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Monthly Archives: April 2013
Update on the AK grip
In my last post, I failed to mention how these threaded wood inserts work and received some questions regarding them. They are threaded on the outside and on the inside with a slot cut in one end for a screwdriver … Continue reading
AK grip on a Mosin?
Yeah, I did it. Teh STUPID project continues and now she’s rocking a sweet AK grip. I used a threaded wood insert to provide the anchor point and it seems to have worked well. In order to get it to … Continue reading
Dear Santa Claus,
This is all I want for Christmas: Dive! Dive!
Supply sorta meeting demand..
If only the manufacturers would look at their products before shipping them out. It’s amazing how fast QC goes out the window when people are throwing exorbitant amounts of money at you just so they can “get their rifle before … Continue reading
More progress on the STUPID carbine
Well, I went ahead and removed the front sight/bayonet lug sleeve from the barrel of the Type53. I had set aside a couple hours to do this, and I was surprised when it came off so easily. I had heard … Continue reading
Cosmo-Clean
I got started on the STUPID project and the first thing, of course, was to remove the cosmoline and get her all cleaned up. Now, there are so many different methods out there and I don’t pretend to know the … Continue reading
Teh STUPID came home
With her sentence served in gun jail, my Type 53 came home with me on the 19th. I find it rather fitting that I physically got a new rifle on the 238th anniversary of the opening shots of the Revolutionary … Continue reading
Tokarev final review
I took Scarlett out today to sight her in and I also managed to haul out some ballistics testing media to finish up the Tokarev review. Nicoleta (Victorious People), my 1953 Romanian TTC is an awesome little package and is … Continue reading
Ammo shortage blues
I don’t think there is anything worse than completing a long term project, like my AR, and then not being able to shoot her due to the current state of the ammo market. I refuse to pay out the nose … Continue reading
STUPID carbine
A while back, I got a wild hair to make something totally crazy. Imagine, if you will, a Mosin Nagant, with barrel cut to 14.5″ with a permanently affixed muzzle break to bring it just over 16″. Then I take … Continue reading
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