The AK-47 needs no gas tube to function

[1srelluc]

LOL.....The AK is so over-gassed that you could probably cut the piston section in half lengthwise and it would still work.

To be honest an AK "gas tube" should be called something else....Maybe "piston guide" as that is all it does besides house the upper handguard.

 

[Crepitus]

LOL.....The AK is so over-gassed that you could probably cut the piston section in half lengthwise and it would still work.

To be honest an AK "gas tube" should be called something else....Maybe "piston guide" as that is all it does besides house the upper handguard.

They are intentionally over-gassed because they are so damn sloppy. They leak around the piston when brand new, much less after a few decades of crappy maintenance in a dessert.

Of course this turns out to be a bug that is a feature. The very sloppiness is what allows them to take so much abuse.

 

[1srelluc]

They are intentionally over-gassed because they are so damn sloppy. They leak around the piston when brand new, much less after a few decades of crappy maintenance in a dessert.

Of course this turns out to be a bug that is a feature. The very sloppiness is what allows them to take so much abuse.

That's why US Made AKs (not made from kits) often get a bad rep because they are not as sloppy.....And don't run near as well.

I had a early PSA AK that was a total dog till I stuck a Romanian bolt/carrier/piston in it. Then it ran fine up to the time I parted with it.

 

[Crepitus]

That's why US Made AKs (not made from kits) often get a bad rep because they are not as sloppy.....And don't run near as well.

I had a early PSA AK that was a total dog till I stuck a Romanian bolt/carrier/piston in it. Then it ran fine up to the time I parted with it.

I have literally seen one that was buried in sand wrapped in a few rags for who knows how long fire normally after just blowing the grit off of it. It wasn't terribly accurate, but it cycled reliably.