AK-74 front sight assembly

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Keeperfaith

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Hey all, I have an AK-74 without a muzzle brake. The front sight assembly doesn't have threads on the end of the "barrel" to attach a muzzle brake to.

My question is what is a round about price for a gunsmith to change out the front sight assembly to one which has the threads to attach a muzzle brake or is it a simple task I can do in my garage?

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Can I thread the current front sight assembly to accept a muzzle brake?

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Steve
 
Does the front sight assembly have the enlarged muzzle area for the 24mm brake and it's not threaded, or is just the actual barrel itself exposed?

If the front sight assembly simply isn't threaded, it's possible to thread it, but I don't know if anyone sells the correct threading die and Thread Alignment Tool or TAT.
The TAT is a stud that screws into a threading die and is a slip fit into the bore. This aligns the threading die and insures the threads are square with the bore. Threading without the TAT is only something you want to try in a lathe, and that requires removing the barrel from the receiver.
At that point, you're getting into a really major job.

If the actual barrel is exposed, you could probably use an AK left hand thread threading kit to thread the muzzle and then you could screw on any standard 14mm-1.0 Left Hand threaded AK muzzle attachment.
This presents some problems with finding ways to lock the attachment in place so it's won't unscrew.

If you want to install the correct AK-74 front sight assembly that has the 24mm Right Hand threads to accept the AK-74 type muzzle brake, unless you have access to a heavy duty shop press and some knowledge of how it's done, you'd be better off having it done.

One issue of this is determining if the available AK-74 front sight assemblies will fit your barrel.
Barrels and sight assemblies do vary and you have to have a match.
In order to do this you use a heavy duty shop press to press the old sight assembly off, after driving out the pins.
A new assembly is pressed on and new pin holes have to be precision drilled.

My suggestion, see a good gunsmith and between the two of you figure out your options.
 
A few years back when the Rumanion AK's were flooding the market My Brother and I purchased several, don't ask me why.
However,we were able to sell several. at a handsome profit ESPECICALLY since the rifles were fitted with a "muzzle break" of my design and manufacture. Strictly cosmetic as MOST are, my breaks are carefully fitted to a particular muzzle and held on with 10x32 set screws.NEVER a problem and I DO shoot my AK!
 
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