POTD: Suppressed AK Fun

by Nicholas C

Published: July 1st, 2016

Ok so these aren’t exactly AKs. My friend Brian M. was helping me test out the Salvo 12 on his Vepr12s and the Century Arms RAS47 Zhukov suppressed with a Yankee Hill Machine Phantom suppressor. Brian makes modifications for his Vepr12s. The bottom one has his custom SGM mag coupler, C-More optic mount and muzzle brake. The top Vepr12 has his prototype barrel mounted mini red dot mount that co-witnesses.

#Shotgun #Silencerco #YankeeHillMachine #Salvo12 #Vepr12

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Devil_Doc on Jul 02, 2016

What's up with the offset stock hinge on the bottom rifle?

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- Devil_Doc on Jul 02, 2016
  
  @Devil_Doc And what's going on with the red dot on the barrel/gas block of the upper rifle? Isn't that going to get a skosh warm?
  
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- GunFun ZS on Jul 02, 2016
  
  @Devil_Doc He set up the stuff so that everything is more inline to reduce muzzle flip. Most of the race guns do this, but make it look better. I think Rifle Dynamics or some such company makes an AK to castle nut adapter that does a nicer looking job.
  
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- GunFun ZS on Jul 02, 2016
  
  @Devil_Doc 1) It's in front of the gas block, so not so much on it and is an aluminum heat sink. 2) It's a shotgun so powder is burning cooler and fires a lot lower pressure than rifles, and there is no friction from rifling. Way less heat to start with. 3) It's a race gun. He'll probably seldom fire more than 40 rounds in a stage. Rapid firing mine through 50 rounds with a fast mag change. will make the gas Tube too hot to comfortably touch, but I probably won't get a burn. It will hurt for a sec. That's well short of melting plastic, etc. I don't know the destruction point of his red dot, but I doubt he could keep the gun fed fast enough to get it hot enough to do harm to the optic.
  
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- Vadim Igorevich on Jul 02, 2016
  
  @GunFun ZS I too have found this to be the case. I can hold the gas block pretty comfortably for a while during firing before it even starts to get warm
  
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Brian on Jul 02, 2016

I have used the barrel mounted red dot without any heat issues. Russian Ipsc shooters have been using them for years. The shotgun on the bottom was equipped with a fixed wire stock (does not fold) from the factory. I didn't like it at all. That is a homemade m4 buffer tube adapter. 3D printed a few versions to get my cheek weld correct. That is my final prototype out of steel.

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- GunFun ZS on Jul 02, 2016
  
  @Brian Your stuff looks familiar. Do you post on Vepr.org?
  
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- Brian on Jul 03, 2016
  
  @GunFun ZS Yes, I am on that site. A great resource !
  
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- GunFun ZS on Jul 03, 2016
  
  @Brian You make the mag couplers sold on 4range, correct?
  If you are interested in becoming a forum vendor, contact bigsal or russianhammer. We like seeing new products be developed and supported.
  
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- Brian on Jul 03, 2016
  
  @GunFun ZS I am not selling them, yet. I have a few out their being evaluated, and I am planning on selling them. I will contact them. I am also working on a tubular forend with an integrated red dot mount.
  
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