Picked up the rifle today, and it looks even better in person.
Looks and feels better than my previous AK, an SLR-95 seen in the below photo.
Looked like this when I bought it;
It had walnut furniture with a NATO length buttstock, which I find unpleasant.
I replaced the wood with what you see in the first picture, something I will NOT be repeating with my new AK.
The wood the previous owner installed is absolutely beautiful, and the buttstock is Warsaw Pact length, making it very comfortable for me.
The grip was plastic already, so I replaced it with another grip like the one seen in the first photo, and also installed a G2 trigger.
Haven't got to shoot it yet, but I'm sure looking forward to it.
Interestingly, the retainer pin had been installed backwards..
Took me a little while to figure out what was wrong.
Just had to push the front end of it down to remove the hammer pin.
Also had a little trouble with the disconnector spring.. you can probably guess what happened.
Other than that, it was a smooth install.
Didn't expect it to be so easy, since I've never done anything like that to a gun before.
I love how simple AKs are.