My Frankin build..... "CLOSE" to done :)

[xtriggerman]

Still have to fab a bipod block for a M2 bipod and I think I can fit a HB FAL folding handle for this 17lb target plinker. Its built up around a HK91 FCG and G3 cover with finned SS barrel. M249 SAW butt plate and belt bags.

Edited July 20, 2018 by xtriggerman

[MP5_Rizzo]

You build the coolest Frankin-guns!

[gjohnsoniv]

Hahaha holy cow that's awesome. 

[xtriggerman]

Thanks guys. Oh, and I cant forget the SKS trigger guard latch and bayonet hinge fabed up to work the butt plate.

A full length dual FAL carrier spring set runs the show under that thumb plug there under the hinge.

[Magiccarpetrides]

dude that is awesome!!!!!  

[xtriggerman]

Chipping away at it and finally had time to get the M2 bipod, forward grip and FAL carry handle done. The Bipod is as some may know 4 position extendable and it will lock in the nearly vertical position (ground prone) as well as its table top position as you see it.  If the handle is in the up position, it doesn't interfere with the sight plane. The Bipod legs fold up solidly into the wood forend with zero shake or rattle and are individually QD from their rack. Back in the 80's I tested this Bi pod position on my SAR48 and found it to be the ultimate position for accuracy similar to a sand bag rest when handled properly.  With a full 75 rounds in the sack, your looking at 21 pounds of custom RPD (17.4 lbs empty) and man does that handle balance it out in a 45/55 weight split but very nearly 50/50 with the full tool kit out of the butt stock. Guy's the handle is a huge upgrade! Iv yet to make a BHO based on the Ithaca X15 unit just up sized and eliminate the scissor sight for a built in flip up peep in a full scope rail. Also, I don't like the cover release design so that will get some kind of up lever release making it a cinch to pop the top!  These table hammers are as fun as it gets!

The Original configuration w/ 100 rnd drum

  An interesting side note....
"Designed in 1940's by Vasily Degtyaryov, Sergei Simonov, and Alexei Sudayev, designers respectively of the DP-28/DPM, the SKS, and the PPS submachine gun; the RPD was chambered for the new 7.62x39mm cartridge and was initially intended as a companion weapon to the SKS. Later, of course, the AK-47 was chambered for the same round. By 1953, the RPD was being delivered in large quantities and was the principal Soviet light machine gun for the early portions of the Cold War. By the 1960s, the RPD was being replaced by the RPK and PK machine guns, which were based on the Kalashnikov system, but many Soviet and Warsaw Pact units used RPDs for another two decades. Desantniki, (Soviet airborne troops) who were not happy when their RPDs were replaced by the RPK, felt the RPD gave them better sustained fire and better range. Admittedly, though, one liked the RPK a lot because he felt it “jumped” better."

Edited July 20, 2018 by xtriggerman