Blowing up an AK, for fun.

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Yeah I really like it. I took it apart about a month ago and found metal shims in certain areas of the wood, as well as some bedding and relieving of the reciever from the wood. It belonged to a NY FFL, who I bought the G98, an 11-87 and a beretta A390, best deal of the world at $900, but then again he is a family friend whose accent suggests the mafia. He bought it back in '87 from the original owner's son, for the sum of $50. There are some other modifications to it, the stock was relieved for a bent bolt and a nylon sling was added. I'll take it out of my closet sometime soon and photograph it.
 
Ok, I fired a squib round which lodged just past the furniture, and then followed it with a WOLF fmj.

The results?

Not much.

Bulged and split barrel, the obstruction was cleared and the action actually cycled.

I then fired an entire magazine into a 25 yard target from the vise resulting in a 4" group.

Hmmmm.... any other suggestions?
 

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Showed this thread to a friend. The following conversation ensued:
"Man, that's one thing the Commies definitely did right... building guns." (Pardon him, he's like that.)
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Any other suggestions?
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Yes, hammer a blockage in as far as you can and load up a load using a magnum primer filled with H110 or W296 Ball Powder.

Add another 50' to your string.
 
I've only seen one AK "blow up", while being shot full-auto. What happened was a squib lodged just forward of the gas port. Forward pressure from the next shot caused the bolt to unlock prematurely, driving the action straight back, popping the top cover and spring off, and possibly the bolt carrier. The guy shooting it was very lucky. This was, however, a captured Iraqi insurgent AK being shot by a contractor, so the steel may not have been the best.
 
WardenWolf said:
I've only seen one AK "blow up", while being shot full-auto. What happened was a squib lodged just forward of the gas port. Forward pressure from the next shot caused the bolt to unlock prematurely, driving the action straight back, popping the top cover and spring off, and possibly the bolt carrier.
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Neat.

Ive packed the bore of our subject with red clay mud. Going to let it set till noon or so tomorrow then touch it off and see what happens.

Should be fascinating to see where the gas goes.
 
what happens if you load an empty shell with just a primer in there, then dump gunpowder down the barrel until it's right before the gas port, then hammer a bullet down there and fire it off.
 
WardenWolf said:
This was, however, a captured Iraqi insurgent AK being shot by a contractor, so the steel may not have been the best.
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No it was likely Iraqi AK ammo..THAT stuff was JUNK..all the other AK ammo was fine EXCEPT IRAQI!!

I had a few AKs that wouldn't run no matter what so I ended up junking them...but several hundred others ran fine....at least enough to issue back to the Iraqi Police...

I still prefer the AR tho.....
 
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what happens if you load an empty shell with just a primer in there, then dump gunpowder down the barrel until it's right before the gas port, then hammer a bullet down there and fire it off.
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I don't think my string is long enough. lol




I'm trying to keep things to within the realm of the possible.


The most amazing thing to me is that as bad of a shape as the barrel is, it is still stabilizing bullets well enough to hit a man sized target at 50-60 yards.
Mind you, it is shooting about 3 feet to the right of Point of aim but it IS still functional as a weapon, if you were desperate enough to use it.
 
I think you may have to do what the CIA ended up resorting to in order to blow up the AK, with Operation Elder Son... load a case with granulated plastic explosive.

Those are some really impressive results. You hear a lot of people praising the supreme reliability of the AK... it is nice for someone to do something like this every now and then, and prove that all the hype is true!

I think it would be very interesting if you were to put an AR through the same paces.
 
Is anyone here willing to subject an AR of comparable quality to this kind of torture? Let's take a low end AR and see how it fares through this testing.
 
Fill the barrel with JB Weld, then load up a compressed case full of titegroup and fire away.

If that doesn't do it then you will have to work on some out of battery discharge...
 
I'm trying to do stuff that could conceivably happen.

Barrel obstructions,sqibs indifferent reloads etc...


If the barrel completely packed with mud doesn't flat out kill it we might have to resort of extreme measures.
 
What about submerging the muzzle (or barrel up to the crack) into a pond and pulling the trigger?

A gun club I used to go to had a beautiful eurpoean o/u bown apart like Elmer Phuds bunny gun, when the owner touched off a round in the water to scare the fish.
 
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I want to see it fire underwater!!!!!!! Take it scuba diving and show that the AK can replace the spear gun or Hawaiian sling...

I am just kidding about scuba diving with the AK.....(don't want to get flamed for suggesting something dangerous)...
 
Underwater was a non event.

Submerged the rifle, worked the action, made sure to fill the barrel full of water.

First round fires, works the action chambering another round. 2nd round fires but my string breaks. :)
Bolt is really hard to work at this point, mostly because its full of grit and sand.

No additional visible damage.
I put the rifle back into the vise after this and fired 5 rounds into a 4" group at 25 yards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99EZSd_8hIQ
 
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I own a Arsenal machined reciever AK. It's far from being my favorite rifle. It's not the prettiest nor the finest machined nor the most accurate and a lot more nor's. But on the other hand if I had to grab up something from the collection for preservation of property and life it would be the AK. They simply work and love it.
 
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