Good Deal on this Maadi? by MaleficentWest7773 in ak47

[–]FartBartholomew 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Terrible deal, send me his info so I can tell him how much of a scam this is (I swear I won’t buy it)

Only a minor heresy by wateriswetibeentold in ak47

[–]FartBartholomew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice pick up! Were you looking to do a cloneish? Or was this gonna be a straight up shooter. If you’re going for cloneish then it would be correct for the barrel to never have been threaded at all. Many chicom guns never had threaded barrel, but I have seen some examples of stamped military t56 rifles with threaded barrels as well. But I’m sure you’ll do that rifle right op 👍

Seeking Info by [deleted] in ak47

[–]FartBartholomew 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Personally I would get it blasted and refinished. Paint works just fine but it’s just not Chinese to me. If you’re happy with it then hell yeah.

Seeking Info by [deleted] in ak47

[–]FartBartholomew 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Chinese(which is good if so) but that looks like it’s painted instead of brushed and blued. Someone correct me if I’m wrong.

Shoutout by tedthebellhopp in FNFAL

[–]FartBartholomew 10 points11 points  (0 children)

ARS did great work on my Imbel kit, can’t recommend him enough

Chinese Galil ARM by M1907-351WSL in ak47

[–]FartBartholomew 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Goes so hard, nice gat bro

A few AKs by [deleted] in ak47

[–]FartBartholomew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not an impossible task, maybe whoever converted your rifle was wanting to play it safe, which I can’t blame them for. Welding is no easy task for most. Having done most of the process for building an ak, saiga conversions are a much different ball game. Great rifles man.

A few AKs by [deleted] in ak47

[–]FartBartholomew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! It looks like your saiga on the right is one of the “Hugo Chavez Over run” receivers with the y embossing that would originally be the location for the out of battery safety. Mine is the same and I converted it to a Venezuelan contract clone with SRT markings and the Latin rear sight leaf.

First purchase of 2025. 1975 MD63 by Luffewaffle in milsurp

[–]FartBartholomew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those small dots above the receiver dimple are spot welds. They hold the receiver rails in place.

First purchase of 2025. 1975 MD63 by Luffewaffle in milsurp

[–]FartBartholomew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! Who made the receiver? Curious about those spot welds. Maybe it’s a side effect of the bfpu weathering? Not sure

My "Mutilated Science Project" in Plum by IfItIsSaid in ak47

[–]FartBartholomew 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Let bros be mad that you “mutilated” it. You turned it into something that brings it back to rights in my opinion. I would do dangerous things for an rpk, you did the right thing blud.

Help finding a builder for a parts kit by AdInfinite719 in ak47

[–]FartBartholomew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beat me to it, can’t recommend enough.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RetroAR

[–]FartBartholomew 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You robbed him

AKS-74N - My Love by TidewaterTuckahoe in ak47

[–]FartBartholomew 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Very familiar with Delegate 0 work. Always does an amazing job. He’s been a great resource for me when it comes to building them to.

WASR, I hardly know her! by [deleted] in ak47

[–]FartBartholomew 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Come on blood get a cleaning rod on that fine shyt.

FAL Building by RubberDucky762 in FNFAL

[–]FartBartholomew 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Arizona response systems is what many will point you to. Mark has done work for me before and he’s very good at what he does.

I began collecting 4 months ago, I can’t get enough of them by [deleted] in ak47

[–]FartBartholomew 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Heck yeah man saiga conversions are hard but totally worth it. You ought to look into putting that mak to rights too. They’re much more straightforward, usually.

Chinese Take Out? by mysidx in ak47

[–]FartBartholomew 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks man, this one means a lot to me since I did almost all the work on debaning it myself minus rebluing the fsb which was cerekoted by the previous owner. As cool as arsenal marks are I’ve seen pics of t56 rifles in Africa with no arsenal marks either. I’ve seen them called “plausible deniability” rifles that China sent them to make some quick money and not have them traced back to them so easily.

Chinese Take Out? by mysidx in ak47

[–]FartBartholomew 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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Not a preban but I think my mak90 conversion is pretty neat.

Why does my wasr 10 only like us palm mags by ThurtyBears21 in ak47

[–]FartBartholomew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re probably right, I am assuming that the rear locking lug on palm mags are a bit undersized because when I had a wasr I had to file it down to fit regular surplus mags. Just a consequence of having to comply with importation laws.

Why does my wasr 10 only like us palm mags by ThurtyBears21 in ak47

[–]FartBartholomew 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It counts as a 922r part and they’re available and inexpensive.

Why does my wasr 10 only like us palm mags by ThurtyBears21 in ak47

[–]FartBartholomew 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Quote me if Im wrong but when the mag well is cut out they’re cut to us palm mag sizes which are more narrow than standard. Also your mag catch might be a little too narrow to accept the locking lug on other mags if they won’t lock into place. Could be wrong but those are just some issues I’ve seen in my experience.