AK-47 Wood Furniture Change - Field Strip and Assembly

[@Soli_Deo_Gloria_.]

Good tutorial, thanks for sharing n' God bless you and yours in these strange and difficult times we are living in.

[@danterios3261]

From what I understand, blood and hammers are part of owning an AK platform. Good video, man.

[@1997LT1Camaro]

I have seen gun lube (balistol) on the upper foregrip to help it rotate and put the new one on.

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

I have that stuff and I didn't even think of it, I should have tried it out.

[@mariasantana6861]

Where is the hole for the gun cleaning kit ??

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

That was not on the new one, or the one I removed either! I think that would be a nice feature that really makes it look like an original one! But unfortunately, there's no hole on the back of the stock for the gun cleaning kit.

[@mariasantana6861]

@@MikeWithTheGuns if u need anymore help with AK,, Just ask me I''m the AK girl-- lol

[@SMASHTIME]

Bro this was hilarious. Helped me out a lot

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

Thank you for checking it out.

[@SMASHTIME]

@@MikeWithTheGuns Mike E mail me. I want you to come on my live stream.

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

That would be awesome man! I'm not ready to do a live stream yet, I'm still getting used to creating content for now.

[@SMASHTIME]

It will be fun. Just come on and chit chat. Let me know

[@mariasantana6861]

Good JOB hun !!

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

Thank you!

[@mariasantana6861]

@@MikeWithTheGuns , just messing with you honey !!--lol-love

[@splitvessel2387]

That is a nice piece

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

It really does look good like this.

[@schutendohkji548]

It was a good thing the original buttstock was plastic. When u install the wood, if it's too tight to go into the metal receiver, then i suggest u to file off the mating wood perimeter. Thus, no hurting/cracking the wood. Actually, if u put dye around that narrow area, u can c where the wood is tight so just sand it there. N, if u also bevel the sheet rcvr metal's inside edge, it'll b much EZr the nxt time u need/want to remove n install. I've seen two utubers w gashed finger tip bc. of the hard to pivot Gas Tube Lock Lever. Just use a pair of long nose plyers. If ur worried bout scratching the lever, just wrap masking tape on ea. jaw tip. No finger cutting. After releasing that lever, i've found that the lever pointing was not perpendicular to the bbl axis but just at a shallower angle. Wiggling the lever while trying to free the top guard up at the back end helped. To take out that top hand guard, i wrapped a dense cotton pillow type cloth, several times around the cylinder tube. Then, w a long handled spanner wrench, i twisted the tube till what u've said, 180 deg i.e., the arch of the guard is now matching the horizontal tube's sheet metal at the back. Then, the wooden guard just lift up and off after some wiggling. No hurting hands/fingers. Buttstock Removal: o Don't use a flat screw drvr to remove that long bolt inside the stock. This bolt is screwed to a thick steel plate at the back of the sheet metal rcvr. This plate is riveted to the sheet so the rivets uC got nothing to do w holding the wooden stock. Use instead, a 13mm socket w a long (5 1/2") extension on a decently long handled ratchet wrench. This would give u more torque and won't strip the bolt head as the bolt head slot is too wide for ur flat scrw drvr. U may want to lay the gun flat on its side, set on it, then turn the ratchet. It'll help a bit if u spray WD-40 on that bolt end thread (M8 x 1mm thread?) at that thick plate sticking out. Make sure ur nut(not) tightening the bolt. Turn CCW!!! o Removing the bolt still won't let u pull out the wood. Like Mike, i did bang the wd's heel n toe but nut(not) on the floor. I wanted to put the buttplate back on B4 doing this but it won't protect the H & T bc. the wood there still sticks a bit further from the butt plate, exposed against this hammering. So, i wrapped a densely woven cotton (pillow case rag) around the wood butt end, n tapped it alternately w a mallet. Voila! o I'll use several coat of Walnut Danish Oil from Lowe's to darken and bring out the pale white n faddy grain of my Zastava M70 Maple. I need to test out how dark this Walnut color is on a piece of 2 x 4 pine (similar paleness) 1st. May need to stain it 1st? Hope these helped the viewers further as well as ur video for me to take the darn ding apart. N Thx for the video Mike and please give a little hug to ur cat (27:33) who has bn very patient n quiet at the background. Cute Kitty!

[@lenoxchew4732]

What a huge difference. The wood looks great...

[@Breezer56]

They make the bottom foregrip a bit large on purpose! It's because it needs to fit all AK's and not all AK's have the same measurements. SInce they have left the piece a bit large, you can file it to a perfect fit no matter your AK manufacturer. Your welcome...

