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TechnoWeenie wrote:
Any 922 compliance issues? Can I change the stock without violating federal law?
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I wanted to go with collapsible stock (Or possibly draganov style thumbhole), retractable bipod, and a red dot sight.
I highly recommend going to the main AK forum on G&G:
http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/ak47/ and reading the legalities sticky. There's also the AK-files forum's version:
http://www.akfiles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41841 but I don't think it's nearly as good.
Mainly, there's 16 parts on a normal AK that are on "the list" in regards to 922(r) and you can only have 10 foreign-made parts on the firearm. So, there are 6 parts on there now that are US-made (or less, depending on the configuration of the weapon). As long as you don't add foreign parts or take off US-parts and replace them with foreign, you're fine.
As for collapsible stocks go, there's a bunch out there and most are of the T-6 AR-15 type with some variation on the same. You can get replica dragunov-style stocks that fit AK's for rather cheap right now.
As for red dot and bipod, I'm guessing you're wanting a quad-rail forearm... I've heard a LOT of good things about UltimAK's quad-rail, due to the upper rail being solidly held to the barrel instead of to the lower forearm, thus holding your zero. Also, they're a NW company, originating out of Idaho.
Edit: okay, so it's not a quad-rail, but they do have an upper rail and a separate lower tri-rail. If I remember correctly, their upper gas-tube rail is situated such that a red-dot can be used in-line with the iron sights (tré cool!):
http://www.ultimak.com/M1-b.htm
Edit part 2: I also suggest checking out Blackjack Buffers' rail systems. I got my lower tri-rail and steel vented tube from them:
http://www.blackjackbuffers.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=75