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3/7/2011 1:31:35 PM EDT
I had this posted in the build section––but it belongs here to.
I had This beat up AMD pistol that was my first build that was pretty ugly, ugly rivets, dents and marks from the vice, bends from not properly supporting it while pressing in pins, etc. So I was able to drill out the rivets and pulled the front out of it to use in another receiver. I put it in an NDS3 receiver, silver soldered on an extended 4pc flash hided from cnc warrior ( very quality piece) and put a standard rear trunnion with the tang cut off for the ace adapter with the ace ultralight stock with two inches lopped off. Was toying around with a tapco saiga forend and found out that if you took one of the pins out of the gas block and put in an extended one that you can make it fit on an amd with the hg retainer still in place if you cut the sling loop off of it. Its actually very rock solid. I know its tapco junk but I like the feel of the grips and I like the full length hanguard. I might bend a little heat shield for the inside later on. And I was unsure about the magpul afg when I tried it for my saiga twelve but it feels alot better on this shorter rifle. I plan on just adding a light but thats about as ninja as I'm going to get. Maybe an ultimak and a micro red dot, if they will work with the hanguard. I also put a RSA adjustable trigger group and set it for a very short throw. I just got done putting it together last night because its been sitting for three weeks trying to let the alumahyde set up. It did and thats the secret to that stuff––let it sit and dont mess with it.

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3/7/2011 2:33:49 PM EDT
[#1]
nice!
3/7/2011 3:15:38 PM EDT
[#2]
well done
3/7/2011 5:52:14 PM EDT
[#3]
Very well done indeed!
3/9/2011 5:43:40 AM EDT
[#4]
I really like that Saiga handguard.  Could you please post pics of how you got it to work?
3/9/2011 6:28:16 PM EDT
[#5]
Which pin in the gas block? I ended up leaving the stock fore end on my Saiga after I did the complete conversion and liked it. I've got an AMD and have been uninspired by swapping the stock fore end until now. I like that a lot!
3/10/2011 7:16:51 PM EDT
[#6]
Very Cool.
3/11/2011 8:20:38 AM EDT
[#7]
What was your prep for the alumahyde? I have some sitting in my closet that I use for random parts and haven't attempted a whole gun yet, and my mak90 is in bad need of a makeover. The 4pc brake looks good, I'm tempted now...
3/12/2011 1:33:04 PM EDT
[#8]
One of the best looking AKs I've ever seen.  How long is the barrel?  If you ever want to sell it, let me know.
3/13/2011 8:13:05 PM EDT
[#9]
I plan on doing the same thing with the flash hider. Looks good by the way.......Sully
3/20/2011 2:35:54 PM EDT
[#10]
To prep for alumahyde I blasted it with aluminum oxide.

Overall barrel length with extended 4pc hider is 16 3/8".

I'm going to start a new thread for the how to on the hand guard.
4/25/2011 6:34:12 AM EDT
[#11]
wow very very nice
4/25/2011 9:13:23 AM EDT
[#12]
Looks Great! Very similar to the one I just finished, OD is my favorite color and alumahyde II is your friend. Very nice amd. AMD'S are my favorite kit to build, cant get enough of them.
5/19/2011 1:29:20 AM EDT
[#13]
Has served as reference in a new build.
5/25/2011 2:56:15 PM EDT
[#14]
Wow. The handguard looks really nice. Congrats. Look forward to the "how to".
5/26/2011 4:54:09 PM EDT
[#15]
Nice looking rifle
7/3/2011 7:34:08 PM EDT
[#16]
Beautiful job on that AMD.  When you applied the Alumahyde, did you have to heat the metal to cure it out?  I have a stock AMD that I'd like to refinish, but since I can't remove the rear folding stock, I'm kinda at a loss as to how to go about it with a quality finish.
7/8/2011 5:50:21 AM EDT
[#17]
Yes I pre heated the parts in the oven at the lowest setting and then put back in the oven between coats
7/15/2011 4:48:46 PM EDT
[#18]
I'm an 'original' guy, but I have to tell you that is an incredible customization. Very, very cool. The chrome-lined brake is very dramatic.
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