jason41987
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i might pick up another AK parts kit for a pistol caliber build.. still not sure if i want to do this or not but im looking to explore options
what id like is something like the PP-19 bizon.. however, im fairly certain i cannot find those magazines, i mean, i doubt anyone makes them so obviously i'll have to find another magazine to use... and im not sure i want to go with 9mm.. i really like the 7.62x25mm as a PDW cartridge, and this cartridge, like the AK, also has russian roots (even though they copied the germans)
i thought about going with a PPSH-41 build, but the kits i found just about everything you actually needed off the kit was destroyed... the barrel, shroud, upper receiver, even the trunnion and the few parts that werent destroyed are the ones youd have to replace or could easily fabricate yourself, so these PPSH-41 kits are essentially pointless
so theoretically would it be possible using an AK-74 front trunnion, to shorten the overall length of the receiver, rivet or weld on a PPSH-41 magazine well, and shorten the stroke of the action.. overall length would be the same, weight would be less.. but could a 7.62x25mm cartridge actually cycle an AK action?...
im debating whether i should do this, or see if i can actually find a PPSH-41 barrel, upper receiver, trunnion, and go the PPSH-41 route instead?
what id like is something like the PP-19 bizon.. however, im fairly certain i cannot find those magazines, i mean, i doubt anyone makes them so obviously i'll have to find another magazine to use... and im not sure i want to go with 9mm.. i really like the 7.62x25mm as a PDW cartridge, and this cartridge, like the AK, also has russian roots (even though they copied the germans)
i thought about going with a PPSH-41 build, but the kits i found just about everything you actually needed off the kit was destroyed... the barrel, shroud, upper receiver, even the trunnion and the few parts that werent destroyed are the ones youd have to replace or could easily fabricate yourself, so these PPSH-41 kits are essentially pointless
so theoretically would it be possible using an AK-74 front trunnion, to shorten the overall length of the receiver, rivet or weld on a PPSH-41 magazine well, and shorten the stroke of the action.. overall length would be the same, weight would be less.. but could a 7.62x25mm cartridge actually cycle an AK action?...
im debating whether i should do this, or see if i can actually find a PPSH-41 barrel, upper receiver, trunnion, and go the PPSH-41 route instead?