Hello, all. An AK question. I already have one, so not THE question.

[custermustache]

Hi. I recently purchased one of Classic Arms WASR - 10 AK's, and they have a muzzle cap(?) welded onto the front of the barrel, where normally I see muzzle brakes on AK's.

Is it possible to remove this and put a normal muzzle brake on?

The rifle is 922r compliant, and all that good stuff.

Thanks in advance.

 

[jr45]

I have a WASR 10 (made during the ban). The barrel under the cap is unthreaded and undersized (too thin that the thread tool just slides over the barrel) and therefore can not take a standard screw-on type attachment. Any break or other divise would have to be welded on.

 

[nalioth]

.... or you'll have to thread it 1/2x28 (AR15 thread) and use a muzzle device with that thread pattern

 

[gtmerkley]

They make a barrle threader.

 

[kingjoey]

Yes. The cap is welded on for states/cities where threaded barrels are verboten. We make a KA-1230 brake specifically for the unthreaded AK barrels. If your barrel mics at .550 or .555 OD then it will fit and not require welding.

http://kingarmory.com/My_Homepage_Files/Page5.html

 

[custermustache]

Hpw do I remove the one that is welded on now?

 

[kingjoey]

Hpw do I remove the one that is welded on now?

There will either be a spotweld (usually on the bottom) or they can be silversoldered on. If it is soldered you have to heat up the cap with a torch and it will come off. Take some pics of the muzzle if you can, it'd make it easier to know what you're dealing with. There's a couple different nuts/caps/pipes that CAI has used over the threads

 

[jr45]

You can use a hack saw or dremel tool and Carefully cut the weld beads. Once you cut the bead enough, try removing the cap with a padded pliers with a back and forth motion.

 

[MD_Willington]

carefully remove the welds...

Scott at DPH also makes hiders and brakes for non-threaded barrels.

You may also be able to a new front sight base that may fit, you press off the old one and press on the new one, be sure to use a US made hider/brake to stay 922r compliant.

 

[kingjoey]

BTW, the threads will be left-hand so turn the nut clockwise to remove if it is a threaded nut.

 

[JesseL]

My WUM-1 made during the ban had a nut over the muzzle threads held in place by a single tiny tack weld. 5 minutes with the edge of a file and the weld was gone.

Depending on how your muzzle cap is welded, it may be as simple as mine was, or it may be such a can of worms that you'd be better off just living with it or trading it in on a different AK.

 

[kingjoey]

"Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado!"

Rather be dead on my feet then live forever on my knees?

 

[JesseL]

Rather be dead on my feet then live forever on my knees?

Something like that, but ideally I'd like to live a while on my feet instead.

It's a quote generally attributed to Emiliano Zapata (who's politics I don't entirely support, but latin american revolutionaries did have a way with words).