Recently picked up a 5.56 psa krink and my retarded tail wrongly assumed that I could just swap the follower in a molot 45 round bakelite mag and I would be able to run it. Well, as you can see from the picture, the rounds are very obviously not feeding correctly even after buying the conversion follower. Is there a way to make this work or am I kill? For obvious reasons, the bolt will go over the round and slam into the end of the casing near the bullet. Feeding angle is wrong. Should I just only partially load it?
>>65505101Why would you waste a vepr mag on a psa gun
>>65505101>inb4 "Post in akg"No.
>>65505110Because the psa krink is what I wanted. I want something I can actually take innnawoods and to the range, and not feel bad about shooting because it is becoming unobtainium. On top of that, I wanted something to have fun with and put a 3 position frt in and I would not feel comfortable doing that with a vepr.
I put PodArms followers in my surplus '74 mags and they run 5.56 flawlessly. PodArms followers are pretty overpriced considering they're 3D-printed, but I only needed three, so whatever.
>>65505101OP here. So, I have played around with the loading and apparently the follower works up to 30 rounds. Once you get past 30 is when the angle gets too step and it fucks up. I would still love some suggestions in how to fix this, though.
>>65505183Buy the correct mag, nigger. Stop trying to cope your US made 5.56 tragedy into a 74.
>>65505101>5.56> in an AKAbsolutely fucking disgusting. For what purpose?
>>65505193T. Angry no guns faggot who probably couldn't even afford $1k to purchase this cheap ass gun if he wanted.>>65505208Ammo availability. I have other AKs in 7.62. Picked this up because I'd rather shit in my hands and clap than own an AR, and I like the osama bin laden krink look. Figured I'd pick it up for a cheap range toy.
Gun Mag Warehouse sells new production 40 round 5.56x45 mags for AKs using a 74 style receiver. Maybe works in a Zastsva M90 with some filing As for the bakelite...just fucking why. Put the original follower back in and shoot it out of an AK-74
>>65505208the death of the global 5.45 supply after russian suicide by cop, mostly. 5.56 is just way more resistant to import bans, economic woes, etc.
>>65505208You ever looked at 5.45 prices lately, retard
>>65505208Because I get to have all the look of a '74 without the assfuck cost to shoot it. Sorrynotsorry.
>>65505219>buys PooShitAss 5.56 cope instead of an actual AK74>proceed to call others poorPottery
>>65505275Ah yes, because buying a cheap gun as a range toy automatically makes me poor. Make it make sense, retard.Bing chiling
>>65505311>buying a cheap gun as a range toy automatically makes me poor.Yes
>>65505316Mr. Money bags over here. Since you're too good to buy a cheap gun to plink with at the range, let's see your expensive collection.
>>65505316The opposite. Relegating your expensive guns to range toys is poorfaggotry.
>>65505250This zoomer didn't stack 7n6 cans
>>65505316 #You just got BTFO, you stupid bitch.>>65505333 #>>65505311>>65505322Based and checked.
>>65505322I'm not "too good" to buy inexpensive things, but I'm also not trying to shoehorn 74 mags into a 5.56 because it looks cool.I'd just buy the correct mags.>post your guns so I can gangstalk youNo thanks. Hope you figure out a solution, even though the correct one would be to just use proper 5.56 AK mags.
>>65505348The good ol call someone poor and then refuse to post proof you are better than them. You hold such a snarky attitude and need to get down off your fuckin high horse for a change. You think there's something wrong with me buying a toy because it looks cool? You're doing everything to justify this cope and you're just making yourself look more like a fool. I hope you follow your exact guidance and never buy something just because it's cool and you like it. Better start wearing a plain t-shirt and slacks every day, bud. Better eat nothing besides chicken and broccoli for every meal too. Oh no no no, no fun over here for you. Only THE MOST practical guns and gear because, see, we as Americans in a free country actually live in Yugoslavia in the 90s or modern Ukraine and must be prepared with only the most practical no fun gear.>TL;DRPlease kindly stop riding my fucking dick you petulant larping faggot and actually touch grass or the vagina of a woman.
>>65505316Anon do you not own inexpensive guns?
>>65505208Because I already have a pile of 5.56 for my M16 and CETME L, and don't feel like buying a proprietary round that fills the same role but at a higher price with less availability.
