warwickben
bubba Kalashnikov
I've been working on a .45 acp carbine build off and on for a few months.
I was just going to convert a ak. But I realized I had plenty of metal kicking around I could build one from scratch and really only have to buy a trigger (or trade ) and buy a barrel. It's gonna look a little like a m3 grease gun since I'm doing a tube style blow back . I'm really just flying by the seat of my pants at this point.
I've gotten the bolt roughed out and I'll finish it up once I get a grease gun mag so I know how much to remove on the front half. To clean and feed from the mag.
I can't sneak a barrel blank into work to use the lathe there so I've been trying to find a barrel for some time and that's been the biggest hold up. Uzi 16" barrels are allways out of stock and I didn't want a finned Thompson barrel.
Well I found a 16" 1911 barrel that I'm gonna try to use . It will fit in my lathe so if I need to do any thing to it I'll be good there.
This is were I'm at with the bolt.
Yes that's a drill bit I have stuck in there . I'm using it as a slave pin till I figure out the finale spring for the extractor . Rather not press a pin in and out over and over.
Once I machine the front of the bolt out to clear the mag I can do some math and shorten the bolt up so it's still 2lbs. Since I'm doing a non delay blow back I need to be around two pounds. But since the hammer causes drag I can be a little lighter .
I thought about just buying a grease gun bolt then mod it for a firing pin. I know on open bolt guns the bolt can be less then a normal blow back bolt. Didn't feel like paying money . Modding it then figure out how to add weight.
One thing I'm stumped on is what I'm gonna do about the ejector .
Should i try a ar15 style pin. Or cut a slot in the bolt and do one like a ak.
Also trying to figure out the thinnest wall pipe I could use on the receiver.
Any tips , advice, free parts I'll gladly take lol .
I was just going to convert a ak. But I realized I had plenty of metal kicking around I could build one from scratch and really only have to buy a trigger (or trade ) and buy a barrel. It's gonna look a little like a m3 grease gun since I'm doing a tube style blow back . I'm really just flying by the seat of my pants at this point.
I've gotten the bolt roughed out and I'll finish it up once I get a grease gun mag so I know how much to remove on the front half. To clean and feed from the mag.
I can't sneak a barrel blank into work to use the lathe there so I've been trying to find a barrel for some time and that's been the biggest hold up. Uzi 16" barrels are allways out of stock and I didn't want a finned Thompson barrel.
Well I found a 16" 1911 barrel that I'm gonna try to use . It will fit in my lathe so if I need to do any thing to it I'll be good there.
This is were I'm at with the bolt.
Yes that's a drill bit I have stuck in there . I'm using it as a slave pin till I figure out the finale spring for the extractor . Rather not press a pin in and out over and over.
Once I machine the front of the bolt out to clear the mag I can do some math and shorten the bolt up so it's still 2lbs. Since I'm doing a non delay blow back I need to be around two pounds. But since the hammer causes drag I can be a little lighter .
I thought about just buying a grease gun bolt then mod it for a firing pin. I know on open bolt guns the bolt can be less then a normal blow back bolt. Didn't feel like paying money . Modding it then figure out how to add weight.
One thing I'm stumped on is what I'm gonna do about the ejector .
Should i try a ar15 style pin. Or cut a slot in the bolt and do one like a ak.
Also trying to figure out the thinnest wall pipe I could use on the receiver.
Any tips , advice, free parts I'll gladly take lol .
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