Just bought a Waffen Werks 74 :)

[SpaldingPM]

Just came in from Atlantic. Love the finish so far, but the wood is pretty flaky looking. I've always loved the all tactical black polymer furniture look. What are everyone's suggestions on doing her up? What do you run? Pics??

 

[MikeDVB]

Pics??

You first.

 

[SpaldingPM]

Here she is. The wood looks much worse in person.

 

[tradertator]

Pics aren't showing up. If you want polymer furniture, you can't beat these:
The Largest AK-47/74 Rifle...

 

[SpaldingPM]

Just fixed it

 

[SpaldingPM]

Is the waffen a "stamped receiver"

 

[SpaldingPM]

And one more ?... when cleaning for corrosive ammo, what is the correct procedure? Heard windex should be involved

 

[CarnageRush]

And one more ?... when cleaning for corrosive ammo, what is the correct procedure? Heard windex should be involved

I pour boiling water down the barrel, through the gas tube, gas block and rear sight block. Then I clean normally. There's a topic on corrosive ammo.

My '74's. I like both the plum and black furniture. The plum is US made KVAR furniture. I want to get a set of Russian plum or a Russian wood set of furniture for the fixed stock '74.

 

[tradertator]

Is the waffen a "stamped receiver"

Yes.

And one more ?... when cleaning for corrosive ammo, what is the correct procedure? Heard windex should be involved

I pour boiling water down the barrel, through the gas tube, gas block and rear sight block. Then I clean normally.

^ That's exactly what I do. The reason people think Windex works so well is it contains a lot of water.

 

[SpaldingPM]

I pour boiling water down the barrel, through the gas tube, gas block and rear sight block. Then I clean normally. There's a topic on corrosive ammo.

My '74's. I like both the plum and black furniture. The plum is US made KVAR furniture. I want to get a set of Russian plum or a Russian wood set of furniture for the fixed stock '74.

Those are some BEAUTIFUL AK's

 

[KoopaKGB]

^ That's exactly what I do. The reason people think Windex works so well is it contains a lot of water.

I thought it was because it contained ammonia?

 

[indykid]

While ammonia does a good job of neutralizing the primer salts, just flushing the firearm with lots of warm water will wash the corrosive salts out nicely.

I made the mistake of asking my daughter, a chemist what is up with ammonia to clean corrosive salts. In a nut shell she described a chemical reaction between the ammonia and the salts that neutralizes the corrosiveness. I am not a chemist so that is the best I can do in explaining.

 

[KoopaKGB]

While ammonia does a good job of neutralizing the primer salts, just flushing the firearm with lots of warm water will wash the corrosive salts out nicely.

I made the mistake of asking my daughter, a chemist what is up with ammonia to clean corrosive salts. In a nut shell she described a chemical reaction between the ammonia and the salts that neutralizes the corrosiveness. I am not a chemist so that is the best I can do in explaining.

Good enough for an internet forum!

 

[vitamink]

Here she is. The wood looks much worse in person.

You can always refinish the wood. I suggest you keep it. At some point you'll want a wood/bakelite AK. This usually occurs after watching Red Dawn. I have the same furniture and refinished it with RIT Dye and it looks pretty good.

 

[SpaldingPM]

You can always refinish the wood. I suggest you keep it. At some point you'll want a wood/bakelite AK. This usually occurs after watching Red Dawn. I have the same furniture and refinished it with RIT Dye and it looks pretty good.

Trust me lol I've seen it! Very very disappointing ending.
And if Bakelite mags weren't absurd right now I'd buy some

 

[bhowell34]

i"m thinking about getting one of these. Do you think they are still worth it at the $800 price point? Or should I wait for them to fall in price?

 

[kwatters]

Looks like mine. The wood is a bit rough but I kind of like it that way. Makes me wonder what kind of life it had before I got my hands on it.

 

[Sgt7330]

Interesting, nice AKs. Have thought recently about one, these AK-74 are not the standard 7.62x39 right?

 

[kwatters]

i"m thinking about getting one of these. Do you think they are still worth it at the $800 price point? Or should I wait for them to fall in price?

I have my doubts whether they will ever fall in price. Parts are in short supply and if some in Washington have their way they will ban the import of those parts.

 

[kwatters]

Interesting, nice AKs. Have thought recently about one, these AK-74 are not the standard 7.62x39 right?

the 74 is 5.45x39