>>65505183that's going to be the product of the rounds taper, it's remotely possible that changing the geometry of the underside of the feed lips might get it to work a little better, but I wouldn't fuck with it.
>>65505361Yeah
>>65505255Why would you get a fake posergun? Just get an AR or an AK74. Pick a lane
>>65505435Who's gonna know, or care? Your nigga ass?
>>65505435>Just get an ARI have five already.>or an AK74I already explained why that isn't appealing to me, please take more time in reading before replying next time so this discussion can proceed clearly and productively =)
>>65505219>I'd rather shit in my hands and clap than own an AR>he doesn't want to own a gun that is better in almost every way and has more parts and standardized magazines avaliable. B-but why, anon?
>>65505442>I have fiveThen why not post them retard
>>65505348Did you previously post on the ak47 subreddit? Wasn't your username IrishLobster or some gay shit? If it's not you you're sure acting like him. A massive fucking faggot. Not OP.
>>65505448Because actual boomer myths of AK reliability probably
>>65505348you're so emotionally invested in this that I can only assume a 5.56 Saiga or VEPR or something is your most prized possession. reel it in buddy.
>>65505485Because those aren't pertinent to this conversation.
>>65505532>there are people that still believe the fuddlore Even that fat retarded faggot on inrange knows better.
>>65505584>emotionally investedLel, no. It's funny as shit to me.>hurr my cope 5.56 won't work with 74 magsTry using 5.56 specific mags only then.>NO I WANT MUH PLUM IN MY PSAk den. >5.56 Saiga or VEPR or something is your most prized possessionNah m8. I'm an original caliber only enjoyer.
>>65505208>Based retard in not knowing there were 5.56 AKs before 5.45 onesas well as not knowing there are 'NATO' AKs
>>65505127There's nothing wrong with a majority of PSA. I have freedumb lines, guardsman, and sabre with 3-4k rounds through each. As long as you double check whatever nig nog QC'd your rifle, you'll be fine. Fags here think they need rifles that can fire nonstop full auto for 600 rounds without a single hiccup for Shit hits duh fan.
>>65505685You're being awfully whiny.
>>65505435There's literally almost 0 difference between the performance of 5.56 and 5.45. The LARP and purity fags on this board is insane and is why this board is on life support filled with jeets and bots. I swear you could fucking show me 10 threads from 10 years ago and 10 threads from this year and you fags are still groaning about the same shit, posting the same retarded jokes, and acting the same.
>>65505776Those are some beautiful rifles there Mr. Anon. Where'd you get that wood? My WASR has its gypsy wood, but the hand guard is thin (No palm swell) and looks like the shaved off a branch on the left side of it, leaving a large ugo spot.
>>65505784Wood is a surplus Russian set I got from a decently prominent figure in the AK smithing scene. I try to get surplus when I can, don't think anyone stateside makes convincing repros ever since Ironwood shut its doors.My PSA Krink's furniture got snuck out of Russia earlier this year, had a real fun time watching $350 worth of wood and bakelite sitting in customs for weeks while it was disguised as "vintage hairbrush handles."
>>65505779This 100%. I've been on and off this board for almost 15 years. Same shitty jokes. Same reactions images. Same smugness and shitassery. Same ol' "Herrrm...Guise...What if mech?" or "Why im a MASSIVE faggot and why fallout new vegarino is amazeballs!" shit ass threads EVERY. FUCKING. WEEK. Can't talk about gun laws or politics that could effect us without catching a mute/ban like this post probably will get, but some horny jeet can hop on this board, dirty egg shaped pecker in hand, upload a picture of Rei from EVA and ask "Hello saaars, how could india benefit from little girls piloting mechs?" and wont catch a ban. I've noticed that this board has slowed down HARD and I can't wait for it to die so I don't have to deal with turd worlders and europoor teenagers.
>>65505127>>65505773If you just wanted a PSA krink that's fine, but sticking a 100 dollar imported mag in it is asking for problems.
>>65507427Why? We've had 5.56 follower conversions for over a decade now.
>>65507431Because it's a fucking PSA. They're already doing their own thing that's different from import ak's, and they aren't exactly known for being carefully build.
>>65505208Imagine a gun that both has super cheap ammo AND you don't have to clean it after every range trip because those cheap fucks put salts in the primers.
>>65507448>$0.60cpr off the shelfBorn after 9/11. Definitely
>>65507443>and they aren't exactly known for being carefully builddo any non-finnish AKs?
