifle was only chambered in 7.62X51 when it was actually available in .300 Win Mag and 7.5×55 Swiss. The rifle in the video is a .300 Win Mag unit.
Here’s the cool 23:49 video from Forgotten Weapons:
Now if you want to learn some more about this amazing bullpup sniper rifle, check out:
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