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AK head spacing

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Onepoint:
Yeah it's not an easy process, even worse trying to fix it rather than set it.  I got lucky with the kit builds I did all headspaced fine using the original trunnion because the barrels were intact when you bought them back then.   I did have to head space one build with a new barrel, what PITA that was.

Got me to thinking about how AKs were expensive back then, but kits were dirt cheap, ARs were relatively cheap but the 'preban' parts kits were expensive.

Now ARs are dirt cheap, AKs relatively expensive and the AK kits are even more in some cases and with far less useable parts. 

Gun people are weird.

JimmyJamesKY:
I'm happy for the cheap ARs.  Now that I have a couple, I can appreciate how easy they are to use.  Easy to shoot, and shoot well.  I don't have any AKs, but I'd bet ARs are more accurate in general, and definitely easier to upgrade, switch optics etc.

Only problem is there are too many options and not enough money (in my account). 

Just so I'm not derailing the topic, I don't know jack about head spacing, but it sounds like a chore on the AK.

JKale2923:
I was expecting an answer like grind down the bolt but I can tell it is more complicated than that

JKale2923:
BTW since we are talking about AK spare parts, I noticed a while back that my "Spare" bolt carrier was really designed for a milled AK receiver. Someone told me not to worry about it so I packed it with the rest of my stuff and forgot about it, but is that true? It seems to fit in my Romania AK, although it is a bit tight, If I pull back on the charging handle and let it fly it does appear to go into battery but I have never tested with a live round. As long as the bolt I am using is head spaced properly am I safe with a milled bolt carrier in a stamped receiver?

Danjal:

--- Quote from: JKale2923 on December 01, 2023, 03:19:39 PM ---I was expecting an answer like grind down the bolt but I can tell it is more complicated than that

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That wouldn't accomplish anything as the bolt spaces off the locking lugs, the trunion, and barrel (chamber). You can increase the headspace doing that on the lugs, but you're taking off hardened steel, weakening the lugs, and the issue with headspace is it opens up after time, not reduces.

Countries didn't change the bolts, just the receiver manufacturing process. It'll be fine if it headspaces correctly.

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