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Posted: 5/17/2006 3:11:13 PM EDT
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Well, it has taken over a year and a good bit of $, but my MAK is finally done. I posted some pics earlier, but now they are gone, so I will repost them. Here is how it started. It was a slant cut stamped reciever that was drilled for the underfolding stock. Picked it up from a local boardmember.     I picked up the underfolding stock and grip from another boardmember, as well as a Tapco FCG, us muzzlebrake, and us mag followers and floorplates.   But is still wasn't right. It had a hole in the rear so I chopped the tang off and sent it to Troy at InRange. This is the work he did.  After a quick touch up job with alumahyde II from Brownells it was looking pretty good. But I still was not happy with it. It had a "garage" threading job that did not allow any kind of brake to stay on. I even tried one of those adapters that has tension screws to hold it in place. Did not work. I then found a Type 56 preban barrel on sale in the EE. I snatched it up quickly. Then it was the waiting game for Troy to find time to swap it out for me. While waiting, I picked up a US gas piston as well. Well, it got back on Monday and I am verry happy with how it turned out!   Now I just need to get to the range and see how the new barrel does! |
| Ive always liked the idea of getting a beat up crap gun and turning it into beauty. But you gotta remeber that it has to at least have good fundamentals like a good barrel and trigger and accuracy. The MAK-90 is such a gun! It is the perfect "project gun" that can be had for 400$ then built up into a $700 gun. IT IS essentially the same gun as the pre-ban Norincos,same quality parts and thicker barrel and receiver. But it is cheap becuase it is "post ban" (no bayonet, muzzle break etc) and it has a lopped off thumbhole receiver. But now with the ban gone these guns can be made into anything you want as long as you can find a way to get the parts for it. Excellent job. |
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