POTD: An American AK5 (Full auto FN Carbine)

by Steve Johnson

Published: May 14th, 2015

potd an american ak5 full auto fn carbine

Joe shares another one of his nifty machine guns with us …

Hey TFB awhile ago I sent in a photo of my FAL OSW I received such positive feed back I decided to share more, here is a few photos of my Full auto FN FNC that has been heavily modified. Essentially this is my interpretation of an American AK5.

Here are a few details about the gun….

14.5″ barrel
Surefire 5.56 Socom RC Mini suppressor
TBA quad rail
Aimpoint Comp M4
Eotech G33 magnifier with Laure mount
Stormwerkz top rail and AR-15 stock adaptor
Ambidextrous safety
Magpul CTR stock with cheek riser
Blueforce sling
Winter trigger guard
Ambidextrous magazine release
Dbal D2
M249 SAW pistol grip
Bill Springfield Trigger Job (around 6 lbs)

This is a very smooth shooting gun, the RPM is about 650 but with the suppressor it can jump to ~700.

Also I’ve attached a few photos of my MK23 handgun. This has the Knights Armament .45 suppressor and the Wilcox LAM unit.

That is a damn fine machine gun! Thanks Joe.

Steve Johnson

I founded TFB in 2007 and over 10 years worked tirelessly, with the help of my team, to build it up into the largest gun blog online. I retired as Editor in Chief in 2017. During my decade at TFB I was fortunate to work with the most amazing talented writers and genuinely good people!

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Joe on May 14, 2015

Thanks for the interest everyone, a few things. First I know its not an actual AK5, I called it my american interpretation simply because over here, state side, finding actual AK5 parts is almost impossible. This is simply my idea of what an american AK5 would be. To be honest there are not alot of options associated with the FN FNC, its not like an AR-15 where everyone and their mother makes unique parts for it. If you've ever shot one of these guns with a folding stock (especially if you use a top rail) its damn near impossible to get proper cheek positioning, and its amplified when your shooting full auto. Im not a fan of putting AR-15 buffer tubes on guns that don't originally have them but there was NOTHING else on the market that would allow me to get a proper cheek position. If you have any questions Ill be happy to answer them.

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- Roguetechie on May 15, 2015
  
  @Joe Joe,
  There is a company now making AK5 Folding telescopic reproductions here in the U.S. I don't have the company name off hand but I do know I've seen their complete stock including hinge for around $219 on gunbroker recently.
  While I don't hate the AR buffer tube like some, but seeing it on your otherwise totally exquisite gun is just like seeing a hot chick in dirty flannel shirt with a wad of chew in her lip...
  Plus from an actual function and durability standpoint I'm absolutely certain that the repro ak5 stock is better on both counts.
  
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- Joe on May 15, 2015
  
  @roguetechie Rouge, I only say the one for sale on GB.
  
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- FeistyCrawfish on May 15, 2015
  
  @roguetechie It is an Atlas Armament stock. They are ordered from G&G in Taiwan and are airsoft parts I believe. I contacted the owner about the similarities between their stock and my Gk5C stock and they were strangely mum about it (I got no response, as compared to other emails about other products).
  The stock is sturdy, but not worth the $225 or so they are asking for it.
  
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- Roguetechie on May 15, 2015
  
  @FeistyCrawfish Oh wow, yeah that's what I found in my research last night between ordering parts for a DIY hydroforming machine I'm putting together. It's a shame that there is absolutely no guarantee that ATF would allow registered FNC autosears and etc to be used on even a 1:1 faithful clone made in the U.S. Honestly though it would be great to see FNC clones on the market even if they were completely out of the question to install sears in.
  Especially since without a new source of parts the number of FNC's able to be owned and enjoyed with a registered sear will steadily decline. I hate to think of the day when most of the registry is defunct because there's no parts to be had.
  It's also why I have a strong aversion to those with the industry who are sitting on the information needed to keep the registry on the firing line. Hell even having semiautomatic examples of the old stuff is vastly preferable to seeing our historic arms fade away.
  
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- Roguetechie on May 15, 2015
  
  @Joe Joe,
  Is this the one you saw?
  https://squareup.com/market...
  They are $200 through them. Honestly if I had an FNC I'd probably buy one and if it sucked, but fit the gun, I'd probably use it's parts as a template to make one out of better materials and etc.
  
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- Joe on May 15, 2015
  
  @FeistyCrawfish I had no idea those were airsoft parts. I feel vindicated with my AR buffer tube decision now. Thanks for the info.
  
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- Joe on May 17, 2015
  
  @roguetechie No, thats not the one I saw on GB, that does look like a cool stock. I've pretty much wrapped up this FNC and moved on to other projects mainly my M60, I'm in the works upgrading it to an E6. I like the way I've got my FNC now quite frankly it works and gets the job done. While the stock would be more authentic I kinda enjoy pissing off these Swedish butt heads :)
  
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- Roguetechie on May 18, 2015
  
  @Joe Man, you have all the cool toys... LOL
  
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Gustaf vasa on May 15, 2015

I didnt know you could import swedish made ak5:s to the us?...oh no wait! you cant, so then this must be an american version of the FN FNC not the ak5
jesus crist you muricans wank a lot to swedish stuff...just buy a airsoft replica ffs and stop calling it something it isnt

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