Oh I see why it's tagged sniper rifle: The gas cylinder is broken so a manual bolt-action replaced the gas-operation, but how easy it is?
Its very easy, essentially the gas block and tube is just dead weight. Not a very efficient build (lots of wasted parts, even for a guerrilla gunsmith), but for the individual who just needs a bang stick to be armed, it is better than nothing. I've seen plenty of these examples (not this specific firearm, but firearms cobbled together from various parts discarded by military, police, and criminal factions) first hand in a few 2nd and 3rd world countries and while some may scoff at their outward appearance, I have inspected several close up and many are built quite well and I had no fear in shooting them. Obviously many of these firearms are made by a certain set of individuals in each region since weapons in the same area generally have similar build details such as one person using welds, while another may use self tapping screws, others may use roll pins, while some use machine bolts. Strangely, aside from key hotspots that were former or current cold war battlefields, the AK is not a very common recovery. More often than not I find examples of Bill Holmes MP-87, Luty SMGs, and 1911s. Rifle calibers are nearly non-existent. Certain areas close to the US have tons of MACs though, which range from pretty crappy to almost professionally made. In Mexico a lot of the rifles I have seen are 80s H&K based firearms, but even then many were chambered in subcalibers and not 308 or 5.56.
Why the bolt though? An AKM without a gas block (which is apparently how they are required to be sold in the UK for calibers above .223) is already a straight pull rifle. You can see one in action in this video.
Why the bolt though? An AKM without a gas block (which is apparently how they are required to be sold in the UK for calibers above .223) is already a straight pull rifle. You can see one in action in this video.
Picture wise, it is probably for that "improvised" look. Reality wise, gunsmiths who can make their own firearm from scratch (starting with barstock) are somewhat rare. It isn't so much that the work is hard, but the knowledge isn't very widespread in many poorer or tightly controlled countries and the ability to produce illegal weapons becomes a very high paying side job for those smart enough to figure it out, and even better paying if they market and distribute their products themselves creating a kind of vertical monopoly.
Most people who call themselves gunsmiths are actually "armorers" who can assemble weapons, but are not good or capable of making the parts themselves. Because of this these people are very dependent on a supply of scrap weapons and parts, and a bolt or barrel might be misplaced from one firearm, and a stock misplaced from another firearm. They may not be able to build the two original weapons, but they can put together a sub-par weapon from the parts which is enough to put food on the table and buy more parts in the future in hopes of eventually getting a complete set (which can be the equivalent to winning the lottery).
Now waiting fo someone who's gonna retro an SKS with a nagant bolt
Nice find. That TFB site has all kinds of neat stuff there too.
Personally, If I had an SKS receiver (or even If I just had the trigger group and magazine, you could weld up the receiver from flats pretty easy), it is fairly simple work to grind out a bolt and bolt carrier to complete the original, over cutting out the sks receiver to fit a mosin receiver. Judging by the pictures, it seems that the only reason he folded up a mock AKM receiver was to provide a mounting space for the mag catch/trigger guard, grip and stock. The core of his build was just connecting an AK barrel (chambered in 8mm?) with a bolt action receiver. With an SKS and Mosin, stocks index against being sandwiched between the receiver and the trigger group/magazine assemblies (typical of lock-stock-and-barrel firearms). In my mind, I would think it would be easier to complete an SKS and Mosin separately, than to combine, but I may not be thinking creatively enough.
What is with all the gun nuts on this site? Seems like anytime a gun is in a picture a full length discussion on the make and model and political climate starts happens.
I didn't think there was a huge overlap between anime porn and guns, aside from whole "school shooter" narrative that boss along with being geeky
There is a moderate overlap between anime porn and Americans, though...
Yeah but that's not what I'm asking about
I'm asking about the overlap between Americans who like guns and also like anime and then further like anime porn enough to come to a dedicated site for it
I'm asking about the overlap between Americans who like guns and also like anime and then further like anime porn enough to come to a dedicated site for it
I'm asking about the overlap between Americans who like guns and also like anime and then further like anime porn enough to come to a dedicated site for it
Didn't think it would be very large
And I'm making the bad joke that all American are gun nuts, but okay...
What is with all the gun nuts on this site? Seems like anytime a gun is in a picture a full length discussion on the make and model and political climate starts happens.
I didn't think there was a huge overlap between anime porn and guns, aside from whole "school shooter" narrative that boss along with being geeky
Part of it is airsoft. Japan is big on weapons and mil/police fanatics. Lots of artists do work for some brands too. And like OOZ662 said, with a significant amount of the english speaking people on this site being Americans or firearm owning Europeans, you get that factor too.