[@edwest7035]

really hard to watch you struggle with those installs, to start with there is a slot on the side of the cleaning kit housing that fits the gas tube locking lever very well, also on the rear stock there is a hole in the top of the rear trunnion to stick a screwdriver in and pry off the stock so you dont have to beat it on the floor.also its much easier to gently clamp the gas tube in a vise to twist off the top wood , you will find it twists easily when clamped in a vise..theres plenty of utube vids on the ak to learn all the tricks..i recommend you watch them and educate yourself on your rifle..happy shooting..

[@joehill2172]

That was fun to watch. I can relate. Not like most people who act like they know everything out of the gate and have 30 years experience in the seal teams.

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

It was motivation for me to get it done, instead of spreading it out over a few days. I had to learn at some point, and now was the time. Thanks for watching.

[@daviswall3319]

Appreciate the video very much. Just received my redwood furniture from PSA today and plan on doing the swap after work this evening on my WASR-10. 👍

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

I hope everything went as planned!

[@daviswall3319]

@@MikeWithTheGuns Went very smoothly-😎

[@gxxthy]

johnny sins taught me how to bang my ak i love this guy

[@zacharyfoley236]

The slot on bolt carrier that rides the rails to pry that puppy right up bud

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

I would have to see that done sometime to know what you mean.

[@gussie88bunny]

Hey man, the bolt carrier has a groove on either side that interfaces with the receiver so it can slide back and forth in the gun when shooting. Use that groove. Hold the bolt carrier so it's rod is pointing upwards, and bring it oriented like that up to the lever. Make the tab on the lever go into the bolt carrier groove. Now rotate the bolt carrier in your hand so it turns to be parallel with the gun, the op rod turning to be pointing in the same direction as the barrel. As you do this, the lever will be forced to rotate and unlock. The bolt carrier gives you mechanical advantage and protects your hand. Once you try this, you'll understand and see that it works.

[@c_addyaaron888]

Thanks bro! You helped me put my AK back together! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

I like to hear that! Doing stuff like this is a great way for us to learn more about these guns.

[@zacharyfoley236]

Use you bolt carrier slot to take that gas tube lever up bud

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

I would have to see how that works sometime.

[@jacky13736]

Can the GF3 polymer be swapped to wood furniture?

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

I am not familiar with it, but I would think that furniture should be able to be changed also.

[@jacky13736]

@@MikeWithTheGuns thanks for the answer Mike!

[@WhyPhi]

Should be fine. I have bought a 103 and gf5 receiver from palmetto and just bought whatever furniture from them I wanted and it all fits interchangeably

[@jomama3849]

Yep

[@kmerkingdomfilms]

Wow! nice buddy. Congratulation on a new look of your beautiful Ak. Thanks for sharing.

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

Thank you! It really changed my feeling about this gun.

[@silverandblackentertainment]

I wonder if a little oil would help with the turning on that hand guard.

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

I don't know why I didn't even think of that.

[@YoungFinesse762]

Why is the old gas block better than the v2 gas block?

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

I honestly don't know which is better. My preference for the old gas block is because any time you see an AK-47 in a movie, it always has the standard gas block. I think this other gas block was made to reduce possible over gassing on previous models, which I don't think anyone complained about anyway. To top it all off, they now came up with a batch of Century 1826-N everywhere, so I should have just waited for it.

[@blokwar2703]

@@MikeWithTheGuns Where do you see that batch? I don't see any anywhere and that model came out before the v2

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

Since I have been looking for one, I look at the photos on Gun Broker on a regular basis. Most sellers are showing only the stock photos, which can vary from what you actually get. When emailing most of these sellers, I am surprised to hear that they don't even keep the guns in stock, they are essentially drop shippers from the manufacturer. Anyway, I found one listing last week that had the actual photos of the current 1826-N, and the gas block looked very similar to the WASR V2. It's definitely different than what they show in the stock photos.

[@gussie88bunny]

Apparently the new V2 gas block is from an East German mould. Why Romania is casting parts now using East German casting equipment is anyone's guess. Maybe Cugir's current moulds were worn out, the East German ones came up as surplus, so they bought them to replace the old one? Maybe?

[@comradeyuri8492]

This video shouldn't be more than 10 minutes long ! I have done this change out many times and to take so long to tell us how to do this is ridiculous !

