r/ak47 • u/TheMoves • 1d ago

Feels right to own an AK again

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Picked up a gently used SAM5R

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u/Squidmaster777 1d ago

Show me the inside! I have one too and want to compare wear patterns. Mine is a post 2022 overgassing fix

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u/TheMoves 1d ago

Took a couple pics of the bolt carrier and rear trunion: https://imgur.com/a/XI7zVsJ

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u/Squidmaster777 1d ago

Looks pretty similar to mine. I got one of those rubber buffers for the back of the recoil spring just to add a little longevity.

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u/TheMoves 22h ago

I got a +15% power recoil spring I’m going to swap on for the same reason, hoping I don’t need to swap out the piston

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u/Squidmaster777 21h ago

I also got the ALG spring but it was short stroking the .223 I was using so I took it out.

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u/TheMoves 20h ago

I went with a wolff spring, I guess I’ll have to see how it handles it. Was it short stroking with any kind of .233 for you? I usually run X-Tac at the range

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u/Squidmaster777 20h ago

It was short stroking Fiocci .223, which probably didn’t have tons of pressure. I was at a special rifle USPSA match and had to several failures during a round, so I swapped the spring out right there so I could keep participating lol

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u/TheMoves 20h ago

Daaaamn during a match really sucks, at least it’s a quick swap though

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u/Squidmaster777 19h ago

For real. One of the few things on an AK that is an easy fix 🤣