AK guerilla Gunsmithing - How to fix and keep your AK running in the field with the rubber band and one toothpick! Support AKOU Channel, shop at the AKOU store: AK4774.com
I can attest to using a Pancho for maintenance, we had EIB training at Stewart and some dumb private lost the retaining pin for his M4 and we had to do hands across America for it
Don't know you back-story, but if I'm watching your video am I now also a.....russian collusioner? Good info though, never seen those emergency fixes. Thx.
*True story* me and a buddy were shooting his AK and the extractor broke.... we just beat it with a rock and it fixed it somehow fixed the problem. Moral of the story is always keep a tactical rock and tactical rubber bands in your kit and you'll fix most problems that might arise with an AK.... have nice day :)
I shot akm that wasn't completely assembled (it had a full auto trigger kit, that was missing parts and in a semi auto receiver) that being said I was able to get off three consecutive shots. 90 percent of the time you had to rack the bolt after each shot, ejecting an unspent round. It blew my mind it functioned without even the right parts/missing some. Amazing rifle
@yooper gamer AKs aren't the best guns, but you will be able to use them under most circumstances. It's really interesting how different countries engineered guns for their use scenario. MP5s for example are loved for a reason, but would they take the same shit an AK can take? Probably not
Well, I learned something today. Rob, you (and Kalishnikov) are geniuses. Maybe a length of surgical rubber tubing would be more durable? Thanks for this.
I've learned so much about AKs from this guy including cleaning, disassembling, assembling, lubricating, sighting in and so on and now it's like riding a bike. Even bought a few things from the store. Just wanted to give back however small and say that tetra gun grease for all of my AKs, ARs and pistols has been working great! Makes the action buttery smooth and stays on the rails and internals.
[Fixing your AK with a rubber band and toothpick] ...This is still more advanced and professional work on a firearm than what Century Arms generally does.
Century is hit or miss... my M-70 and AES-10B Cugir RPK are both FANTASTIC. The RPK in particular is borderline exquisite. Its perfect. My Century Vz.58 is a WAY over gassed POS that no joke kicks harder than a Barret .50. 100% serious. No exaggeration at all. Its like firing a 12 gauge with magnum slugs
Do you use WD-40 on your firearms? I was using ballistol for a bit until I switched to hoppe’s 9 it’s pretty good stuff but so is ballistol. I’ve read that WD-40 isn’t really good to use for long periods of time.
Yep! Even if there is a problem, their simplicity makes them easy to deal with in creative ways! I was really into scenario paintball a while back and used the Tippman E7 with the "flatline" barrel because of the same thing. The barrel was held on by 2 push pins and could be removed, swabbed, and replaced under "fire" in less than 30 seconds. All others needed unscrewed and then the inside of thw receiver cleaned out too due to how they usually blew up in the barrel. Especially helpful when most of your team is unexperienced "walk-ons" while being one of the only experienced players lol. Ah I miss that stuff. No one plays anymore apparently. It's all airsoft now. Then again I may just be out of the loop.
Thanks Rob, I remember the tooth pick trick from one of your earlier videos but the rubber band field Expedient repair is pure gold. Keep us thinking outside the box!
I learned the toothpick trick while I was in the Marines. The M4 has a similar problem with firing pin retainer pins teleporting to another continent the second the boot drops it, and in a pinch a toothpick or two can get you through a magazine or two
My Dad always said: "If could learned one thing a day by the time I get to be 50 years old I will be a genius"! I am happy that I learned 2 things today! Thank you!!!
When working with small gun parts I use one of those stainless steel bowls with a magnet on the bottom to keep them safe from loss . If a small part is lost on the ground it can be used like a mine detector by sweeping it over the area . It will pick up even the smallest piece of steel that can't be seen . Also , bamboo chopsticks 🥢 are larger in diameter and stronger than toothpicks . A bamboo chopstick could be whittled to a toothpick size or used to replace a larger sized retaining pin .
The toothpick idea is great! Kinda like my coat hanger takedown pin detents for the M16 I used to do in the military when supply ran out. My Type 56 spring retainer is an easy part to lose when cleaning the spring. Built a few of those after shooting them into Neverfindland! Saiga 12 extractor springs can be replaced with ball point pen springs.
Any specific brand? Was planning on buying a saiga 12 until the import ban made the price ridiculous. Having disassembled many retractable pens there are a few sizes and spring rates to choose from. Goddamn sanctions over Ukraine lol, what a bitchmove
@@dirtyaznstyle4156 You have to cut it down to about 9/16 to 5/8" and have a rate of about 50 lbs. 50 lbs is about as low as you want to go and still retain positive extraction. After the street sweeper loss, any mag fed shotgun was a buy. When I found out about the Saiga 12, I bought 5! Sweet guns if you know how to tune them up. Only 1 out of the five could reliably cycle 2 3/4 dram out of the box. But a little stone and file work later, they all can. Winchester bulk pack rounds are to be avoided, as they are all over the place in their powder loadings.
