Hey everyone, just thought I'd show an update on my finished MAK 90 converstion from the thumbhole stock to a standard stock and pistol grip, plus a few other updates. This was the first rifle I bought, I was 18 years old. I had tried to sell it in order to fund better guns, but never could. I decided instead to be content with the guns I had and decided to spend my efforts making my guns the way I wanted them. This is my first real gun make-over project, so it doesn't look the most professionaly done, but I'm happy with it for now. It's taken months of acquiring the parts AND finding time to work on them. I just finished it today.
This is how I bought the rifle, and kept it for 12 years. It began to sit in the safe more and more and I wanted to revitalize it.
Here is the final product (minus a micro red dot). And yes, it's 922 compliant.
It's hard to tell in the other photo, but I took the Dremel tool to the selector to make a bolt hold open. I also JB Welded a shelving bracket for a more reachable selector lever, it works very well. The kind of bracket you see on the right was what I used, I just bent it into shape.
This was my first ever wood refinishing project. I had to shave back the wood where the receiver is slanted, I messed up more on the left side if you look for it. First time using a router too, obviously
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The finished stock. Not the prettiest, but it works, especially for being on a small budget.
Anyway, just thought I'd share, since I received advice from some of you before starting the project.
This is how I bought the rifle, and kept it for 12 years. It began to sit in the safe more and more and I wanted to revitalize it.
Here is the final product (minus a micro red dot). And yes, it's 922 compliant.
It's hard to tell in the other photo, but I took the Dremel tool to the selector to make a bolt hold open. I also JB Welded a shelving bracket for a more reachable selector lever, it works very well. The kind of bracket you see on the right was what I used, I just bent it into shape.
This was my first ever wood refinishing project. I had to shave back the wood where the receiver is slanted, I messed up more on the left side if you look for it. First time using a router too, obviously
.The finished stock. Not the prettiest, but it works, especially for being on a small budget.
Anyway, just thought I'd share, since I received advice from some of you before starting the project.
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