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ut755ln · Jun 22, 2022

I went out to shoot my FrankenAR that was actually put together with a bunch of feedback from this forum. A few lanes down we heard an obvious problem. A guy bought some kind of Romanian AK47 and put a can on it and when he fired there was a baffle strike, so he did what anyone would and pulled the trigger a second time which turned the can into a fragmentation device. There was a little blood from his shooting buddy that was struck. The suppressor is obviously screwed, the barrel is ruined as well.

I googled it when I got home and did not realize that AKs were not always concentric and that if you plan on shooting one suppressed it is a good idea to have it checked by a gunsmith.

hafejd30 · Jun 22, 2022

ut755ln said:
I went out to shoot my FrankenAR that was actually put together with a bunch of feedback from this forum. A few lanes down we heard an obvious problem. A guy bought some kind of Romanian AK47 and put a can on it and when he fired there was a baffle strike, so he did what anyone would and pulled the trigger a second time which turned the can into a fragmentation device. There was a little blood from his shooting buddy that was struck. The suppressor is obviously screwed, the barrel is ruined as well.

I googled it when I got home and did not realize that AKs were not always concentric and that if you plan on shooting one suppressed it is a good idea to have it checked by a gunsmith.

It’s always a good idea to check alignment on any host

502Chevelle · Jun 22, 2022

Most people don't realize how many barrels aren't drilled truly centered. Screw a can on the front with tight tolerances, and like they say in the movie Days of Thunder, there's gonna be some rubbin'.

vinniedelpino · Jun 22, 2022

Jesus…. It’s a Romanian AK. This is common sense.

When front sights are regularly noticeably canted from the factory it goes without saying that thread concentricity probably isn’t where it needs to be for a can.

JohnCarter17 · Jun 22, 2022

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

samnev · Jun 23, 2022

You can'y fix stupid.

Huskydriver · Jun 23, 2022

Oh my lanta.......

JohnCarter17 · Jun 23, 2022

samnev said:
You can'y fix stupid.

You can, it usually involves fast moving projectiles, but it isn't always safe or legal.

greentick · Jun 23, 2022

samnev said:
You can'y fix stupid.

A properly applied cervical tourniquet will. Just tighten until the stoopid sounds stop.

Shawn1492 · Jun 23, 2022

True of many barrels. At least run a cleaning rod down the barrel first.

roostercogburn98 · Jun 23, 2022

He went hard, and then he went home

samnev · Jun 24, 2022

JohnCarter17 said:
You can, it usually involves fast moving projectiles, but it isn't always safe or legal.

greentick said:
A properly applied cervical tourniquet will. Just tighten until the stoopid sounds stop.

I stand corrected. I like the fixes but wouldn't like the results of those actions if I was the one to do both fixes.

AngryKoala · Jun 24, 2022

vinniedelpino said:
Jesus…. It’s a Romanian AK. This is common sense.

When front sights are regularly noticeably canted from the factory it goes without saying that thread concentricity probably isn’t where it needs to be for a can.

Yup, FB Polish barrels are supposedly more concentric than not.

Vivacious Stallion · Jun 24, 2022

Sometimes you can't help people, but I could see how an inexperienced shooter might make this mistake. Not long ago, I saw a dude try to sight in his rifle and the scope (leupold mk4 I think) was bottoming out during bore sighting. After another person inspected it they realized he put the 30 moa base on the wrong direction and then torqued the shit out of it down onto the receiver.

spamassassin · Jun 24, 2022

Suppressor, go away or I will taunt you a second time.

Baron23 · Jun 25, 2022

If you use suppressors, an alignment rod is your friend.

FuhQ · Jun 25, 2022

ut755ln said:
I went out to shoot my FrankenAR that was actually put together with a bunch of feedback from this forum. A few lanes down we heard an obvious problem. A guy bought some kind of Romanian AK47 and put a can on it and when he fired there was a baffle strike, so he did what anyone would and pulled the trigger a second time which turned the can into a fragmentation device. There was a little blood from his shooting buddy that was struck. The suppressor is obviously screwed, the barrel is ruined as well.

I googled it when I got home and did not realize that AKs were not always concentric and that if you plan on shooting one suppressed it is a good idea to have it checked by a gunsmith.

Yep, most AK's the threads are not bore-centric. That's why they make special suppressors like the Dead Air Wolverine that have a conical-shaped bore that gets larger towards the muzzle end of the can, to avoid such issues. If you have a high-quality American-made AK barrel with 5/8x24 threads, then you should check alignment, but most-likely it was cut bore-centric, and you can run something like a Sandman-S or any other .30 caliber suppressor that's rated for it.

ut755ln · Jun 26, 2022

FuhQ said:
Yep, most AK's the threads are not bore-centric. That's why they make special suppressors like the Dead Air Wolverine that have a conical-shaped bore that gets larger towards the muzzle end of the can, to avoid such issues. If you have a high-quality American-made AK barrel with 5/8x24 threads, then you should check alignment, but most-likely it was cut bore-centric, and you can run something like a Sandman-S or any other .30 caliber suppressor that's rated for it.

Yeah, the guys at my gun range said that higher end American like Rifle Dynamics, Krebs ect. are good to go. He also said that for the money, the Kalashnakov USA AKs are good to go as well at half to 1/3 of the price of the others.

FuhQ · Jun 26, 2022

ut755ln said:
Yeah, the guys at my gun range said that higher end American like Rifle Dynamics, Krebs ect. are good to go. He also said that for the money, the Kalashnakov USA AKs are good to go as well at half to 1/3 of the price of the others.

I'm not an AK guy, but I do like to keep up with the info. I have heard that KUSA (Kalashnikov USA) barrels are good-to-go, as well, but I'd do some research or check with an alignment rod first, as that's just what I heard.

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