Thought I’d add this post here for anyone that stumbles upon this blog. It’s an article on how to paint your fake wood furniture on AK’s (and other inferior weapon systems like M14’s )

The article was written by a comrade over on the Red Alliance forums and it works a treat. I’ve had it done to my AK47 for the last two years and in my opinion, looks fantastic. Cant remember how many times I’ve had people ask me what wood kit my AK is using.

Here’s the article.

Well final review!

Took it out to Cerberus Airsoft on Sunday for it’s first test fire in anger. Earlier in the week I sorted out a hop problem but I lost the hop bucking. My team mate fixed that with a bit from a biro. Cant really adjust it now but luckily the hop was set pretty perfect!

Dboys 1000 Round AK74 Style Mags Review
Feeding wise, the gun performed admirably. The only let down were the Dboys large mags. I’m not sure as to wether it was the BB’s I was using (ICS white from Zero One) but the mags seemed to be jammed. The BB’s seemed to stick to come almost to the top of the magazine but would not have enough pressure behind them to come out from the mag. Also they were to large to carry about. My M23 Pioneer chest rig is fantastic and that carried them but I have a couple of other russian vests/webbing that they would not fit into thanks to the sheer width of them.

I believe they need further testing to see if it is the BB’s I used or the mags themselves.

The gun managed quite a few kills in the morning and it was easily out ranging the hire guns on the site, which was good because they were mainly on our side and I was glad to provide support. The longer barrel seemed to come in useful, making the gun more accurate.

Unfortunatly, various parts managed to come loose and fall off or nearly fall off. I lost the rear sight. I knew this was a bit riskiy leaving it on but it fell off well before I expected it to.

The bipod screws onto the barrel and I nearly lost the screw to this. I had stuck a piece of electrical tape over it and this kept the screw in place so I managed to resuce that. Also the selector plate rattled loose towards the end of the game and I stuck that in place using tape. I’ve ordered some loctite from eBay so that’ll be sorted out soon and that should also fix the bipod problem.

The battery lasted for the mornings game and began to give out towards the end of that. I used about 4000 rounds in that game so I think that’s a decent enough battery life. My home site in Cornwall, MIA, run a different CQB games in barns in the afternoon so this would be fine for there but up north in Leeds, I play at sites that have woodland  games all day so I might need another battery for it.

I’ve noticed now after leaving the gun for a few days, that some rust patches have appeared on the barrel. I’ve ordered some oil to take care of this.

Overall I’m impressed with it and the problems can easily be sorted out with a bit of effort.

I’ve been reading this free online magazine for a while now.

U.S.A.S.O.C. Magazine

It’s worth checking out, even if it does focus on American airsoft much more than British airsoft. It’s also free which is nice to see! I recommend at least giving it a once over.

I believe they are also trying to come up with a European version of the magazine as well, which is something to look forward to.

Finally finished! Well as a project gun, I reckon it’ll never be finished…there will always something that will need doing to it, but as a skirmish able weapon, it’s now finished!

As you can see, it’s missing a furniture retaining part but I have that on it’s way to me now. it’ll be field tested at Cerberus Airsoft near Leeds this Sunday.

I’m also missing an RPK flash hider but I’ve been unable to find one. I’ve found real steel ones but only in America and they wont ship to the UK so I’m on the lookout for someone to act as third party if I decide to purchase one. For some reason, my standard Mauri flash hider wont fit. I will give that another go.

As my first airsoft conversion, it’s been a learning experience. It’s been good and bad and at times stressful. As a first attempt, I also believe I’ve done a good job. The gun could never be 100% accurate to the original RPK74 due to the body not being available so I took it upon myself to keep bits I prefer, such as the top cover. (An RPK74 has a smooth one, similar to the AK47 but I’m using the AK74 one because I think it looks meaner and meatier!)

It’s not put me off conversions, but has given me an insight into what I should have done first, such as more research into the parts I needed to start with. This would have saved some hassle and if I’d have know it would have been trouble to get some parts etc, I would have used an AK as the base of the conversion. I do now have a collection of parts that I can possibly put together at a later stage to form a small CQB AK similar to a folding stock Beta Spetz. Though I may just purchase a Kalash AK74SU for that. Even though my Scorpion is great for CQB.

I’ve stayed clear of the side of conversion I don’t want to touch quite yet and that’s gearbox upgrades. I’ll leave that for the time being.

In total (so far!), my RPK has cost me £232. And I’m still thinking of re staining the wood. No doubt it’ll make an appearance later in my blog as well. I’ll field test it on Sunday, so it should be mentioned then as well.