[Steel & Wood]

Most AKs can easily be made to stick due to their design. All of mine will do it to one degree or another, if I ride the carrier.



Aside from the rails, look at the area above. Regardless, the AK was designed without a buffer and should (must) be able to function without one. It is not necessary and I've never been able to figure why people use them, other than as a gadget to add. They remind me of the plug for the bottom of the Glock grip - unnecessary and just for aesthetics.
Look, we don't put anywhere near the number of rounds that real AKs have through them and they have been functioning just fine. We baby ours compared to the real ones and they seem to operate perfectly.

Did you solve your issue or do you just live with it (NOT being funny, totally serious question)?

Do I need to do any filing?


TGG

 

[CarlosC]

Did you solve your issue or do you just live with it (NOT being funny, totally serious question)?

Do I need to do any filing?


TGG

It's okay, I knew where you were coming from and that it was an honest question.

Understand that on mine it only happens if I ride the bolt, never while I'm shooting, so it wasn't an issue. In fact, it has come in kind of handy...the AK doesn't have a bolt-hold-open feature like the AR, so it's a problem at the ranges when the range master 'clears' the line. Guys use plastic flags or spent cases to hold the bolt carrier back. If you ride the bolt however, the carrier stays back on its own.
The only gun that I was a little concerned about was my AMD-65...it "hung" on purpose more easily than any of my other AKs and I attributed that to the Century FGC. I did file and smooth the hammer face on that one, but it became too smooth and will often not even hold anymore, even if I ride the bolt slowly.
My recommendation is to take the cover off and cycle the action slowly and see if it hangs anywhere. This MIGHT indicate if and where you have a problem. You can also watch how the carrier rides on the rails while you're at it. Inspect the hammer face too where it rides under the carrier for roughness.
WAG...you may not be having any issues with a buffer for several reasons. Three come to mind. One, the buffer may be thick enough that it doesn't allow the hammer to enter the 'hang' area. Two, if the rails are too short, the buffer may not allow the carrier to lift off the rails. Three, the buffer may provide enough spring to overcome the hang area.

 

[Steel & Wood]

It's okay, I knew where you were coming from and that it was an honest question.

Understand that on mine it only happens if I ride the bolt, never while I'm shooting, so it wasn't an issue. In fact, it has come in kind of handy...the AK doesn't have a bolt-hold-open feature like the AR, so it's a problem at the ranges when the range master 'clears' the line. Guys use plastic flags or spent cases to hold the bolt carrier back. If you ride the bolt however, the carrier stays back on its own.
The only gun that I was a little concerned about was my AMD-65...it "hung" on purpose more easily than any of my other AKs and I attributed that to the Century FGC. I did file and smooth the trigger face on that one, but it became too smooth and will often not even hold anymore, even if I ride the bolt slowly.
My recommendation is to take the cover off and cycle the action slowly and see if it hangs anywhere. This MIGHT indicate if and where you have a problem. You can also watch how the carrier rides on the rails while you're at it. Inspect the hammer face too where it rides under the carrier for roughness.
WAG...you may not be having any issues with a buffer for several reasons. Three come to mind. One, the buffer may be thick enough that it doesn't allow the hammer to enter the 'hang' area. Two, if the rails are too short, the buffer may not allow the carrier to lift off the rails. Three, the buffer may provide enough spring to overcome the hang area.

Thank you so much for the advice.

I think you are right, my bolt carrier hump is hanging up on the hammer. I may try to buff it a little or just fire a few hundred more rounds through it and see if it smooths out on it's own.

Either way, thanks for your help:thumbsup:


TGG

 

[CarlosC]

No problem, you're quite welcome. Let me know if it fixes the problem. Seriously, I'd like to know how it works out.

 

[Aceman]

You know - this is actually one of the things about an AK, especially a WASR, that I think is awesome. They really entice you to get in there and work on it. You learn the awesome simplicity of the AK from doing this.

It's just not a delicate weapon. You don't feel bad getting in there with a hammer or grinder or whatever to get it to work.

 

[Steel & Wood]

No problem, you're quite welcome. Let me know if it fixes the problem. Seriously, I'd like to know how it works out.

I will do that

You know - this is actually one of the things about an AK, especially a WASR, that I think is awesome. They really entice you to get in there and work on it. You learn the awesome simplicity of the AK from doing this.

It's just not a delicate weapon. You don't feel bad getting in there with a hammer or grinder or whatever to get it to work.

I agree. I have eight AKs, one is a Romanian "G" kit that I need to build. Maybe this will get me motivated to just do it.



Thanks,

TGG

 

[jakebrake]

You meant MILLIONS, right? :-D

well, if you think of the ak and it's variants as the big mac of rifles....just sayin'

 

[Steel & Wood]

well, if you think of the ak and it's variants as the big mac of rifles....just sayin'

LOL! Agreed.

That would be an interesting fact to know......how many AKs are out there if you include every variant from every country around the world?:dunno:


TGG

 

[CarlosC]

One of my AK reference books has a figure in it for how many AKs were estimated to have been built by a certain date. I'll have to locate that number. It's huge though, at over 100 million, dwarfing anything else in history ever built. I believe #2 is the M-16/AR-15 at a fraction of the AK's production.

 

[Steel & Wood]

One of my AK reference books has a figure in it for how many AKs were estimated to have been built by a certain date. I'll have to locate that number. It's huge though, dwarfing anything else in history ever built. I believe #2 is the M-16/AR-15.

That would make sense since it's the #1 selling rifle in America and we hand them out to our enemies like candy.


TGG