Just got a kit from Bocefus yesterday and spent a few yours last night getting the cosmoline off. Man, are there a lot of nooks and crannies on an AK or what? It appears to have been only test fired a few times. Anyway, it cleaned up pretty nice:
Tritium night sights are still reasonably bright, but I'll probably replace them anyway. Teeny, tiny little 5.56 mm bore that is perfectly shiny and hard-chrome lined (unusual for a Yugo, most of which don't have chromed bores). It's a sin that I'm going to have to neuter it for Massachusetts - the flash hider will get replaced by a muzzle brake (which must be permanantly attached), the bayonet lug will get ground off, and the underfolding stock will need to be permanantly pinned into a fixed position.
Mags are kinda spendy at $30 each. I've ordered four more from Ohio Rapid Fire and that's it. It needs a sling and a mag pouch. It also needs a receiver. I'm going to go after the rivets with an air chisel and get the trunions out of the front and rear stubs, then it's going to sit in a box in my safe along with my M70 kit until NDS releases their 1.6 mm reciver for Yugo 5.56 underfolders. I'm going to leave the underfolding stock on this one because I figure the 5.56 round won't make too much recoil, so ergonomic problems with an underfolding stock with this rifle should be much less significant than they would be for an AK chambered in 7.62 x 39. Hopefully NDS ships their receivers soon, because I think this rifle is gonna be an excellent shooter.
Tritium night sights are still reasonably bright, but I'll probably replace them anyway. Teeny, tiny little 5.56 mm bore that is perfectly shiny and hard-chrome lined (unusual for a Yugo, most of which don't have chromed bores). It's a sin that I'm going to have to neuter it for Massachusetts - the flash hider will get replaced by a muzzle brake (which must be permanantly attached), the bayonet lug will get ground off, and the underfolding stock will need to be permanantly pinned into a fixed position.
Mags are kinda spendy at $30 each. I've ordered four more from Ohio Rapid Fire and that's it. It needs a sling and a mag pouch. It also needs a receiver. I'm going to go after the rivets with an air chisel and get the trunions out of the front and rear stubs, then it's going to sit in a box in my safe along with my M70 kit until NDS releases their 1.6 mm reciver for Yugo 5.56 underfolders. I'm going to leave the underfolding stock on this one because I figure the 5.56 round won't make too much recoil, so ergonomic problems with an underfolding stock with this rifle should be much less significant than they would be for an AK chambered in 7.62 x 39. Hopefully NDS ships their receivers soon, because I think this rifle is gonna be an excellent shooter.
