Does this look normal for a milled receiver Ak for wear since the carrier contacts the right side. The 2 pictures show the receiver, one is a close up of the side of the receiver and the other is the actual contact spot for the carrier. Probobly more like 1300 rounds. Thanks for looking I just have no experience with milled aks as this is my first.
Could someone please check this out? This is why I wouldn't want to run an extra power recoil spring in it because lack of experience I don't know if the extra strength in the recoil spring could cause the hammer forged milled receiver to chip off any metal or anything like that where the bolt carrier contacts on the right side every time a round is fired. I apologize for the question but I just don't have the experience with these milled Bulgarian receivers and just don't know what normal wear looks like on the carrier to receiver contact points. I hope it kind of work hardens it self like rear trunnions do on stamped receivers when the system is a bit overgassed and it slams into the rear of the trunnion leaving marks..Thanks all.
You've had quite a few threads posting about your concerns over your rifle, it's longevity, and issues. Just shoot the crap out of it and enjoy it. It's fine, and being a semi auto it's going to outlast you and your kids. It's not a fragile object. It's a utilitarian tool that's designed to take abuse.
Thank you so much that gives me a piece of mind. I know a lot of you have way more experience than I do. I just spent a lot on this rifle so I want to make sure everything is normal..I did order a standard power recoil spring from wolff, would that be ok to run? I don't need an extra power spring, its just that the stock one feels so squishy and loose but then again I am used to the extra power ones. Will the wolff one hurt it, I will just keep using the stock one for now but I would like to know if the wolff standard power spring is a good replacement when it is time. Thanks a lot guys.
Does this look normal for a milled receiver Ak for wear since the carrier contacts the right side. The 2 pictures show the receiver, one is a close up of the side of the receiver and the other is the actual contact spot for the carrier. Probobly more like 1300 rounds. Thanks for looking I just have no experience with milled aks as this is my first.
Changing stock parts out for gimmicky aftermarket crap is a sure fire way to turn a reliable firearm into a problem child... That foes for AK's, AR's, Glocks...etc
The front trunnion or on a milled gun the "receiver" acts as a bolt carrier stop... Some rifles the bolt carrier stops on the left tang and others on the right... Yours is stopping on the right side of the receiver... That is just the paint being worn off from your bolt carrier slamming home...
I bet if you look at the opposite side, there is a slight gap between the bolt carrier and receiver...
I know it will make it hit harder, that is why I would not want to run an extra power recoil spring but I did order the standard power recoil spring from Wolff so it should be the same strength as a standard recoil spring, but its just made by Wolff. I do like Wolff springs. It is a Sam7r, I just don't have experience with milled aks since this is my first one. I have had stamped aks that I have owned for years and one of them probably has over 30,000 rounds through it, I just dont know about this impact spot on this receiver if it will stop wearing now since it has over 1000 rounds through it, or will it fail...see how I am talking about Arsenals...zero experience with them..
As others said, your wear spot on your receiver is from the extra strength spring. Had you left the rifle alone and ran it like it was designed to, in stock form, then you wouldn't be looking at a unsightly mark. Put the stock spring in it and leave it alone.
What does your bolt carrier look like in that spot?
I have not installed the extra power spring ever on this rifle, only the stock spring, I said I have an extra power spring in my spare parts, but I did order another recoil spring from Wolff. So, the mark is from the stock recoil spring, and I don't care about cosmetic marks I just wanna make sure the receiver is strong enough in that spot where the carrier hits to handle many many thousands of rounds..and I will continue to keep the rifle in stock config. it runs fine with the regular stock spring in it. Never had an extra power spring in it. The carrier looks fine just looks like it contacts the receiver on the right side like a milled should, and from my experience aks peen somewhere at the beginning of there life and then work harden and the peening stops, I hope the same goes for milled receivers.
Cool, just for ****s and gigs heres a way better pic..if it even matters.
I have seen this same mark on the few photos I was able to find of the few Sam7r rifles that do have more than a thousand rounds through them..again sorry for all the nagging on the subject, its my lack of experience with the milled receiver. Thanks all.
Cool, just for ****s and gigs heres a way better pic..if it even matters.
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I have seen this same mark on the few photos I was able to find of the few Sam7r rifles that do have more than a thousand rounds through them..again sorry for all the nagging on the subject, its my lack of experience with the milled receiver. Thanks all.
So I know Jason Dressler pretty well at Century Arms. I sent him the same pics of the receiver and he said that the mark is normal but the bulge of metal from the impact looks screwy. Could some of you with Sam7r's post some pics of your receiver where your carrier contacts. I wanna see if other Sam7's show the same bulge. He thinks I should send the rifle back..don't wanna do that.
Does this look normal for a milled receiver Ak for wear since the carrier contacts the right side. The 2 pictures show the receiver, one is a close up of the side of the receiver and the other is the actual contact spot for the carrier. Probobly more like 1300 rounds. Thanks for looking I just have no experience with milled aks as this is my first.
Ok, Shoot it and do NOT change anything until it won't function. If it isn't broke you do not fix it. Those are love marks it's a freaking AK for crying out loud. A little paint wearing off of your AK is bothering you? Really?
I hate these new WOLF and TUBB springs there garbage keep the original factory spring in it.
Its my rifle. It isn't just paint wearing off if you check out the last picture I posted, I will not and have not changed any springs. Just gonna run it until something does break IF it ever does.
Ok I can drop this now. So for some reason I like to vent my own gas tubes, I just do, weapon runs cleaner and I like to tinker so I found a Bulgarian gas tube, no vents, fits the same as the stock one on the Sammy7, when I vent I use Jim Fullers advice that he personally told me over the phone. Instead of venting in a horizontal pattern, vent in a circular pattern around the entire tube where the ribs end as close to the gas block as possible, this way the gas vents all at once. I am gonna go for it and start with 1/16th holes..I like to--Love to tinker with my guns.
Have at it, just don't get upset when you change something that worked perfectly fine out to something you thought would be better that doesn't work at all.
I think the back of the receiver can handle the carrier hitting no matter how hard it hits, am I correct, with my hot die hammer forged sam receiver (made in Bulgaria). Now I am not going to do this nor do I want to in fact I just gave the extra power spring to someone that just got a new Saiga and he can screw with it but in a hypethetical situation, this receiver should be able to handle an extra power recoil spring in terms of the carrier slamming home harder and hitting that spot I was so worried about right? Every aspect of this gun feels rock solid to the max. So I did order the Wolff standard power recoil spring, I am going to bet at first it will be a little more stronger than a eastern combloc spring at first but will eventually take a set and sooner than later, I have had good luck with mag springs from them and recoil springs.
I am going to run the Bulgarian one until it NEEDS to be replaced. Then, would it be ok to use the standard power Wolff spring as a replacement say 5000+ rounds down the road or should I just stick with all stock parts like I do with Glocks and when the original spring goes bad, get at K-var and order a Bulgarian recoil spring from them and always stick Bulgarian. Reason I like the Wolff springs is the service life I get out of them is fenominal and I shoot a lot. As long as you guys think its ok to run it, and if it is stiffer the front of the receiver where the carrier slams home can handle it if it is in fact a little stronger at first than the Bulgarian one will it still be ok? So far this thing has been the best Ak I have ever owned, ever internal part from the bolt to the carrier is hammer forged and you can tell when you field strip it to clean it because the metals don't peen they just wear perfectly. Thanks.
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