planeflyer21

There a blogs that pop up here and there. They usually disappear after awhile. The people that go full-on into making people aware of the situation usually end up in the news, crying they were framed for this or that. See if you can find a couple or a few news outlets online, from small towns near the border in each of the border states. They usually report on events in little blurbs. You'll be surprised how quickly they add up, to a continuous and nonstop event. Jon

Not for the amount of work I want to do on it. The AK is a BWK-47, that was imported by B-West with one of the cheesy thumbhole "sporter stocks". My Dad worked with the actual importer on a deal before the ban and got burned, when the pistol-grip rifles were stuck on a freighter off the coast of Cali and not allowed into the port. Fast forward, a lady got widowed and asked a friend of mine to clear out the firearms. All she wanted was the price on the receipts. So I picked this up for $250. 8) With five .223 30-rounders at $10 each. First range trip, shooting quite well, then all the sudden I was like "I don't remember that yard-long-half-a-yard-wide fireball before..." The flash hider had been epoxyed on and shot off. The diameter of the muzzle on these imports had the threads machined off, to a size not easily threaded. That's why the search for the special front sight block. Picked up the Kvar furniture set, stock and pg work great, the front end not so much. The Mid West Industries forearm set slicked that mess up nicely! I really should purchase some more machine tools. Then you guys could invest in billet and to hell with what they ban. Jon

I'm up for either one. We should meet at Freddy's so you can get a gut bomb to hold you over on your trip. :o Jon

You really are overdoing it with the rifles. Why don't you switch gears for a bit. <laughs> Jon

This is the closest I've found so far: http://www.k-var.com/shop/AK-167B.html There are a couple of different flash suppressors that thread onto that. Jon

No, no, no. Not gas back, gas forward. <laughs> A sight block that is a combo slip-on flash suppressor. Jon

Ok... Who knows the AK stuff? Someone told me there was a retailer that sold a combination front sight block/flash hider for the AK series rifles. I can't find that anywhere. Anybody know? Jon P.S. The money I saved on this thing is disappearing rapidly!

Having used it a few times, it is a friendlier site. I like being able to filter results when doing searches. Jon

De nada. A person could go crazy trying to learn all there is to learn about the most produced rifle in the world ever. In production in one form or another, in one country or another for over a century, still going strong as a custom sporting rifle. Amazing! Jon

So, after the frustration with the Kvar forearm and handguard set, I saw that Brownell's carries a MWI AK forearm and handguard set made of aluminum. This has picatinny rails top, bottom, and both sides and was highly rated by customers. I ordered it. Today we got it and installed it. Cool beans! The lower part has a steel lower-half of a barrel clamp installed already. This is placed onto the barrel, and the upper part is then hand tightened. Once accomplished, the gastube cover is set in place and everything is adjusted for best position. When you have this, crank everything down and install the screws that hold the gastube cover in place. As our AK is a BWK-47 in .223, finding proper fitting furniture has been a challenge. The Kvar buttstock is great, but the front end was lacking. The manner in which this MWI set attaches is cool beans and the best option going! Pics later you dang porn spankers! Jon

Aw man! You should've asked me like 13 years ago! <laughs> If we're talking military Mausers, they're most often broken down into large-ring and small-ring. The later most commonly seen variant is the Swedish 6.5x55. The former being the 8x57 Mauser. The large-ring came in more designations with slight variations than Tom owns firearms...a LOT of little tweaks here and there! Things like bent or straight bolt-handles, barrel lengths, barrel bands, sights, bayonet lugs, etc., are what most of the little tweaks were across the production runs. As you've probably discovered, most tweaks end up being named after the nation that requested such differences...Peruvian, Bolivian, Czech, Mexican, etc. The ones with number type designations are usually German issue...G98, K42, and so on. Study all you want or need to. It will make your head spin. Mostly it boils down to large-ring or small-ring, which determines the size of the front of the receiver where the barrel threads into the receiver. These threads have changed over time but far-and-away almost everything after 1898 has the same threads, on the large-rings. All this research was done when I was able to pick-up two Turkish Mausers in 8mm Mauser, for like $60 each when I had the gunshop still. The goal was to rebarrel or restock them. Indecision led to surplus 8mm at $120/2,000 rounds drying up. The best thing going now (for me) is the Brownell's military profile barrels in .308 Winchester or .30-06 Springfield, coupled with a Boyd's laminated military stock set. Jon

That salmon would make my day too! Jon

That's right! No wonder my wife gets po'ed when I mix names up. Jon

I'm sworn to secrecy that on Black Friday the 42" is selling for $30 off. I'll tell you in a pm. Jon

Like someone stated in the other thread, no matter who makes the mounts there is bound to be some little imperfection and lapping can't hurt. Never worked with what RRA sells, other than mags and rifles. Jon

Miami Vice, Sonny Tubbs and his Bren Ten. Jon

Don't know Rene bro. I can say the GG&G was well worth the clearance price at Midway! It is solid. Jon

Excellent filthy! Those P225s were real popular for awhile, down in the mid-$200s. You got a great deal on a P226. Jon

What is your definition of "all over the place" when shooting at 200yards? Jon

Nope, nada, zip, squat, zilch on the 36" FDE rifle case. Got some other info for you though. Jon

Nope, not a bit. GG&G must have some kick-ass jigs to clamp those mounts in when being machined. Jon

Si señor! Jon

Hello. My name's Jon and I'm a stainless whore.

They had one short-ass one marked 42" in FDE. Had to collapse a DPMS .308's stock all the way to get it in there, so it had to be WAY shorter than the 42" I got, in OD. If they have anything left I'd be surprised. Maybe I can swing in tomorrow morning, look, and if they have it put it on hold for you until you get up here in an hour. <laughs> Jon

You can look to the "individual sovereign" movement NoFail. I know of a couple of people that have done it, and one personally. The one I know personally has gone a different route about it, had every court case thrown out against him. The guys I don't know go out of their way to piss officials off and are always hating life. Jon