Hey kids, I picked up this NoDak 5.45 NDS2 spud ak74 during covid. Bored as hell and it shot well, so I paid 600 strictly on the premise that it was a screaming piece of shit that *would* fail. I magdumped about 600-1000 rounds into the trash and was able to hit a 4" steel very consistently at 100-110ish yds. It did eventually shear at the rear trunnion due to being severely overgassed and likely having a very worn recoil spring and striking the rear trunnion. I finally dug it out of storage with dreams of re-riveting it myself and noticed the severely canted gas block among other glaring issues I intend to address. Can anyone give e me any information on this heap? Namely:
- Is this a bulgarian style receiver that most NoDak 5.45 were supposed to be sold with? I know some 5.45 were also polish style.
- is this receiver even worth saving with that egging on the rear trunnion rivet? Ideally I would like to just slap some rivets in this and be done but I am a bit concerned about the egging.
-It's worth noting I am a very capable tig welder who could easily weld that hole shut to re drill it, but would the receiver need heat treated again if I did so?
-I'm in the process of collecting tooling to build/repair my own guns and would like to correct the canted gas block, although when I did shoot the gun before it gave me no issues aside from being severely overgassed as mentioned.
-if the gas block needs replaced, could I just go AKM style WBP adjustable or similar?
Yes, I am aware this rifle is a screaming heap of trash, but it was exceptionally cheap for what was a serviceable rifle, and would be an easy platform to learn on even if it's untrustworthy as a candidate for repair and service. I have no issues with the idea of ruining this gun trying to work on it myself, and will be using it as a practice platform before trying to build other rifles I will actually care about. Any help or advice is appreciated greatly! Attached are as many pictures as i could muster of the rifle in question, including the issues in question.
- Is this a bulgarian style receiver that most NoDak 5.45 were supposed to be sold with? I know some 5.45 were also polish style.
- is this receiver even worth saving with that egging on the rear trunnion rivet? Ideally I would like to just slap some rivets in this and be done but I am a bit concerned about the egging.
-It's worth noting I am a very capable tig welder who could easily weld that hole shut to re drill it, but would the receiver need heat treated again if I did so?
-I'm in the process of collecting tooling to build/repair my own guns and would like to correct the canted gas block, although when I did shoot the gun before it gave me no issues aside from being severely overgassed as mentioned.
-if the gas block needs replaced, could I just go AKM style WBP adjustable or similar?
Yes, I am aware this rifle is a screaming heap of trash, but it was exceptionally cheap for what was a serviceable rifle, and would be an easy platform to learn on even if it's untrustworthy as a candidate for repair and service. I have no issues with the idea of ruining this gun trying to work on it myself, and will be using it as a practice platform before trying to build other rifles I will actually care about. Any help or advice is appreciated greatly! Attached are as many pictures as i could muster of the rifle in question, including the issues in question.
