Sam1911
Moderator Emeritus
The top rivet is still a long through-rivet. The bottom legs of the trunion take shorter rivets.where are the long through-rivets on an AK-74?... dont the rear trunnions have a split in them to use normal rivets?...
A what?and if i used a screw-plate for the trigger guard
I don't know, but why screw on any part of a rivet-built gun? The trigger guard is the EASY part! And with care you should easily be able to set the long top rivet with the tool you use to set the trigger-guard rivets.
The bolt cutter tool won't spread widely enough to squeeze the upper rear block trunion. It will do the rest...though some of them are still quite a pain to hit squarely with that tool.wouldnt i only need a single rivet tool such as the bolt cutter tool?...
Never seen it done that way, but maybe.but looking at how the bolt cutter tool works and ak-builder jig works.. it looks like i would be able to take a bar clamp or pipe clamp and grind down one of the edges to fit inside the receiver to crush the rivets with this method... get a rivet as clean as those with a press since its a linear force being applied to it
I think when you go trying to get inside the front trunion to squeeze those, and probably when trying to hit the lower leg rivets on the side-folder rear block, the bolt cutter tool is going to work a whole lot better. Takes a pretty specific piece of gear to be able to reach into those small spaces and still put that much force on the rivet.