This new ebook series dives deep into proven techniques of home-built AKs. Profusely illustrated with numerous photos and diagrams, these manuals will show you exactly how to assemble your AK parts kit step-by-step. Your build will go easy using our techniques, recommended tools, and veteran builder tips/tricks...all with a critical focus on both safety & quality. Volume I covers both headspacing procedures and the population of the barrel components in a non-original barrel or virgin barrel AK parts kit. Both AK-47 and Ak-74 build procedures are described in the first book.

This new series dives deep into proven techniques of home-built AKs. Profusely illustrated with numerous photos and diagrams, these manuals will show you exactly how to assemble your AK parts kit step-by-step. Your build will go easy using our techniques, recommended tools, and veteran builder tips/tricks...all with a critical focus on both safety & quality. The highly anticipated Volume Two covers a full parts kit build, from receiver flat/shell or already complete receiver through assembly, final fitting, and tuning. Alternate tools and methods are discussed throughout, as well as steps for both the AKM, AK-74 models (and various other variants of each like Yugo models, and the Krinkov). With over 240 images that make the procedures both clear and easy to understand.

Build your own AK tooling kit? YES! Ever since AK/AKM component kits have been imported into the U.S., enthusiasts and small-volume manufacturers have struggled to find an efficient, accurate, and safe AK-building solution, relying on multiple tools and homemade work-arounds to assemble rifles that are only "almost there." The tooling components illustrated in this book eliminate the guesswork to offer safe, accurate solutions that new and experienced AKM builders have asked for. Build Your Own AK/AKM Tooling Kit provides all the specifications needed to create your own kit thanks to detailed, easy-to-read blueprints. The AK Tooling System allows individuals, gunsmiths, and small-volume custom manufacturers to correctly and safely perform the pressing, pinning, and riveting operations involved in the construction of AK/AKM-pattern 7.62x39mm semi-automatic rifles featuring stamped steel receivers and fixed stock rear trunnions while utilizing a common tooling platform. It also simplifies the installation of the front sight block, gas block, rear sight block, and barrel trunnion/receiver assembly onto an AK/AKM barrel while ensuring Top Dead Center alignment. The unique design of the press fixture assembly allows all components to be installed in a controlled, safe manner in a single press setup by using a standard 12-ton hydraulic home shop press. With the AK Tooling System you can: * Press the front sight block, gas block, and rear sight block onto an AKM barrel in a single pressing operation or individual pressing operations while ensuring top-dead-center alignment of these components to the barrel. * Install the barrel pin and all pins associated with the front sight block, gas block, and rear sight block. * Achieve correct headspace dimension while pressing the riveted barrel trunnion and receiver assembly onto a populated AKM barrel. * Install trigger guard, center support, and fixed stock trunnion rivets. * Disassemble a demilitarized AKM kit.

Provides instructions for building replicas of firearms, including a desert eagle, jungle carbine, and an AKS-74U.

"Today's modern, modular AK! In Gun Digest Guide to the Modern AK , no longer is the Russian AK-47 rifle merely a cobbled clunker pressed into service by rebel freedom fighters in Third World war zones. Now, author Jorge Amselle presents the AK as a state-of-the-art firearm, with endless accessories and upgrades, and used by the most elite shooting schools. For the recreational and tactical shooter, the ergonomic shortcomings and lack of accessories for the AK-47 have been completely resolved in recent years, increasing the rifle's appeal. Today, major manufacturers are producing new stocks, rails, grips, hand guards, sights, parts and other upgrades for this tough rifle. Learn how to customize the AK, including a full listing of accessories and parts. Find out how to receive training in the proper and effective use of the AK and build your own custom rifle from a parts kit, with tips that will save time and trouble. You'll get: gun reviews of the most popular AK models; how to build an AK from a parts kit; tips for selecting the best AK-47, AK-74 or AK Pistol; the hottest AK upgrades, parts and accessories"--www.bibz.com.

A detailed, fully illustrated study of the most recognizable assault rifle ever produced. The Kalashnikov AK-47 is the most ubiquitous assault rifle in the world, with more AK-47s and its variants in use than any other individual small arm. Created by Senior Sergeant Mikhail Kalashnikov, and first adopted by the USSR soon after World War II, its production continues to this day, with an estimated 75 million produced worldwide. Supported by photographs and original artwork, this book takes a look at the complete history of the weapon, discussing its design, development, and usage, taking its story from the great armies of the Soviet Union to the insurgents and criminal gangs that often employ the weapon today.