I am a right handed shooter.
Does this look like its canted too far?
It only has 2 slots, left and right.
I dont know it just looks canted awful far whn compared to other AKs.
It has a little wobble where it is now.
It cant be tightened any more unless I put it in the other position.
Thanks
It is tough to tell from the pics. It does look like it is a little past 45 degrees. Have you shot it yet?
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No sir. I havent.
I just installed it. I knew it was off. I have seen them before, some are almost flat, where others are canted a little.
It wobbles too. That doesnt bother me. The AK is loose.
I just want to make sure its in the correct position for a right handed shooter or if its in the correct position
A member here sent me one, it hasnt arrived yet.
I guess Ill just wait and compare the two
the position you have it n now is the correct position.
What hand has no relavance.
Because of the way the AK bolt works, the recoil tends to be up and slightly to the right. This is not so readily apparent on semi, but it is on full automatic. This slant angle makes gas escape up and to the right first, hence, pushing the gun down and to the left, thereby crudely working as a compensator or brake - hence “slant brake”. it does NOT funtion as any kind of flash hider.
Hope that helps!
It does help. Thank you.
I knew about it not being a FH.
I knew this is how it went.
I had another AK a while back, this slant just seemed like it was at a harsher angle.
Does the wobble affect it at all?
It’s ok.
It does look a little more canted than usual, but not a big deal.
FWIW- recoil to the up/right is from being fired from the right shoulder. Take the brake off and fire from both left and right shoulders and you will clearly see the muzzle rise and track away from the body. It’s classic recoil effect and has nothing to do with the operating system.
Nope, won’t hurt it in the slightest. My OCD has always been to try to get them tight as possible, but if it won’t go one more rotation by hand, than that is as tight as it gets and as tight as it needs to be.
For the TRULY OCD, you COULD stone the BACK of the brake on a true stone sharpener to get it to finish going around the rest of one more rotation and just barely lock the pin, thereby making it rock solid tight - but of course this is totally OCD, has no benefit, and takes a lot of time to do. Consider it like masterbation - you’d only be doing it to make you feeel good.
I’d just leave it as is and drive on - shoot it, enjoy it, have fun.
Hope that helps!
FTS…Thanks buddy.
Steel, lol Thanks for the help man.
Im just gonna leave it.
Im sure an O-Ring might do the trick? I dont have OCD so Im good lol
I would think most o-rings would melt with the heat a barrel will produce.
Enjoy!
Not true.
There is an O-ring in extractors.
Orings are pretty heat resistant.
They use them in countless automotive parts as well.
Even think of the potheads…O rings in their pipes haha