I’m new to AKs, but I’ve been running ARs for a while. Always keep a spare BCG in my kit when out in the woods with my AR. It’s nice to know as someone new to AKs to keep a spare guide rod and spring on my kit when out in the woods with my AK. Excellent info!
"now the gun is NOT supposed to do this. If it does this, your gun is BROKEN and you should NOT use it. Anyway here's how you do it" Something like that? hahaha
In theory, you knight be able to shim down a bamboo chopstick to fit in there and last longer than a toothpick. They use small pieces of bamboo like that to hold katana blades in place, I'm sure it could handle bolt strain... At least better than toothpick wood lol
Most people don't realize Kalashnikov was trying to designing a rubber band shooter and accidentaly came up with the AK instead. Although you can still use it as a rubber band shooter. Truely a multipurpose platform.
Hey Robski! I always bring and put a magnet on a string in my cleaning kit to keep all my small parts together. Especially in the field where soldiers lose shit easily. Bring a fricken magnet attached to a string!!! Prevents you from losing shit and looking for small shit in the grass or in the dirt. 🙄🙄👍👍👍 I learned this on my own as an M-60 machinegunner when I nearly lost the retaining plate that holds the 2 pins that holds the trigger group.👍👍👍
I love how the man says the words rubber band and bungie cord. This is a great idea. Would keep someone in the fight if their rifle takes a crap on them. Wouldn’t hurt to keep 4-5 around the stock like that at least
I rember hearing a story about a guy who had a problem with his AK in battle and using his ak bayonette wire cutters on a wire fence he managed to find and cut a piece of wire (he may have had a multitool also) to make a firing pin detent or a firing pin and after it worked just fine. I would say all AK owners should carry a spare comblock bolt that has a decent headspace or at least a bolt kit so extractor, extractor spring, extractor detent pin, firing pin and detent pin (prefrably NOS comblock) I would change to a telescopic type recoil spring guide and every few years or couple of thousand rounds change the spring with a NOS or new comblock one and if it's ivergassed you can add some extra spring by cutting another spring. I find comblock semi auto FCG with a good trigger job and dremmeled nicely with US stamped on them to work the best with no peening, allways stick to the twisted wire hammer spring, I'm fine with a modified paperclip or some C clips to keep the axis pins in place, paperclip, c clips, plate just make sure they are secure and carry a spare. A spare FCG can be very very cheap. I like to make sure my T bolt and nut is not US made cast crap, I also like to make sure my wood furniture is good strong comblock laminate wood that's well varnished that has screws drilled and filed off for added strength. A new cleaning kit is allways good to have in the stock, also a good idea to make sure the flathead origional screw into the wood stock is nice and tight, good idea to use some loctite, if it ever gets loose and needs some more grip then you can use some toothpicks. It's good to hand sure your front handguards have all the proper springs for a nice and tight fit. If you have a strengthening screw in the wood furniture on your front handguard keep your hand away from it as they can get crazy hot but I have only seen 2 AKS with this dvreeninbthr handguard. It's a very good idea to make sure your open sights are how you like them and zeroed properly. Some people will carry a spare rear sight lead and front sight post. Some like to mod the rear sight lead and get a thinner or make a the front sight post thinner or add some colour. I have often painted my iron sights with watchmakers superlumonova paint, cheap and easy and a few seconds with a flash light and they will glow for hours, all the night sights are too dull now but I have modified night tights with tritium tubes with good results as they never stop glowing l, not as accurate as normal sights but in the dark better than seeing nothing. I like to make sure all of my springs are up to spec and the headspace, also I make sure the optic rail is nice and straight, I like to buy quality mounts and optics that can handle abuse, Soviet optics used to be cheap but now cost a fortune. Never rely on optics or a red dot, assume it will go down, if you use a red dot that uses battery's bring spares. Incase of a front furniture malfunction I make sure I have a rubber torniquite so I can just tie it back together. I carry a bottle of a mixture of thin synthetic motor oil mixed with synthetic tansmition oil that's thin, I find it handles all weather just fine, stops corrosion very well and the detergents act as a bore cleaner also. Never waste money on fancy gun oil as most of it is just thin machine oil at a crazy cost. I use a bore snake and some wipes to clean but in an emergency paracord or a shoe lace with some knots will clean the barrel nicely if dipped in oil. I never never about the rubber band trick so that a good one. I feel it's worth carrying a bayonette if you have lugs, you can jurry rig a flashlight to a bayonette. You can also jurry rig a rail to the side of the handguards and it's fine for a flashlight and most of the time good enough for a red dot up to 100m if it's a tight fit. With modern flashlights you can get very powerful small led ones that are easy to mount in a bad situation I would duct tape it to the handguards. Some people will even carry spare axis pins but axis pins and whole bolts start to get expensive. I feel spare parts for the bolt, spare whatever you use to keep the pins in place, a spare recoil spring and FGC (comblock ones are so cheap) Making sure your rifle is up to spec and the prongs and parts are good are all very important. A cleaning kit with new brushes and oil is important and if you think you may shoot corrosive ammo then carrying some alkaline powder so you can mix it with water to clean the gun is a good idea. I would recomend everyone make sure they have open sights how they like them and train with them and have a way to put a flash light Also quality mags, clean them make sure the springs and followers are good and no damage to the lips. But millitary grade mags usualy steel for the AKM and whatever is the best millitary mag you can afford for the 74 and 5.56 AKs. Some nuts and bolts, paracord, zip ties duct tape, bungie and rubber bands can all come in handy. I find that a worn in AK that is maintained had far less problems that a new AK or an AK with alot of use that has not been maintained. People think the AK is a disposable weapon but it has service intervals and in the Russian manual you would clean them every chance you got. No weapon is perfect, but the AK is so close those spares and keeping it maintained will make it near perfect.
