Rolling Your AK Folder Strut

Plastic Mag, aka KrasniSerpski of RA, has graciously allowed us to cross post his DIY.

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This is the end result:

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It looks like s**t, battered and dinged up, because it is. I literally hammered the hell out of it. Why? Well, Russian AKSU stocks were produced with rolled struts and a small 'hook' at the bottom rear of the buttplate area was introduced for early sidefolders (and, apparently, removed on later production samples?). While we can't reproduce the hook easily, the struts are easy to fix, and you only need the following:
-AKS74 wireframe stock (preferably a good one, in steel, like Inokatsu, DBoys, or VFC)
-14mm metal or wood tubing, as long as the upper stock strut*
-Hammer of choice

The job is pretty simple - run the tubing through the top strut (should slide right in), tape it in place or otherwise secure it, lay the stock against a work surface and hammer the edges of the strut so that they fold back over onto the tubing.

For the top strut, you can slide the tubing right back out. For the lower strut you have two viable options:
-If using wood, simply cut to length and drop down. When the stock struts are rolled, burn the wood away. This is more expensive.
-If using metal, simply cut to 1" length and drop down. Slide it along the strut, hammering as you go (you'll need leverage to move it along the bottom). When you've reached the end, simply pull it up and out the top whole, where you slide the tubing for the top strut through.

Now strip (if necessary) and refinish to suit. Note that for the example above I used 16mm tubing, as it's all I had, but 14mm tubing produces a more dramatic rolling of the stock. You'll find that the lower 'rolling' is also much more dramatic because it's a deeper strut. So, get out there and enjoy your much-more-accurate side-folding stock!

*14mm = ~ 9/16"
Wood is best for this, because it's easier to get rid of, but metal works just as well with a bit of work.

original post here .

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Battered Stock

Opss Hammered!

he he he , , , pansin ko lang medyo hindi pa rin tama ung sungay ng buttplate nya. medyo kelangan pa ng pukpuk para lumpit ung umbok sa kanto ng buttplate.

and how to pull out the stock from the receiver?

iirc, kom SP, you just punch out the hinge pin on the left side of the folding stock.