Well the RPK furniture arrived and it’s very nice.

Here’s where some problems started. Because the JG Dragunov is based on an AKS body, there is nowhere to mount the rear stock. Not a huge problem because I was eventually going to buy myself a metal body and thus I could just buy a full stock AK body. Until I bought it, my mate was kind enough to give me one he had spare. Thus I took the AK apart and fixed that. Having never taken apart an airsoft gun before, it was bit of a learning curve. Luckily google helped and I found this fantastic guide from Classic Army.

After some messing about, that was done. Whilst it was also taken apart, I added a longer barrel my housemate no longer wanted.

The furniture will now fit the rear stock and the grip but the front furniture wont. It will but there’s a problem. The gas block assembly is stuck about 3 inches from the furniture because the outer barrel is 2 different lengths as the pictures below show.

As you can see, it’s going to need some work. I’ll be buying a Dremel next week and will be grinding the outer barrel down to a size where the gas assembly block can fit.

Here’s how the gun looks at the rear now.

Well that’s it as it stands. Until I can get the Dremel and grind that down, I’m stuck.

Below is a table of what I need and what I’ve already got and what it cost.

I’m after AK74 parts because I’m turning the RPK into an RPK 74 over the older RPK47. Slight difference between them but not huge differences. Simpilly put, the RPK47 is based on the AK47 and the RPK74 is based on the RPK74. Easy enough