The AK-47 by Gordon Rottman

Author:Gordon Rottman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Ak-47: Kalashnikov-Series Assault Rifles
ISBN: 9781849088350
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 2011-04-20T16:00:00+00:00

An East German sergeant coaches a recruit firing an MPi-K (AK-47). A mirror device is slipped on to the top of the rifle behind the rear sight, allowing the coach to see the sight picture the recruit sees. The small tripod supports are used to provide a steady base when zeroing the rifle. This is actually a posed photograph as they are not live firing for zero. All of the rifles have aluminum-colored blank firing attachments screwed on the muzzle, which replace the muzzle cap.

Taiseir, a veteran of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, reassembles a Kalashnikov assault rifle in Jordan early in 1969. (Library of Congress/Look Magazine Photograph Collection)

To disassemble the AKM and most variants the magazine is removed and the chamber cleared. The selector lever is placed on full- or semi-automatic. The operating handle is then retracted and the hammer cocked. The recoil spring guide (a small square button on the rear of the upper receiver cover) is depressed, and the cover removed by pulling up on the back end. The recoil spring guide is pushed forward and pulled out. The bolt carrier is pulled back and removed, and the takedown latch is rotated upward on the right side of the rear sight base. The upper hand guard is pulled rearward and the rear end raised. The lock lever on the front end of the hand guard is raised and pulled forward while being pushed downward. The bolt is removed from the bolt carrier by sliding it off.

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