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#1 ·
Note that the measurements for the trunion I got are 1.614" wide, which happens to be 41mm.

I'm not sure if I am missing some parts or if I have spare parts. I've managed to figure out the assembly for everything except the few parts I've identified. So if anyone can help with the one pic I'd appreciate it!

This has tons of pics (about 60) so beware if you're on a slow connection...

http://pookieweb.dyndns.org:61129/beltfeed/PKM/pkm.htm
 
#27 ·
OK Here's the pic:



Now, what I tried to do is capture the idea. Basically, the hammer gets mounted on the side of the receiver, and is hinged at the front. It rotates forward into the firing pin and is pushed backward against the disconnector & trigger by the RH side of the bolt carrier. The trigger axis pin is vertically aligned, not horizontally as with the AK.

The disconnector would just catch the end of the hammer, similar to the way the AK disconnector works.

The trigger shape I'm thinking is like an AK trigger single-hook but with the hook 1.5" farther to the right. The hook is offset to the right, and backwards about 2" or whatever it takes to reach the "working" end of the hammer.

The disconnector/trigger relation is almost the same as with an AK, however the disconnector is on the RH side in the same plane as the tip of the trigger.

Does that make sense? It is kinda like a Maxim animation I saw on the History Channel once.

If my abilities to think in 3D were better, I would make the bottom end of the trigger notched in such a way as to require a less-complicated trigger design. I think the design could be improved upon, but there you have it.
 
#28 ·
Okay, here's what I drew up at lunch time today...




The striker is basically a block with a threaded hole. The guide rod screws into the striker and is brazed or pinned. The striker has a ridge on each side to fit into rails inside the receiver. The rails align it with the bolt.

The trigger is attached to a draw bar. The draw bar has a raised area to act as a disconnector. When the carrier travels back, it pushes the draw bar down and disengages it from the rest of the mechanism. The mechanism will then reset the sear and catch the striker.

The vertical and horizontal bars of the mechanism are connected by a cam. When the horizontal bar is pulled forward, the cam will rotate and pull down on the vertical bar. The vertical bar will pull down the back of the sear and release the striker.

The drawing in the bottom right shows the fixed pivot points in blue. The direction of travel of each piece is shown by the arrows.

Not shown are the springs to reset the sear or the draw bar.

If a setup like this is used, a new trigger housing would be a good idea. The housing could have sides that extend up into the receiver. The rails for the striker could be milled into the side plates of the housing.

The carrier would need to be milled to clear the rails and side plates of the housing, but this would ensure that an unmodified carrier could not be used. It would also prevent installation of an original trigger housing/grip assembly.

Since you will be making your own receiver, you could make it a little longer than original. This would allow room for the striker and sear assembly.

What do you think?


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#29 ·
Rhino, I'm feeling it. I believe I understand your design and it looks sound. Like a big VZ-58. I wonder how much leverage would be needed for it to not require a great deal of pressure on the trigger?

There isn't that much room on the bottom, and I think that trigger bar would have to be located on the side of the receiver to happen. OR be a more complex piece that reaches back and to the side.

That it needs to go outside of the stock is a concern, and the more I look at the stock tang, the more I think it won't be a good idea to cut that area down. The center part of the stock tang actually sits inside the receiver in such a way that if you remove the buttstock, the stock tang creates a recessed cavity. This is also what the hammer bangs against, just like an AK. I don't know if removing this metal would weaken the receiver or interfere with the inertia of the recoil spring? Not sure on this.

Let's assume that we could do the striker without harming the tang, or remove enough from the tang that it doesn't matter... the pivot block at the bottom would need how much room I wonder? A notch could probably be cut from the bottom of the carrier to let it ride in the bottom rear of the receiver. THere's also enough space between the bolt and the recoil spring that I think you could cut a horizontal section from that in-between section and have it work, but that would affect the geometry of your design.

I bent some sheet metal into the proper size and C-Clamped the trunion and stock tang, and there is more room on the sides than I thought there was. I'll put some pics up later.
 
#30 ·
I was thinking that you could make the receiver a little longer than necessary. You could rivet the stock tang in place, but the extra length would allow you to slide the sear mechanism in from underneath.

In all honesty, I would seriously consider making a new grip housing. That way you could be sure to machine it exactly as needed.

