I was shooting my Yugo AK today and had a problem with the bolt carrier that took the rifle out of commission. This is a Century Yugo, and has worked great for 1000 rounds.
On my rifle there is a hole drilled in the bolt carrier, and a pin inserted which attaches the gas piston to the bolt carrier. This pin drifted out and was loose, and it tied up the gun.
I have two spare original new Yugo bolt carrier/gas piston assemblies. I had never noticed before, but neither of these has a hole drilled, or the pin. Obviously the gas piston attaches differently per the original Yugo design. What process is used on the original Yugo bolt carriers to attach the piston?
I'm guessing that the monkeys at Century replaced the piston with a U.S. made part for 922r compliance, and did a crap job of it. My question is, why drill the bolt carrier, and use a pin to attach the piston? Somehow I expect the answer to come down to dollars and cents, and it being cheaper to use a pin.
Crap........I just looked at my Century Yugo underfolder, and it uses the same bogus cross-pin setup on that rifle too.
On my rifle there is a hole drilled in the bolt carrier, and a pin inserted which attaches the gas piston to the bolt carrier. This pin drifted out and was loose, and it tied up the gun.
I have two spare original new Yugo bolt carrier/gas piston assemblies. I had never noticed before, but neither of these has a hole drilled, or the pin. Obviously the gas piston attaches differently per the original Yugo design. What process is used on the original Yugo bolt carriers to attach the piston?
I'm guessing that the monkeys at Century replaced the piston with a U.S. made part for 922r compliance, and did a crap job of it. My question is, why drill the bolt carrier, and use a pin to attach the piston? Somehow I expect the answer to come down to dollars and cents, and it being cheaper to use a pin.
Crap........I just looked at my Century Yugo underfolder, and it uses the same bogus cross-pin setup on that rifle too.