[@mountaingunner]

Pro tip you can use the bolt carrier to turn that lever on the trunnion to get the gas tube off and go ahead and change out that pistol grip you can always wrap it in hockey or goon tape for texture and at least it will match the handguard and stock

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

The punch and small hammer worked perfectly, I should have tried it from the start.

[@mountaingunner]

@@MikeWithTheGuns Its actually a function that was built into the carrier you really dont need a hammer and punch, its way faster/easier if you use the carrier trust me

[@donsal.t.1765]

I found a WASR 10/63 online for a great price but I'm thinking the lever on the gas block/trunnion to get the gas tube off/on may be broken or something wrong with it bc the lever is straight up and down, perpendicular and not at an angle like all the other AK's I've seen at least online or videos. Is it normal to be perpendicular? Thanks

[@donsal.t.1765]

Is it normal for the lever to keep the gas tube fastened to be perpendicular? Saw a picture of an AK I'm thinking of buying but the lever is straight up and down not angled like other AK's I've seen.

[@silverandblackentertainment]

Looks good man. I just bought the same one. And I can’t stand the black plastic furniture lol

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

I thought it looked so bad, that on this day I decided I knew how to build AK's 😂

[@silverandblackentertainment]

@@MikeWithTheGuns hey man at least you got the job done. 👍🏽 honestly beating the stock on the floor a little is actually the best way to take those stocks off 🤣 it really is

[@umbrellacorpmarketingdept7154]

I hope you didn’t push your stock flush with the receiver. The little 1mm gap between the stock and receiver is actually intentionally left that way to stop the receiver from cracking the stock when the receiver flexes while shooting.

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

I am glad that you mention this. I knew about the recommendation for a gap, as one of my AK's has the gap, and I discovered that it was supposed to be that way upon researching. This one came with the stock flush with the receiver, although it was a plastic stock. I just had to push the new one flush to see how it does. If it does crack, I see that Palmetto State Armory also sells just the stock if I need to. And then at that time, I will have my own personal experience haha.

[@alonzosalinas3834]

hey man what did you do with the OEM furniture? i would like to purchase if you still have

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

I do not sell anything.

[@alleycatcapone6163]

That gun has a taste for blood like that car in the movie Christine,I think that was her name😁

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

AK's are made for war, and reliable if ever needed in one.

[@alleycatcapone6163]

@@MikeWithTheGuns I agree. Good video bro👍

[@a-team65]

How do you like the furniture now? Is it holding up well and good quality? I purchased the same kit for my wbp Fox and it’ll be here tomorrow

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

I like the furniture, it looks perfect. There is a slight wobble in the hand guard but I hear it is common. I have not used this gun at the range yet.

[@gussie88bunny]

Mike, if the wobble annoys you, tiny slivers of wood can be wedged in the handguard retainer, then you close the retainer on the handguard, using force like you initially did in your video. The wood sliver squishes everything together so there's no wobble. I saw a guy use copy paper folded to size and liberally coated in wood glue to achieve the same result.

[@andymeme]

What do you think of the quality of the PSA wood furniture? I have been looking for reviews of it but couldn't immediately find much online. If you've felt the WASR-10 wood furniture, how do you think the PSA furniture compares?

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

This WASR came with polymer furniture, so I can't compare any right now. I am happy with look of the PSA furniture, and the color choice also.

[@alexaveevelasquez6099]

You are funny this is been very entertaining to watch The growing pains of AK-47s you can't really f****** and Romy that's what's so cool about it.

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

I learned a lot by doing this too.

[@mariasantana6861]

WASR-10 ????,, Couldn't you use a real gun ,, like a Poly tech ???

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

I like the WASR, I should have got it sooner before they made it look funny like this.

[@daisydixie1178]

Ak74 pattern buttstock you got from psa. Atlantic firearms sells Romanian akm laminated sets. Akm or ak modified are what we have nowadays. Ak47 is the original designation and design

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

I thought this was an AK-47 furniture kit that I got. The buttstock does look similar to my 103 series which uses AK74 furniture.

[@gussie88bunny]

It looks nice and works. Job done.

[@Mad_Dog_of_the_Regime]

I don't know a first thing about real life AK assembly, but that banging on the floor part looked wild, surely there must be less destructive way to do it.

[@MikeWithTheGuns]

I honestly still think this is the best option, to keep all parts in tact. The only other way I have seen is some guys put the gun in a vice, and then beat the stock off with a hammer until it budges. The removed stock is always destroyed after that, and it doesn't seem like it's much easier on the gun than what I did here. I would do it the same way again.

[@aceboogie598]

that’s an AK sir, not a AR!!