The Vepr 54R as a DMR starting point

**96 SS** · 04-24-13, 10:35

Originally Posted by ICANHITHIMMAN

First off love the rifle. Would you mind saying how mush invested? Give me and the other guys a ball park to shoot for?

Jon

It is a bit hard at the moment to calculate (I don't even know what I owe Krebs yet), but the basics are:

20" VEPR Type 1: Between $800-1200 depending on where you get/got one.
Mod Pod: MSRP $189
Red Star Arms Trigger: $85 on MidwayUSA
Magpul PRS Stock: $255
Surefire SF3P-762-5/8-24: MSRP $129
Magpul AK Grip (upcoming): MSRP $21
RS AK-303 Lower: $120 Brownells
RS AKR: MSRP TBD
Vortex Viper PST: MSRP $899
Krebs Rail: MSRP TBD
Cut/Crown/Thread for Suppressor: Approx $150
Cerakote Rifle: Approx $200
Krebs Custom Magic Touch: ???

Keep in mind that I did not pay MSRP for most of these items, and you will most likely not either.

**Caeser25** · 07-28-13, 13:17

tag for interest as I stumbled on the Vper 54r yesterday.

**96 SS** · 07-30-13, 09:23

Just got the Vepr back from Krebs as he had to finish up the build and get it cerakoted.

Now it's on to finding time to really begin ammo selection.
Rumors had Wolf importing what amounted to new production 7N1 ammo soon, and I hope I can snag some of that for testing as well.

**LibertyNeverDies** · 12-18-13, 15:02

Any update on the Rifle?

**96 SS** · 12-31-13, 22:03

Still working out some eccentricities of the rifle and ammo. I have not been able to get as much range time on it as I had originally planned.

It's wiping cartridge shoulders and I and Marc think it might need the bolt face/extractor polished as it is not every case.
It might be hanging on the bolt face on some rounds.

It seems to really like heavier ammo in the 180+ grain range.
Shoots like a dream with the SF SOCOM 7.62 attached. It's still considerably over-gassed, and should eventually get some type of port control.

I've also got a custom UW Gear chest rig lined up for testing that wears super low profile and a bandoleer for the ten round SGM mags.

**LibertyNeverDies** · 01-01-14, 12:56

I can't wait to hear you report back on once the issues have been addressed. I'd really like to see a production version from Krebs of this rifle.

**96 SS** · 10-30-14, 19:46

I wanted to give a quick update to the progress.
Rifle has also been completely Magpul OD green cerekoted.
Mainly at this point I am beginning to see good accuracy of about 2 MOA with factory ammo.
The main problem I am having at the moment is that the rifle is ridiculously over-gassed. WAY over gassed.
So I am currently looking to design an adjustable gas block with several settings so you can run naked, suppressed light ball, suppressed heavy ball and single shot.

Pics as soon as that is done.

**plouffedaddy** · 11-04-14, 19:57

Originally Posted by 96 SS

I wanted to give a quick update to the progress.
Rifle has also been completely Magpul OD green cerekoted.
Mainly at this point I am beginning to see good accuracy of about 2 MOA with factory ammo.
The main problem I am having at the moment is that the rifle is ridiculously over-gassed. WAY over gassed.
So I am currently looking to design an adjustable gas block with several settings so you can run naked, suppressed light ball, suppressed heavy ball and single shot.

Pics as soon as that is done.

Looking forward to the photos...