For those of you who still come through here from time to time looking for.....well, whatever it is you look for, I thought it worthwhile to put up a picture of a recent project that has finally been (mostly) completed.
Say hello to my little friend.
That is a Soviet-era PKT that I built into a PKM copy. It fires the 7.62x54R cartridge. It was originally solenoid fired and pintle mounted, but is now a shoulder-fired rifle.
- I did a reweld on the receiver, and welded in several blocking features to keep it semiauto only.
- The FCG is all AR15 parts with a Wolf power hammer spring.
- The lower receiver that houses the FCG was machined on my CNC mill from 1" thick steel billet, and has a very nice maple grip from www.red1stocks.com.
- Buttstock is original surplus from www.Desertfoxsales.com
- The barrel originally was much longer, larger diameter, and had three holes drilled into it to demill the barrel. I threaded, plugged, and welded two of the holes, then cut about 8" off the barrel before turning it down on the lathe, then fluting it on the mill. It weighs about 60% what it once did, and looks much better, in my opinion.
- Sights are not installed yet, but will be salvaged from an AK rifle.
- Bipod is from an RPD and mounted in original PKM location. I will likely trim the legs down later.
- I am working on a custom-machined muzzle attachment based on the original flash hider.
I will try to put some more pics up later, including some pics taken during the build process.
Say hello to my little friend.
That is a Soviet-era PKT that I built into a PKM copy. It fires the 7.62x54R cartridge. It was originally solenoid fired and pintle mounted, but is now a shoulder-fired rifle.
- I did a reweld on the receiver, and welded in several blocking features to keep it semiauto only.
- The FCG is all AR15 parts with a Wolf power hammer spring.
- The lower receiver that houses the FCG was machined on my CNC mill from 1" thick steel billet, and has a very nice maple grip from www.red1stocks.com.
- Buttstock is original surplus from www.Desertfoxsales.com
- The barrel originally was much longer, larger diameter, and had three holes drilled into it to demill the barrel. I threaded, plugged, and welded two of the holes, then cut about 8" off the barrel before turning it down on the lathe, then fluting it on the mill. It weighs about 60% what it once did, and looks much better, in my opinion.
- Sights are not installed yet, but will be salvaged from an AK rifle.
- Bipod is from an RPD and mounted in original PKM location. I will likely trim the legs down later.
- I am working on a custom-machined muzzle attachment based on the original flash hider.
I will try to put some more pics up later, including some pics taken during the build process.
