My "russian" AK47

[Guest 70below]

I finally got my US made wood stock in from Ironwood Designs, dyed it and finished it. Along with the 3 part trigger kit from Tapco, my Chinese MAK90 is now legally converted! What do you guys think of it?

Edited April 22, 2008 by 70below
photo corrected

[Guest bkelm18]

Edited: The pic resized, that is some very nice wood on that.

Edited April 22, 2008 by bkelm18

[R1100R]

Nice AK. Wood is pretty.

[Guest mikedwood]

Nice job.

[TripleDigitRide]

I'm not an AK fan, but that looks nice. Very nice job on the wood.

[mousegunner]

Hey, that really looks good, and the MAK90 is an excellent AK. Congrats! Now go buy a couple thousand rounds of ammo!!!

[Guest Verbal Kint]

Looks sharp!

[Guest mw.]

Looking good, how did you dye it?

[Urse]

Very nice comrade. Now get that muzzle threaded so you can add some Evil:devil: muzzle devices.

[highshot]

Nice lookin AK!

[Guest 70below]

Looking good, how did you dye it?

I used my own variation of some of the Rit fabric dye methods I found online. I played with combinations of the Scarlet, Dark Brown, and Yellow dyes and cut it in varying amounts with water and alcohol. I kept mixing and testing on a clean 2"x4" to get an idea of how it would look until I got close, then took the leap of faith and put it on my stock. It was a shade or two different than I was expecting, but I'm happy with the results overall. I put a couple coats of Tung Oil and some Howard's Wax n' Feed over the dye after it dried and sanded with some 0000 fine steel wool.

[Guest moreland281]

I like the red stock

[Guest jth_3s]

One of the sharpest AKs ive seen

[Guest c_o_jones]

Looks really good, I may be getting a MAK90 later this month...

[Guest racr28]

Wood looks great. Great ak.

[Guest betobeto]

Never cared much for AKs but thats a nice looking gun.