Need Some Adult Supervision for Next Step

[jreifsch80]

hey steve how about you pop a romy barrel in now and we meet up for some shooting friday and i'll bring some containers for the tar and shellac flakes hehe

It was a lot easier than I thought. I'm tempted to do the Romy's and meet to shoot these.

Swedish Pine Tar is amazing stuff. Here's some Romy wood after the tar:
http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k629/OldGeezerStuff/AK%20Kits/RomyG2/k_romyG2_03.jpg

Here's after shellac on top. I knocked down the gloss with some 0000 steel wool. It was really shiny.
http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/..._romyG2_05.jpg

I'm using links since these are higher res pictures.

I have way more tar then I need and quite a lot of shellac flakes. I'd be happy to share with local builders. BYOC (Bring Your Own Containers).

Steve

[CrufflerSteve]

I'm not sold on the screw tightening method. Both methods have can mess up.

The AMD-65 went in real smooth last night. I have a JEGS 12 ton press and it wasn't straining at all. I used dark cutting oil as lube and lightly dressed the edges. I lurked on the sites long before I started my building. One problem with pressing can be a bad support for the trunnion. If the force down isn't even it can get bad real fast. I was using the AK Front Trunnion Press Fixture from gunthings. It gave a solid support to both sides of the trunnion and the press went straight. I had a piece of round brass slightly smaller in diameter than the outside of the barrel so I could see what was happening. My two concerns were the press getting off center or using too much force but neither happened.

Steve

[bryjcom]

I'm not sold on the screw tightening method. Both methods have can mess up.

The AMD-65 went in real smooth last night. I have a JEGS 12 ton press and it wasn't straining at all. I used dark cutting oil as lube and lightly dressed the edges. I lurked on the sites long before I started my building. One problem with pressing can be a bad support for the trunnion. If the force down isn't even it can get bad real fast. I was using the AK Front Trunnion Press Fixture from gunthings. It gave a solid support to both sides of the trunnion and the press went straight. I had a piece of round brass slightly smaller in diameter than the outside of the barrel so I could see what was happening. My two concerns were the press getting off center or using too much force but neither happened.

Steve

The only time I had a problem with the all thread was when the barrel was galled from being removed from the trunnion. It had a real tough time going back in. Other than that it has been real easy.