Galil/Golani Dust Cover

[mordechaianiliewicz]

Is it just me or is it tougher than all get out to get the dust cover on and off. I disassembled the gun after I got it, and haven't been able to get the dust cover back on. Isn't nearly as easy as I've been able to do with AKs I've had in the past.

Is there a special trick to this, or do I need to apply even more elbow grease than I've been using?

 

[Medusa]

For me the most difficult part of cleaning a Galil rifle is getting the dustcover back in place

I have forced the "button" in with the dustcover when sliding it forward to seat the front part, and then slapped the rear down, so the catch engages. It has worked for me.

 

[mordechaianiliewicz]

I can stick the return spring's end against the back of the receiver to keep it in But the real problem is catching the back of the dust cover the notch at the rear of the receiver.

 

[Prince Yamato]

I'm assuming it's like a normal AK dust-cover, so here's a trick:

Place the return spring back (the part with the notch) slightly below the groove it fits into. The dust cover will now fit easily onto the rifle. Next, pull the charging handle with a little more force than you normally do. The notched part should pop back up into the receiver cover, no problem.

 

[mordechaianiliewicz]

Prince Yamato, I know the trick, and have tried it with this rifle, and it still won't allow me to place the dustcover. You see, on a Galil/Golani there is a notch at the end of the receiver which the dust cover fits into in addtion to the notch where the gas block is.

I can either get the gas block notch engaged and not the rear notch, or vice versa. By the way, it was quite dificult to get the dust cover off in the first place.

I suspect that is because the Galil has sights on the dust cover, the designer wanted the cust cover to fit extremely firm in there. Problem is of course, one would want to be able to disassemble and reassemble their rifle without tools, and without excess elbow grease.

Has anybody had a similar problem? I still can't get this notch engaged.

 

[Coronach]

I suspect that is because the Galil has sights on the dust cover, the designer wanted the cust cover to fit extremely firm in there. Problem is of course, one would want to be able to disassemble and reassemble their rifle without tools, and without excess elbow grease.

This is almost certainly the case. I have a KTR that has dustcover sights, and it is a PITA to get back on. If you think about the slop on your standard AK dustcover, it makes sense.

Mike

 

[PILMAN]

Galil dustcovers are tricky, I generally push and hold the recoil spring inward with one hand and then pop the cover on and move my other hand out of the way to let the recoil spring pop back in place.

 

[Prince Yamato]

OK, I admit, I don't know that much about the Galil. Can someone post pics of this difference, now I'm curious!

 

[HorseSoldier]

The techniques Medusa and Yamato described worked pretty well for me with Galil SARs. Does anyone know if Century used the recoil spring as a compliance part? Maybe they gave it the old angry monkey treatment . . .

 

[mordechaianiliewicz]

Okay, so I put up a pic that shows the notch into which the dust cover has to be up against. I used an Estwing ballpeen (small sized) with several kitchen rags once I had it aligned just right. I learned two very valuable lessons.

One: Seafood ravioli is better with a butter and olive oil sauce than a marinara.

Two: Buy a rubber mallet post haste.