Converting AK's to other calibersDiscussion of converting and building an AK based action to other calibers. Like .308, 9MM, .45, 8mm, and anything you can dream up.
Hello my name is Joe, during the last 6 months my dad and I have built 10 ak's from parts kits and flats. We had some extra parts left over so we decided to build a 7.62x25mm ak. my dad happened to find a nodak spud tantal finished reciever at a good price so we got a Bulgarian ak74 bolt and bolt carrier and a pps43 lower receiver. We decided to use a cut-off 30 cal Mauser barrel 16.5 inches long that my dad chambered for 7.62x25 and I am in the process of turning by hand with a file. I have finished the trunnion boss and installed the barrel into the trunnion drilled and installed the barrel pin now i am turning the rear site boss down to install the rear site. i do not have access to a lathe so I put the barrel between the centers of my broken wood lathe and turn the barrel by hand as i file it to size it takes some time but it is worth the extra time. I also decided to make it my own design so I am using the pps43 grip and trigger guard instead of AK parts and i am going to use an mp5 forearm.
here are some pictures more to come.
7.62x25mm Polish Tantal carbine build
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