15 plus years ago I purchased a KK-MPi-69 22lr training rifle kit from AWO
Kit # 1, it was complete except for the receiver. I knew I was going to do a big build one day, so I held off riveting it together, glad I did. I needed the complete undamaged magazine guide for specs. Several years back I purchased a demiled barrel w/ trunnion on e-bay, attached by wire was a damaged magazine guide, but salvageable now I had two (2) Magazine guides.
The magazine guides are elusive, many were destroyed in the demilling process. I attempted to reproduce one, but It did not come out nice, so I kept Kit #1 together with electrical nuts and bolts, put the spare parts away
the electric nuts and bolts are similar in diameter to long rivets need to finish the kit. I currently utilizing the nuts and bolts for this build session. in between Kit 1 & 2 one of the fellow members at weaponsguild e-mailed me regarding the 22lr barrel sell off numrich had, so I bought the 10- barrel package, there were several barrels that could be converted and modified to fit the trunnion, I also put those away for the future
kit #2 started out as extra parts from AA-OK, desert fox and numrich, odd parts for sale on the numerous gun sites. Last winter, I got my e-mail from Apex - low and behold they had complete front ends, having the parts to immediately get her shooting, I fitted the parts and off to the range!! those Suhl barrels are very accurate.
handmade magazine blocks need to be made, so I orders some bar steel the same thickness as the original or I should same very close. I took one of the original magazine guides and used it for a template. I do all my work with hand tools when possible. I made three out of bar steel cut to the same width the length. started out with a hack saw and power saw to finalize. then I drill pressed out the inside of the magazine guides then I drilled the rivet support hole and the bolt stop hole and then the ejector slot. the last thing is to weld or braze the small bullet guide
rifle # 3
now I have two complete rifles to work with, I wanted to wait to see if a third ( 3rd) rifle was possible. I had the internal parts, extra stocks, handguards, two MPi-69 trunnions. So I spent most of my limited free time turning down the barrel exterior to fit the trunnion and add the cover piece that surrounds the barrel, I fabricated two shields out of round tubing, sleeved the chamber end.
that resolved the barrel issue. The modified barrels & receivers will be rust blued utilizing Mt Laurel
Rifle # 4??????
I have a trunnion , barrel and magazine guide, stock set, I have several posts requesting parts yes I can buy what I need, from the three source but I wanted to help out fellow members but cleaning out there un-used parts to finish my projects
The receivers come from different vendors cope's polish blank, a turbothis blank, and a Bent U blank, my magazines come from that cleaview investment or CTD they had a sale on the mags many many moons ago $ 9 a magazine so I bought 20 and the bought ten mag pouches from clearview inverstments, they were dirty so I washed then in warm water and soap , washed by hand with scrub brush they were like $ 2 a pouch
there is another reason I have not started riveting these kits. I am going to sell the first kit and maybe the second kit. I will start riveting kit #3 once I have test fired it. Im in the process of drilling out the FCG holes
if you have any spare parts to contribute, please feel free to drop me a PM we can talk, maybe get Rifle # 4 up and going
Thanks
Kit # 1, it was complete except for the receiver. I knew I was going to do a big build one day, so I held off riveting it together, glad I did. I needed the complete undamaged magazine guide for specs. Several years back I purchased a demiled barrel w/ trunnion on e-bay, attached by wire was a damaged magazine guide, but salvageable now I had two (2) Magazine guides.
The magazine guides are elusive, many were destroyed in the demilling process. I attempted to reproduce one, but It did not come out nice, so I kept Kit #1 together with electrical nuts and bolts, put the spare parts away
the electric nuts and bolts are similar in diameter to long rivets need to finish the kit. I currently utilizing the nuts and bolts for this build session. in between Kit 1 & 2 one of the fellow members at weaponsguild e-mailed me regarding the 22lr barrel sell off numrich had, so I bought the 10- barrel package, there were several barrels that could be converted and modified to fit the trunnion, I also put those away for the future
kit #2 started out as extra parts from AA-OK, desert fox and numrich, odd parts for sale on the numerous gun sites. Last winter, I got my e-mail from Apex - low and behold they had complete front ends, having the parts to immediately get her shooting, I fitted the parts and off to the range!! those Suhl barrels are very accurate.
handmade magazine blocks need to be made, so I orders some bar steel the same thickness as the original or I should same very close. I took one of the original magazine guides and used it for a template. I do all my work with hand tools when possible. I made three out of bar steel cut to the same width the length. started out with a hack saw and power saw to finalize. then I drill pressed out the inside of the magazine guides then I drilled the rivet support hole and the bolt stop hole and then the ejector slot. the last thing is to weld or braze the small bullet guide
rifle # 3
now I have two complete rifles to work with, I wanted to wait to see if a third ( 3rd) rifle was possible. I had the internal parts, extra stocks, handguards, two MPi-69 trunnions. So I spent most of my limited free time turning down the barrel exterior to fit the trunnion and add the cover piece that surrounds the barrel, I fabricated two shields out of round tubing, sleeved the chamber end.
that resolved the barrel issue. The modified barrels & receivers will be rust blued utilizing Mt Laurel
Rifle # 4??????
I have a trunnion , barrel and magazine guide, stock set, I have several posts requesting parts yes I can buy what I need, from the three source but I wanted to help out fellow members but cleaning out there un-used parts to finish my projects
The receivers come from different vendors cope's polish blank, a turbothis blank, and a Bent U blank, my magazines come from that cleaview investment or CTD they had a sale on the mags many many moons ago $ 9 a magazine so I bought 20 and the bought ten mag pouches from clearview inverstments, they were dirty so I washed then in warm water and soap , washed by hand with scrub brush they were like $ 2 a pouch
there is another reason I have not started riveting these kits. I am going to sell the first kit and maybe the second kit. I will start riveting kit #3 once I have test fired it. Im in the process of drilling out the FCG holes
if you have any spare parts to contribute, please feel free to drop me a PM we can talk, maybe get Rifle # 4 up and going
Thanks