Using a fulcrum like that in my drawing, you could adjust the lengths of the arms and position of the pivot pins to minimize travel of certain pieces and maximize the travel of others. A 1/8" movement of the fulcrum could translate into 1/4" movement of the sear.

If there is enough room on the sides, your side swinging hammer should work. It will be interesting to see how much room there is between the receiver walls and carrier.

I would love to actually get my hands on one of these kits, but my funds are being directed to other projects. I do have another project in mind, so I will be watching to see what you and pirate come up with.


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#31 ·
OK I think I just figured something out! I think you can use a FAL FCG for this, or something very similar. It would just need to be "thin" enough to fit in the empty space on the side.

Here is my idea:

Lay the hammer and disconnector on their RH side, LH side facing up.

Modify both the disconnector and the trigger to add a 45 degree slope on their adjoining lip. The trigger may need a slightly taller back-end, which may need to be farther to the side.

The action is identical to a normal FAL action. The difference it that both the disconnector and hammer axis is vertical, and the sloped face of the trigger pushes upward, forcing the disconnector to move left-right on its vertical axis.

The trigger frame could contain the ends of the axis pins, the tops of which could be set into holes in that blocking shim.

Modify the shape of the hammer to fit.

For the spur that prevents out-of-battery misfires, a block could be placed on the carrier in that area in-between the top of the recoil spring and the bottom of the bolt. There is a threaded hole there. That hole could be the mount point for the spur. The spur would be oriented like the AK's in such a way that the hammer cannot touch the firing pin until the bolt is in battery.

I'm sure that would work!

Are you saying a totally new grip housing and throw away the old? I don't think I would need a new grip housing. What I would do is yank the guts out of the existing housing and replace with the FAL trigger .
 
#32 ·
If you can mod original parts, keep em. I would probably make a new grip housing strictly for the pieces in my drawing. The photos of the grip housing don't look like there's a lot of room for the drawbar and pivot block.

I'm looking forward to see the mock-ups of the your receiver section and FCG parts. :thumbup1:


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#33 ·
Here we go:


Keep in mind the width is about 1.6" and the height is about 1.9". The charging handle goes on the RH side so I wouldn't want to get in its way, and there's a pretty big rail on the LH side that would give us some room to play.

http://pookieweb.dyndns.org:61129/beltfeed/pkm/mockup/dscn1791.jpg

http://pookieweb.dyndns.org:61129/beltfeed/pkm/mockup/dscn1792.jpg

http://pookieweb.dyndns.org:61129/beltfeed/pkm/mockup/dscn1793.jpg

This is what I meant about that striker needing to travel so darned far. And I determined the receiver is a flat 14" long, not 13 11/16" like I had guess previously!

http://pookieweb.dyndns.org:61129/beltfeed/pkm/mockup/dscn1794.jpg

Not much room for a striker guide rod:
http://pookieweb.dyndns.org:61129/beltfeed/pkm/mockup/dscn1795.jpg

And here is the trigger housing and parts... only 2 parts there - the trigger and the sear:
http://pookieweb.dyndns.org:61129/beltfeed/pkm/mockup/dscn1796.jpg

http://pookieweb.dyndns.org:61129/beltfeed/pkm/mockup/dscn1797.jpg

And finally the area for the "spur". It looks like that threaded hole would be sufficient to secure the spur, and it could even be brazed in place. I think the threaded hole was put there to facilitate the milling needed on the carrier:

http://pookieweb.dyndns.org:61129/beltfeed/pkm/mockup/dscn1798.jpg

The spur would need to be about 7/8" long:
http://pookieweb.dyndns.org:61129/beltfeed/pkm/mockup/dscn1799.jpg
 
#34 ·
You know, looking at my AR and FNC, I think I may be able to apply the KISS method here. Both actions smack of an AK style assembly.

After playing with the PK trigger housing some more, I figure that the modified AK-style trigger with the big L shape which I described may be slightly better than the FAL style. That would make the conversion easier because I have plenty of AK triggers & hammers laying around.

I may be able to weld that L arm onto a trigger which would then have a disconnector attached to it. OR maybe attach the disconnector directly to that shim. That may work best of all and would require the LEAST amount of work... and I'm all for that! ;)
 
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