Checking Headspace Build your own AK AK47

[generalpetres]

really you only need a no go gauge to headspace a rifle and use a live round with the firing pin out. this should save you from having to spend another 30 dollars for an extra gauge that you might only use once.

[suckyalaterhead]

can i buy you a new camera?

[KFORVET]

Well, I don't know if you still check this but I'll ask anyway, since it's free. Where did you find the go/no go gauges for the AK?

[BuildyourownAK]

@KFORVET Manson Reamers. They carry CIP spec 7.62x39 and 5.45x39 gauges.

[KFORVET]

@BuildyourownAK Thanks for the reply. Is the DVD you sell a from beginning with a kit and receiver flat to completed rifle?

[hindflight]

Great video. Its a good idea to strip the bolt and remove the extractor anyway, since in many of these old parts kits (especially Romy "G") gunk and material can accumulate behind them and hinder their movement.

[unskfl]

By any chance do you have a video on drilling a Virgin ak barrel?,i have a bunch but have not drilled any yet so i'm kinda nervous about wrecking one. Thanks alot!!

[millergun]

Good quality video, thank you for posting. Where would you suggest buying 5.45x39 guages?

[sharper1106]

with a virgin barrel i would check the headspace and once its correct i then drill the hole for my barrel pin? i have never installed a 100% new barrel

[dills2403]

what happens when its a no go? how do you set the headspace?

[BuildyourownAK]

You remove the barrel pin and set it so that it gauges correctly. You then drill and ream the barrel pin hole and install an oversized pin.

[urbanfresh1988]

hmm, my question is could you get away with buying just the no go gage? with the firing pin removed you could use a live round as a go gage correct? yeah its unsafe still but its a idea

[socalschafer]

Sweet, I make those gages at work all the time. Though I know how to make them, I dont know how exactly there used, thank you

[beercamp2004]

nice job, nice to see someone else building

[guns4good]

I've always wondered exactly how hard head spacing is. I didn't know it was just a "see if the bolt closes" deal. I really appreciate your tutorials!

[BuildyourownAK]

Well, Checking the headspace is that easy. If it doesn't check out then you have some work ahead of you :D

[bf3pwner]

if the go gauge doesnt go do you have ream the chamber out?

[purecanesugar420]

@bf3pwner no. you have to reposition the barrel.