Guerrilla Gunsmith ---- AK-47 Detailed Disassembly AK-47 Detailed Disassembly/Assembly A note before starting: The semi-automatic AK series weapon used for this tutorial is a Romanian-made SAR-1 AKM. There are only a couple of aftermarket accessories on this firearm, mainly its folding butt stock and pistol grip wooden forend. For basic disassembly, these features make no difference at all. Most rifles imported from Romania have a particular shepherds (or crook) hook to retain the fire control group (trigger system). This tutorial covers the Romanian shepherds hook, but other versions will be added soon (I hope). All of that being said, none of it affects basic disassembly for the AK-series weapon. 1. PERFORM BASIC DISASSEMBLY In case you missed it, it's found on this page http://www.guerrillagunsmith.com/akdetailed.htm (1 of 43) [4/10/2009 1:31:35 PM]
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The semi-automatic AK series weapon used for this tutorial is a Romanian-made SAR-1 AKM. There are only a couple of aftermarket accessories on this firearm, mainly its folding butt stock and pistol grip wooden forend. For basic disassembly, these features make no difference at all. Most rifles imported from Romania have a particular shepherds (or crook) hook to retain the fire control group (trigger system). This tutorial covers the Romanian shepherds hook, but other versions will be added soon (I hope). All of that being said, none of it affects basic disassembly for the AK-series weapon.
1. PERFORM BASIC DISASSEMBLY
In case you missed it, it's found on this page
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The arrows point to this part. It is a small, stiff wire. It fits into the little notch just below the head of the hammer and trigger pins. This ensures that the pins do not work themselves out during operation.
3. REMOVE THE SHEPARD'S HOOK
Using a small screwdriver or a pair of pliers, force the hook out of the notches in the pins by pushing it from the base towards the front of the receiver. Direction is shown in the image to the right.
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First, rotate the lever to 90 degrees, as shown in the image on the right. At this point, the safety lever can simply be removed from the rifle. If the hammer is cocked, it will spring forward when you pull the safety lever out. This is normal.
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Using a punch, gently tap out the pin, right-to-left, just above the trigger as shown. Do not use enough pressure to warp your receiver.
Photo of disconnecter and disconnecter spring out of the rifle.
Note: If you have a Tapco G2 trigger or another captive trigger, the entire mechanism (disconnecter, spring, and trigger) will come out at this time as one piece as
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If you plan on changing furniture, follow these steps, otherwise just skip to re-assembly. These steps can also be done without the removal of the fire control group if you just want to do a furniture change.
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First remove your cleaning rod. This is most easily accomplished by applying pressure to the rod just forward of the lower handguard and simply pulling the rod out.
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Note: Many wood stocks are hard to remove, despite both screws being removed. This is due to the expansion of the wood. The best method I've found is to tap the stock on either side against carpet and pulling like crazy.
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The pistol grip can now be removed. Note that you have three parts: the pistol grip itself, the nut, and the screw. Also note that the nut is angled towards the rear of the receiver.
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Okay, detailed disassembly is now complete! Let's put it all back together now.
1, ASSEMBLE THE BOLT
The poorly drawn MSpaint image is on the is a picture of the completed bolt assembly. Notice how the firing pin retention pin holds the firing pin in place.
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Replace the extractor, spring, and extractor pin fist.
The easiest method is to push in the extractor and pin in place with your thumb and then place the extractor pin in place.
Make reference to the picture in the disassembly process for the correct orientation of the pin. The smallest "step" faces the bottom of the pin to allowing the firing pin
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NOTE: There are several ways to use a shepard's hook, this is the easiest way that I have found.
Roll the hammer springs over the hammer like we did during removal. Place the hammer back into the receiver. Insert the hammer pin below the sherpard's hook pin. Ensure the hammer pin is fully seated.
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Next, place the trigger into the receiver. ---this is the tricky part--- insert the disconnecter spring into the notch on the trigger and place the disconnecter over it.
While pressing down on the disconnecter and spring, insert the trigger pin under the shepard's hook as shown above. Ensure it is fully seated. Ensure that the hammer spring is over both hooks as shown in the photo on the right.
Use a pair of small pliers or the screwdriver to ensure the sherpard's hook is fully into the notch on the trigger and hammer pins.
Take a breath--the hardest part is over.
Insert the safety selector in at 90 degrees as shown. It should pop right into place as shown on the right.
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