Hi Chris, thanks for your message. It took me several attempts to refinish the wood until I found a colour that I was happy with. I ended up mixing two different colours and then I also bought a small tester size bottle of orange stain from eBay which I used to finish over the top of the browned finish. The orange then added a slight highlighted colour. I also dented the wood slightly in various areas and used a black sharpie to colour in a few small areas. Then smudged it off/in to the wood. This simulates some ground in dirt/oil. I will see if I can find the colours I used and add to the comments later. Thank you
Thanks for your message. I know real ak’s are known for being a bit clunky and a slightly loose mag can’t affect it in the real steel. But as this is co2, the slightest gap between the mag and barrel would cause a massive difference due to co2 escaping. You should wait till you see what I did with the ak74u! I am really really pleased with that one. Vid will be coming
Thanks for your message and some great questions. The magazine inserts are completely different unfortunately. The wood has been transformed and actually feels like wood now instead of being completely smooth and feeling rather plasticky. Re the rust, all steel, even certain grades of stainless steel will rust if not oiled. It only needs to be a very thin film just to preserve it otherwise the humidity in the air and moisture from hands etc will make steel go rusty. Hope this answers your questions. Thanks
This is a link to the orange. Only need the tester size which is under £2. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133056408601?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=VBid9TKySky&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=yi-h8XuJSva&var=432357858246&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Hello again. I suspected you are in UK, and your gun laws are partially known here in Portugal, where they probably took inspiration to make our actual ones at least relatively about airguns, airsoft, model guns, and blank guns. Any way: try to contact REAL FAKE GUNS mayby here on RU-vid, or on Facebook. There is a German company that sells real steel parts, and some people transformed real steel guns to airguns or airsoft guns, which was great as then they got the real look and strength. I think this was forbidden in all Europe. Unfortunately the company changed the name recently. I can't remember the name, but I will send it to you. The outer shell of the real steel magazine can easily fit in this replica, and you can do it with out problems... Keep us posted, please please!!! I also know that a Russian real steel AKs maker, is making ( or did ) replicas using much of the real steel ones. As I think it happened with the Makarov pistols. I got the idea of buying them here in Portugal in 4,5mms but I do not know. I do not remember the name of the Russian factory😮😢. Yours seems to be very accurate and strong made. What is its brand again, please???
Instead of swapping magazine parts between the 2 mags, couldn't you have just used the AK74 mag in the Cybergun? Did refinishing the wood give the wood a better or more realistic look? I guess I mean like the texture or the wood, the original wood on these newer Cybergun's looks and feels so airsoft-ish. The original bolt carreier on the Real Chinese AK's I believe was just a raw steel or slightly polished steel and it doesnt seem like the real ones had much issue with rusting.
