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Thats not what the adjustment is used for.
M76 Gas Regulator
Anyone know of a place that sells the regulators with smaller gas port holes? I have lost my pin gauges so I have no idea as to size but, with the #1 setting being the smallest hole, it still cycles the action too fast for my use. I was going to weld up one of the holes and just make it a gas shut off when in that position. But I do make mistakes at times and sure don't want to pay $600 to $1000 for a parts kit just for a regulator if I mess up!
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Thats not what the adjustment is used for.
Do tell...ibrahimovic said:OMGstill cycles the action too fast for my use.
Thats not what the adjustment is used for.
As shooting through a suppressor can upset the happy balance of a direct gas system's Chi, ArmaLite specifically addressed this issue. Its solution was to design an adjustable gas system specifically for this application. Now, adjustable gas systems on self-loading sniper rifles are nothing new. Both the Soviet SVD and Yugoslav/Serb M76 sniper rifles incorporate adjustable gas systems.
...sooo, what is the adjustable gas systems purpose as it pertains to the M76 exactly? Who are you quoting?ibrahimovic said:As shooting through a suppressor can upset the happy balance of a direct gas system's Chi, ArmaLite specifically addressed this issue. Its solution was to design an adjustable gas system specifically for this application. Now, adjustable gas systems on self-loading sniper rifles are nothing new. Both the Soviet SVD and Yugoslav/Serb M76 sniper rifles incorporate adjustable gas systems.
(why?)ibrahimovic said:do you own M76?
No, I have an M90 and an M95 that utilize the same regulator as the M76.
So, what is the adjustable gas systems purpose as it pertains to the M76 (or any system with that type of adjustable gas regulator) exactly? and who are you quoting?
am quoting magazine article that I found online. To my knowledge gas adjust is made so that you can adjust for variety of the ammo, different grain, and different load powder.
If the rifle cycles fine with adjustment 1 then you should leave it there.
If the rifle cycles fine with adjustment 1 then you should leave it there.
It doesn't really "adjust" the gas in the sense that you think, it can not infinitely tune the blow back imparted on the gas piston. On my M95 there are three positions, on, more on, and off. The comment about ammo adjustment is correct, also allows to adjust for a dirty system.
That OP would like to tune his rifle so that it imparts the least blow back necessary to operate, thereby limiting wear. If his rifle is throwing brass then it would be possible reduce the amount of gas imparted on the piston by modifying the regulator.
That OP would like to tune his rifle so that it imparts the least blow back necessary to operate, thereby limiting wear. If his rifle is throwing brass then it would be possible reduce the amount of gas imparted on the piston by modifying the regulator.
Unlike the M90 and M95 rifles there is no off on the M76 rifles adjustment.
I have never seen the gas adjustment collet for sale separately from a kit.
I personally would not permanently modify a 2,400$ rifle to save on brass.
I was curious if the OP was having some function problems,as most of the Century builds have issues with extraction and ejection.
I have never seen the gas adjustment collet for sale separately from a kit.
I personally would not permanently modify a 2,400$ rifle to save on brass.
I was curious if the OP was having some function problems,as most of the Century builds have issues with extraction and ejection.
I remember someone inquiring about interest in having M76 adjustment collets made. Surely there must be interest in fine tuning the gas on these rifles, Im interested in tuning my M95 and it cost quite a bit less than a m76.k98k792 said:Unlike the M90 and M95 rifles there is no off on the M76 rifles adjustment.
I have never seen the gas adjustment collet for sale separately from a kit.
I personally would not permanently modify a 2,400$ rifle to save on brass.
I was curious if the OP was having some function problems,as most of the Century builds have issues with extraction and ejection.
Well, it is a big beefy example of an AK with a milled receiver. It has a relatively low rate of fire. I expect it to last well past my lifetime. These are after all, military rifles.
But I have heard of some of the ORF receivers being on the soft side,and having issues with the ejector deforming. A lower then stock gas setting might be a band aid for this.
I have to say though,there are so few of these rifles around, I would think that there would be almost no market for a custom collet.
But I have heard of some of the ORF receivers being on the soft side,and having issues with the ejector deforming. A lower then stock gas setting might be a band aid for this.
I have to say though,there are so few of these rifles around, I would think that there would be almost no market for a custom collet.
I was under the impression that all M76s were built on ORF receivers. No?
Yes, ORF is the only manufacturer of these recievers.valleyrat said:I was under the impression that all M76s were built on ORF receivers. No?
I thought a handfull were imported in back in the day?
impossible to import yugo made reciever for m76. Imposible to import M76 rifle from serbia, not even sporter version allowed by BATF. Batf made a mistake allowing one batch to be imported, they quickly asked people to return them.SA58 said:I thought a handfull were imported in back in the day?
if you know anything about AKs you would know why even sporter versions cannot be imported to US.
Ah, I see. Is that because of the safety bar/sear/3rd pin/hole thing? I thought they might've just eliminated it like they do on the PSL. I take it the .308 versions that got imported never had the 3rd pin in Serbia either?
Sporter versions of the AK are imported into the U.S. from Romania in the form of WASR's and the like. For that matter, PSL's are imported in (they would fall into the same class as the M76) with no U.S. mods at all... Romania just leaves out the third pin.ibrahimovic said:if you know anything about AKs you would know why even sporter versions cannot be imported to US.
It is not only the auto sear hole issue. bolt rail has the slot for safety sear in case of M76, this is needed to insure bolt chambered the round fully for it to allow you to fire, that way we don't have rounds blowing up in our face as that happened with few PSLs on the net destroying the bolt cover.
So it is not only the hole issue but bolt guide too. One can simply dremel out the welded part of the hole and put the auto sear pin in there and disconnector from full auto parts kit and the m76 will fire full auto.
Thats why even the welded hole is not good enough for Batf. I know they did import some PSLs with welded sear hole but it was in very limited numbers.
I believe Serbian factory believes that safety sear is must and does not allow non safety sear recieve production. I guess they tested enough of these on the field and found it that they don't want any explosion.
So it is not only the hole issue but bolt guide too. One can simply dremel out the welded part of the hole and put the auto sear pin in there and disconnector from full auto parts kit and the m76 will fire full auto.
Thats why even the welded hole is not good enough for Batf. I know they did import some PSLs with welded sear hole but it was in very limited numbers.
I believe Serbian factory believes that safety sear is must and does not allow non safety sear recieve production. I guess they tested enough of these on the field and found it that they don't want any explosion.
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