On a serious note, thank you for sharing your experience; in a hot situation, you cant afford to make excuses and must utilize every possible tool and tactic.
Real useful information. Just installed an ALG trigger a few hours ago. Love working on my AK and this video looked fun to make. Looks like I'll need to add rubber bands and tooth picks to my repair kits.
I will always pick a AK over a AR and this shows u y. U could never do that with a AR. Simplicity at its best. It goes bang. This little tips could save your life and possibly many others. Thanks dude! Your the best.👍
FYI Rubber Bands have a limited useful life expectancy. I use rubber bands for all sorts purposes and recommend you purchase rubber bands from a high volume office supply store and store them ( like most everything else) in a cool dry place and check them for signs of deterioration as well as replacing them with new stock ever year
If anything, It’s more accurate. Then it is being FULLY CLOSED by the rubber bands. The recoil springs are notorious for being weak, which allows a lot of slop in the bolt carrier. The locking lugs will engage but there’s still room for them to still push forward further. This pretty much fixes that.
Cool video rob, i always love seeing weird stuff that is off beat from the normal videos. You should consider doing a lead exposure video, you shoot alot, id love to hear your thoughts, as would alot of folks i would think.
Awesome stuff 👍🏿👍🏿,this is a great sales video for the AK as a platform.you can keep it in the fight with toothpicks and rubber bands! I love my AR but the AK is cool
Soak it in penetrating oil, heat, then apply foucused precusive force from the correct direction. Watch Mark Novac's channel for gun smithing. insprration.
I am always real thorough on cleaning my weapons my question to you is how often should you take the firing pin out and clean it or should you clean it if you're not having problems I have never took the firing pin out of an AK so I would like an answer please if you could
if you are very thorough get yourself the small ultrasonic cleaner for around 70$ on amazon. it will loosen all the dirt and youll just flash out the dirt after the cleaning cycle
I have shot untold thousands of rounds through my AKs and have not took the firing pin out one single time to clean anything in there. My philosophy is as long as she's running, let her run. I like you, clean everything else though but I do not disassemble my bolt unless there is a problem because I do not want loosening pins and for the most part, it's just not needed the AK is designed to run very very dirty
@@arni291 thank you for your answer I've been wanting to get one of those for quite a while now I know I really need to invest in one I really appreciate you taking the time to give me the answer thanks have a good day
@@randy1862 when u see it out of the bolt it’s pretty obvious that it never needs cleaned it is round but ground flat on both sides so the movement when firing cleans it out. It’s also said not to oil it as oil causes dirt to stick.
I've never removed my pin from my AR which has well over 3,000 rounds and I've never taken them out from my AKs either. If anything you could soak/submerge it in a gun solvent to soften any carbon.
When the spring retainer broke on one of my old, old AKs I used some rubber bands on the charging handle going up and around that little lug that hangs out under the front where the gas tube connects. You can also put your left hand right in front of the magazine and use your thumb to keep the bolt from slamming and operate the gun manually back and forth. Also if you lose the firing pin retainer a piece of a large paperclip with a few waves in it will stay in position so long that you'll forget to get a few replacements at the gun shop.
Bought my Saiga (762x39) AK at a pawn shop a few years ago. The trigger pin for the Tapco G2 had 2 .22 LR shells drilled out for brass bushings on it… 🤷🏻🤣💪🏻
And remember; if your full auto sear happened to have intentionally not been made with your rifle, belt loops, shoe strips, or even a specific practiced grip will work as a make shift auto sear👍🏻
In Kazakhstan I was given an AK that wasn’t functioning properly, so every round almost I had to use my foot to run the bolt, I affectionately called it my bolt action AK….nonetheless I love this platform.
You are awesome brother I am heading to to dr this morning and I am feeling bummed but bro you got me to laugh before I walked out the door thank you I wish I could come visit you and bring some of my toys for you to shoot .... my rasheed is an odd one
I know what he meant about using the rubber bands for camouflage, but now I'm just imagining Rob emerging from an office supply closet in a rubber band ghillie suit.
Came for the AK. Stayed for the *Shirt* 😁 That along with "The Rubberbands" I was put into a trance and had to rewatch 😂 That was the most satisfying way I've ever heard the word "DuRUHberbanss" in my life 7:40 to 7:48 Was also the funniest fucking spoken sentence I have ever heard in my life 🤣🤣🤣
