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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Battlefat ago

That looks good, mayne, but are you sure it wasn’t missing a retention pin or two? If it shoots like how it should and doesn’t hurt you now or in the future, peace be with you:) Also your Dad sounds like a cool dude with a valuable skill — maybe...you should learn (while he’s still around to teach you)

clamhurt_legbeard ago

my dad is a cool dude and i definitely should learn

i restored the gun to its original specs minus one particular pin the government doesnt want me to have

i totally comply with this

Battlefat ago

Cool. I’m not an AK guy so I’m not familiar. I’ll look it up...

clamhurt_legbeard ago

its the fun one

the saiga moved the fire control group so it needed extra pins which needed extra holes

i moved the fcg back to the original pins and didnt need the modified ones anymore so we filled them