#AK RIVET SIZES PLUS#

The shortest rivet goes to the rear for the trigger guard strap.For an AKM, you have 13 rivets and you can readily sort out what goes where: Hint: Buy two packages for a given build.

#AK RIVET SIZES PLUS#

They take all the guess work out of it and it makes for an easy way to go plus they give you a discount if you bought their jig. The easiest way to get the rivets of the right type, size and length is to buy them from. The sizes can vary depending on the type of build you are doing. The AKMs are assembled using soft steel rivets that deform under pressure. I’m curious mainly for reducing the set up time.Ĭlick here to go to the AK-Builder jig page. I do plan on trying the bolt cutter method some day and will just buy one of the pre-built jaw sets for the front trunnion rivets. It works great for setting the front and rear trunnion rivets. I also decided to buy the AK-Builder rivet jig that I still use today. Fortunately for me, guys had worked out the building methods so I could learn from others. I got into building rather late in the game in 2006. Purchased purpose built rivet tools from makers such as AK-Builder.Bought pneumatic rivet squishers like they use in the aerospace industry.Modified the jaws of 24″ Harbor Freight bolt cutters to make rivet squishers.Modified hand punches by cutting then down and drilling or milling an inverted dome into the end to create their own rivet sets for use with a hammer.Would fashion some type of bucking bar and hammer the rivets directly not really caring what they looked like.As such, I’ll use rivets in this build but there is a fun thing to point out – there are tons and tons of ways to do the rivets. As I mentioned in an earlier post, riveting the trunnions to the sheet metal receiver is the proven method.

Ak rivet sizes