Pressing front trunnion rivets Build your own AK AK47

Pressing of the front rivets and shortening the rear rivets

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[shadowdiver1]

Yo Mike!!.. watch the video, he has his trigger gaurd installed. I'm pretty sure..like us he sends his recievers out before assembly. ...right BYOAK?

[BuildyourownAK]

@shadowdiver1 I'm not sure who Mike is. The only thing I sent my receivers out for is engraving. The video where I riveted that trigger guard in place is on here as well. I don't bend my own from flats, I buy nodak spud receivers. I've thought about bending from flats, but honestly I didn't like the way the tool amortized when you factored in the cost of the flat. If the receivers become hard to get or I get a kit that I absolutely can't find a receiver for I'll consider rolling my own.

[BuildyourownAK]

@shadowdiver1 Also, now that I look at it, this reciever is an older Armory USA receiver that I bought from ohio rapid fire. For some reason the ones that ORF had sold were all parked, which is why it looks grey.

[mnicholas1977]

Did you heat treat before you did the dimples for the swell neck rivets?

[BuildyourownAK]

@mnicholas1977 Was already heat treated. The receiver will dimple easily even after it's heat treated (at least the NDS and AUSA receivers do).

[BOEHHO89]

Terrible lighting and get a better camera but all in all informative .

[BuildyourownAK]

@BOEHHO89 I lit it as best I could. If you'd like to buy me a studio I'll redo the videos :)

[BuildyourownAK]

Wow, thanks. If you watch the videos in succession you'd have heard where I explained this. If you can't tell that this is a hydraulic press, you probably shouldn't be building guns in the first place.

[m0ondoggy]

If you have to ask, you probably shouldn't know.

[DanTheVikingr]

On a Khyber Pass AK, would you use AKM, AKMS, or AK74 rivets?

[shadowdiver1]

Or, he watches a sweet video on how to heat treat at home...

[JustHearMyVoice]

Thanks for the sweet videos. I actually broke my leg just prior to building my first AK, so I've been at home studying the full tutorial. I don't think there's any question left unanswered. 

[sk8tafrnk]

@JDawginNewHaven Yeah dick.

[sk8tafrnk]

@BOEHHO89 Yeah dick.