the stock on my WASR AK was stuck and i googled everything trying to figure out how to get it off for refinishing the gun. I broke two screwdrivers trying to pry it out and the stock did not budge a millimeter. So if your stock is really stuck my advice is put the screwdrivers away and try this instead. If you own a bed, a slot screwdriver and an AK, this will make your stock come out!
I posted this question up on AK47 files and a guy gave me a most useful reply:
Lastly, a stuck Romanian buttstock and how to remove it. They get stuck I think just because the Romanians jam the stocks in the receivers with the finish still wet on the buttstocks. I can’t figure out why they’d stick like they do. I’ve used the screw drivers but they will mash the stock extension a bit until it breaks loose. I’ve also used a technique of whamming the stock on a bed, in other words a firm but very padded object. You simply hold the weapon by the barrel, (Make sure it’s unloaded first) then swing batter swing. Sure keep some perspective as you might be strong enough to break the stock off. First you wham it on one side, then flip it over and wham it the opposite way. Then rotate it 90 degress and wham it that way then rotate it 180 and hit it from that direction. In otherwords you beat it in all 4 directions possible, alternating until it gets loose enough to pull out. Never failed to get a stock out. Taken over a dozen out.
I did what he said and after 10 minutes of beating the crap out of my own bed, sure enough the stock popped loose. Minimal damage to the stock (a tiny gouge on top, not sure how it got there since i was hitting a soft surface padded by a couple of old t-shirts).
haha, brute force wins out in the end. Thanks for the tip. I’ve done that in the past, it’s such PITA to get the stock out. maybe the Romanians wanted it extra tight so you can bash the doors in with the buttstock.
I’ve done similar by propping the front of the receiver on a phone book and then kneeling or even standing on the back of the gun. Flip over. Repeat. Buttstock eventually will work loose.
Oh, this is also a really good way to F up screw built receivers.
Yeah…I’m pretty sure it would. If I recall my physics 101 correctly, the buttstock’s inertia is going to want to keep the buttstock at rest, so when you whack the muzzle, the buttstock will resist accelerating downward with the rest of the rifle and be driven more tightly into the trunnion.
Last time I had to remove an stuck AK buttstock, I took it to a local gunsmith, since I was afraid of pounding on the rifle for fear of screwing something up (happens every time I touch a hammer). He ended up doing exactly what I was planning…Pulling the safety and giving the buttstock a couple good pops from the receiver side. It slipped out with minimal drama.
