grilledcheese
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So I just picked up a Romanian PSL, and it's just what i expected in a Kalashnikov-type rifle: crude, rude, and delightfully beastly. But as I shouldered the thing for the first time I realized that Romanians must be considerably smaller dudes than me, as the stock was uncomfortably short. With PSL replacement stocks pretty much nonexistent I decided to take some initiative. And here is what I came up with...
First i had to see what exactly I was dealing with. PSL's have a steel buttplate. I was a bit disappointed at first to learn this. The plate is held on by the sling buckle acting as a pin through both sides of a hollow shaft connected to the inside of the plate.
After removing the buckle and pulling off the buttplate, I was very surprised to find that the plate was supported by two steel springs sunk into the stock as a recoil absorber, with small steel disks at the bottom of the holes
I now figured out what I would do. I'm no master craftsman by any stretch, so I had to keep it simple. I've got a couple of MAK-90's I bought over a decade ago with thumbhole stocks that fit me great. A quick measurement showed that the PSL stock needed to be about an inch and a half longer. I had a few small blocks of wood laying around, and found one that was dry with no cracks. I'm not even sure what type of wood it is. A few passes with the saw and a half hour of sanding got me this:
At this point it was a bit too long, but I was being cautious. Next I replicated the spring holes and center pin hole, but went a step further by drilling smaller diameter countersunk holes at the bottom of the spring holes and then drilling even smaller pilot holes all the way through. This was done for the screws that would attach my new extension to the existing stock.
At this point I drilled pilot holes int he stock itself, right into the bottoms of the old spring holes. I cut the extension to the proper length and then used 3 in. stainless steel screws countersunk in the new spring holes to attach it to the stock. Another cut down screw and washer is screwed through the center hole in the stock and extension and into the hollow buttpad post (I might come up with something better for this later).
Here what it looks like assembled next to a MAK-90. I'll try to get it stained and varnished in the next day or so.
Hopefully it'll make Bubba proud.
Thanks for looking,
Jeffrey
So I just picked up a Romanian PSL, and it's just what i expected in a Kalashnikov-type rifle: crude, rude, and delightfully beastly. But as I shouldered the thing for the first time I realized that Romanians must be considerably smaller dudes than me, as the stock was uncomfortably short. With PSL replacement stocks pretty much nonexistent I decided to take some initiative. And here is what I came up with...
First i had to see what exactly I was dealing with. PSL's have a steel buttplate. I was a bit disappointed at first to learn this. The plate is held on by the sling buckle acting as a pin through both sides of a hollow shaft connected to the inside of the plate.
After removing the buckle and pulling off the buttplate, I was very surprised to find that the plate was supported by two steel springs sunk into the stock as a recoil absorber, with small steel disks at the bottom of the holes
I now figured out what I would do. I'm no master craftsman by any stretch, so I had to keep it simple. I've got a couple of MAK-90's I bought over a decade ago with thumbhole stocks that fit me great. A quick measurement showed that the PSL stock needed to be about an inch and a half longer. I had a few small blocks of wood laying around, and found one that was dry with no cracks. I'm not even sure what type of wood it is. A few passes with the saw and a half hour of sanding got me this:
At this point it was a bit too long, but I was being cautious. Next I replicated the spring holes and center pin hole, but went a step further by drilling smaller diameter countersunk holes at the bottom of the spring holes and then drilling even smaller pilot holes all the way through. This was done for the screws that would attach my new extension to the existing stock.
At this point I drilled pilot holes int he stock itself, right into the bottoms of the old spring holes. I cut the extension to the proper length and then used 3 in. stainless steel screws countersunk in the new spring holes to attach it to the stock. Another cut down screw and washer is screwed through the center hole in the stock and extension and into the hollow buttpad post (I might come up with something better for this later).
Here what it looks like assembled next to a MAK-90. I'll try to get it stained and varnished in the next day or so.
Hopefully it'll make Bubba proud.
Thanks for looking,
Jeffrey