>>65507474Maybe the czech vz guns?
>>65507427Can you explain? Both of mine have handled bulgarian, East German and Russian surplus mags without any hitches. They (notably their AK-101 "clone") had a history for having soft bolt lugs and trunions, as well as bad headspacing, but having issues with surplus magazines has never entered the equation.
>>65507443>and they aren't exactly known for being carefully build.do you know what rifle you're talking about right now?
>>65507427I jsut don’t understand sticking a mag worth 25% of the cost of some budget rifle
>>65507993In what world is $100 25% of $1000+?
>>65508229ntapsa shitrods are not worth $1000
>>65508265No AK is worth what costs now. Welcome to 2026, kiddo.
Just buy some of the $20 5.56 45 rd mags.
>>65508265What you think they SHOULD be worth vs how they are actually priced are two totally different stories. If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas.
>mfw I have less money in my Tula than a PSA costs
>>655084981200 for a PSA shit rod in the wrong caliber. What are these fuckers smoking
>>65508567take a look at what an actual krink and 5.45 runs now and give it a big ol' think.
>>65505101No, I wouldn't expect this to work, the two different cartridges function and behave the same in a basic sense, and are similar enough in overall size, but they are too dimensionally different for this to readily function.The 5.45mm has a heavier taper to it, and its magazines are designed around these cartridges stacking as such, 5.56mm simply won't stack properly in an AK74 mag, at most you could load only 2-3 rounds max for a little bit better reliability.>>65505127All of that is fair, but a 5.45mm magazine is not a 5.56mm magazine, it's simply the wrong mag for your gun. Lucky for you, bakelite AK mags are desirable, so you could easily sell it to someone who owns a proper 5.45mm AK and get your money back.>>65505208Virtually the same ballistics, but ammo is cheaper and has way more variety.AK74 is an appealing working rifle when you have dirt cheap foreign surplus to feed it, but such hasn't been the case for some time now. 5.45mm isn't expensive, but it still costs more than 5.56mm, and it has far less options.
>>65505219>Picked this up because I'd rather shit in my hands and clap than own an ARAnd look at the path that this lead you down.>>65505409Please don't get him to fuck with the feed lips, he doesn't need to ruin a perfectly good bakelite mag.>>65505435lol, why? A gun is a gun, just don't use the wrong ammo or mags.>>65505442Digging that RPK. Got an FRT for it? I bet it'd be so fucking fun.
>>65505598Delicious. 60s and 70s SCHV rifles are the most sovlful of all.
>>65505601It’s not really a belief thing so much as a faith thing. It’s tribal and baseless in anything other than “my side is better because it’s mine”
>>65508567>Not spending 3.5 to 6k on some kit before spending another grand to have it built.No thanks, a psa krink will scratch the aks-74u itch I have and a zastava m85 will be for if shit hits the fan.
>>65511082I think some posters itt are being willfully ignorant of how completely fucked the krinkov market in particular has been for a long while. Yeah, good for you for getting a Tula kit w/ matching trunnion and intact barrel back in 2012 for $700. Nowadays it's not exactly the same market.
>>65511082I get it, I'm considering one of the turk spas 12 abortions just to have something that resembles a spas. I also own a KUSA firearm so I really can't say anything.
These aren't fully reinforced like circle 10s but they will actually work.
>>65511651forgot pic
>>655051015.56 has less taper than 5.45.At 10 rounds the difference is very small, at 20 it's bigger, at 30 it's bigger, at 45 it's already quite big indeed.
>>65505275Post your 74, faggot
>>65508567Now look at the cost of a kit, or a Bulgarian.Retard.
>>65505101I have a PSAK 5.56 and use AK74 mags with conversion followers, the 45 will load about 35-40 else it has issues.Polish, romanian, russian, and east german 30 round mags work fone with the pod follower.I wish someone would make a follower to make those repro MP44 mags work.
>>65505336I remember being upset I got in when they were 20cpr and not 10cpr
>>65511479I am considering the turkshit spas as well. The real spas 12 is arguably a shitty gun anyway, so saving 3-4k for an accurate reproduction is fine.
>>65505361>The good ol call someone poor and then refuse to post proof you are better than them. You'll never stop being poor. Poor is a mind sight. Buy the correct mags
>>65515972>Poor is a mind sight.ESL status?
>>65516012That typo confirmed that and at best the he/her is nigger rich.
