44850002 Guerrilla Gunsmith AK 47 Detailed Dis Assembly

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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

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2. LOCATE THE SHEPARD'S HOOK

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.



Photo of removed Shepard's hook

4. REMOVE THE SAFETY LEVER

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.





Photo of removed safety lever.

5. REMOVE THE TRIGGER ASSEMBLY (FIRE CONTROL GROUP)



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



opposed to the image shown.

The hammer springs now have to be moved off of the trigger bars. Correct configuration is shown on the right.





Use pliers or a screwdriver to move the spring as shown on the right.



At this point, the trigger will pop right out as shown.



Next, put the spring behind the hammer as shown. The hammer can be removed without this step, but it is much harder.



Using a punch, tap out the hammer pin right-to-left as shown.

Photo of hammer and spring removed from the rifle.



6. REMOVE FURNITURE

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.



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.



Photo of removed cleaning rod



Next, locate the lever on the handguard retainer as shown in the image on the right.



Using pliers or a screwdriver, rotate the lever 180 degrees as shown in the image on the right.



Push the handguard retainer towards the barrel as shown.



The lower handguard may now be removed as shown in the image on the right.

Using a flat head screwdriver, unscrew both screws as shown.



The buttstock can now be removed as shown.

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.



To remove the pistol grip, locate the screw at the base of the pistol grip and unscrew it.





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.



7. BOLT DISASSEMBLY

First, locate the pin shown in the photo on the right. Using a punch, push the pin out from this drection.

The pin should come out as shown.





When this pin is removed, the firing pin should fall right now.

Not: Some rifles, such as the Saiga, have spring-loading firing pins and a spring will come out with the firing pin.



Locate the second pin as shown. This pin holds in the extractor.

Photo of the extractor pin being removed. Notice the cutout on the end of this pin.



With the extractor pin removed, the extractor and extractor pin will pop out as shown.



Photo of bolt face with extractor and firing pin removed.



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.



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



retention pin to be inserted.

Place the firing pin into the bolt, closing following the poor MSpaint rendition at the beginning of the assembly portion of this page.

After the pin is in place, press the firing pin retention pin



back in place from the opposite direction.

Now, function check the bolt--give it a little shake. If either the firing pin or the extractor pops out, repeat the above steps from the beginning.



2. REPLACE FURNITURE

Slide the lower handguard back into the receiver of the gun as shown.

Slide the lower handguard retainer in place and clamp it



down as shown in the picture on the right.



Seat the buttstock fully in place and replace the two screws as shown on the right.

Replace the pistol grip nut as shown. It should be inserted entirely into the hole at the bottom of the receiver.



Place the pistol grip under the nut, align the pistol grip screw, and screw it back in place.







3. PUT IN THE FIRE CONTROL GROUP

This part can be a bastard, so keep close attention. This is where having a Red Star Arms crook hook replacement and a G2 become very, very handy.

Hook the shepard's hook over the center support. The diagram on the right shows the final placement from a



left-hand view of the recevier.

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.



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.



Once the selector lever is in place, rotate it clock-wise to engage it.

Detailed disassembly/assembly is now complete!d


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