AR stocks on AK's...sacrilege or useful modification?

[ICANHITHIMMAN]

I thought god no way until I saw the pics above that black AK is a cut above.

[CumbiaDude]

I hope this is not getting too off topic here, but has anyone put a beryl stock on their AK?

The Beryl is just an AK variant

Yes, people have put Beryl stocks onto non-Beryl AKs. It's drop-in, just like a Romanian, Polish, or East German folding stock (but better).

[lloydkristmas]

Very cool Canonshooter - I also have a 103K style rifle, only mine was done by Chris Butler/AK USA

Here's how its configured now, I'll post another pic when I change the stock

[96 SS]

Cannon - great shots! I like the comp pics a lot and it helps illustrate why you did it.

Thanks!

[Canonshooter]

Very cool Canonshooter - I also have a 103K style rifle, only mine was done by Chris Butler/AK USA

Nice stick! Isn't it amazing how a competent 'smith can take a Kalashnikov and turn it into a perfectly assembled, perfectly functional thing of beauty?

FWIW, if I were you I'd leave your stock set up just as it is. I think the conversion I did only makes sense if you're stuck with a fixed stock that doesn't fit the shooter well - and even then it may not be everyone's cup of tea.

[Canonshooter]

Cannon - great shots! I like the comp pics a lot and it helps illustrate why you did it.

Thanks!

BTW (and this is completely on-topic), I was seriously intersted in your mount. But something I did not foresee occured with the ACE conversion.

The hinge on the folding mechanism is quite large - large enough that I could no longer slide on my "modified" BP-02 mount! The mount was simply too long and hit the hinge before I could slide it on to the rail. It was a major slap-the-forehead moment for me and I ended up running an Ultimak for a while.

What MI did with their mount solved the problem; the bottom of the rail channel (where the latch mechanism is) does not have a bevel, and the mount itself is no longer than the actual rail. With the MI, I can catch the mount on the rail and slide it on with just enough room to spare.

I mention this so that those reading this thread be aware that the ACE folder mechanism can interfere with sliding an optic mount onto the rail. With the design of the Saiga rail (full height only in the center) and MI mount, I'm back in biz with having the optic where I prefer it.

BTW, I was able to modify the BP-02 so that it could be installed. But at 11.4 ounces and no co-witness, I never went back to it.

[CumbiaDude]

The mount was simply too long and hit the hinge before I could slide it on to the rail.

This can be solved by making it fold the other way, right? I think I saw that somewhere....

[Canonshooter]

This can be solved by making it fold the other way, right? I think I saw that somewhere....

Not with the FSM-AR (A504) - it's fold-to-the-left only. Their standard FSM (A500) is reversible.

[Mike Miller]

Your setup looks great, Canonshooter. I was actually trying to find your old post earlier this week (I remember seeing the picture of your rifle leaning against the tree from a while ago). To avoid adding extra weight though, has anyone ever cut down a Warsaw length stock?

I have thought about it ever since I saw this post about shortening a 930 stock:
http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/view...?f=58&t=211354

I've made this pic in GIMP using your pictures to visualize for myself how a cut down Magpul rubber buttpad would look attached to a shortened Warsaw length stock (The Warsaw stock really bothers me when attempting to shoot prone with the magazine as a monopod):


The pad would need to be sanded down and refinished like this guy did with his SLP:
http://www.brianenos.com/forums/inde...owtopic=116328

Edit: I don't own any Magpul stocks, but now that I look at one of your pics it appears the AK stock would be too wide at one point for the Magpul pad to fit. Maybe an IMOD pad?
http://www.vltorstore.com/products/IMOD-Buttpad.html

[Moose-Knuckle]

Cannonshooter, very detailed pics thank for sharing. That is a fine looking stick you have there.