my dad filled some holes on my kalashnikov (Welding)

submitted ago by clamhurt_legbeard

i have a saiga rifle

its a civilian kalashnikov variant made in izhevsk russia

same assembly line as the military rifles

but it looks like this

in particular notice the pair of black holes on the side and the grey rectangular tab sticking out of the bottom

if you convert to a regular kalashnikov these holes need to be filled to look right

i dont know how to weld

but my dad does

he filled all the holes with his stick welder and i cleaned it up and smoothed it out

then painted it

heres the finished result

like it never even happened

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clamhurt_legbeard ago

/u/rotteuxx

i must not be banned

i made a useful contribution to your sub

Rotteuxx ago

Awesome ! I just realized that when I started to let the ban hammer fall the phone rang and then something shiny caught my attention.

I guess your mass banning will have to wait some other time :/

Nice job, we can barely see the slight depressions where they used to be. If something similar ever comes up again, a good product to use is a filler primer like this one. It builds a decent layer that fills small voids & sands down very easily.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

honestly the depressions could be my pneumatic eagerness lol

i specifically wanted the holes filled with metal but i didnt think of a layer of filler on top just to smooth it out

good stuff