This will be my first AK. I am thinking of picking up a Krebs customized Arsenal SLR-95. I want to mount a side folder stock on it, and it seems that the only option for it is the ACE Ltd side folder. ACE makes an internal receiver block for milled receivers that I would like to use. ACE’s website says that both the upper and lower tangs need to be removed for this receiver block to work. Is this something I should be able to do myself or should I have the parts sent to Krebs for them to do? I am pretty handy with an AR, but I have never worked on any AK’s.
They are holding this one for me until I make it up there on Thursday: What do you guys think??? Am I nuts???
Krebs makes some killer stuff and is a great smith, his SAIGA KTR-03S rifles are superb, but I can almost guarantee you that for the price of that SLR-95, you can pick up an Arsenal Inc. SA-M7 Carbine for less, and it will be as good.
The ACE stock installation is way beyond what I would want to try on a milled receiver, but if you know your way around a shop, you can do it.
Apache, one of our mods on AKForum.net did a photo tutorial on the stock installation on his Arsenal Inc.
All the folders I’ve used sucked. An AK is so much better in my opinion with a fixed stock. The wire stocks and under-folders offer no cheek weld and are painful in some cases. The aftermarket stocks look very bad, so bad that a fixed stock is worth it to me. Just my opinion, friend!
The ACE looks to be the only realistic option for you if you are willing to permanently alter your rifle. They are good quality stocks but my recommendation would be to stick with the fixed stock.
We have been building customs AKs for clients for a few years and are now going to build for the public. the smith just finished up a killer Krinkov for sale and put it on gunbroker. ww2.bhigear.com/bhm is the site where you can inquire or put in a request.
I currently have three Ace stocks including 2 on AKs (1 of which is milled) & 1 on a Daewoo DR. The Ace stock’s lock up rock solid and are very comfortable. The upper tube is PVC for cold weather and they have a soft rubber butt pad that is now included (used to be an option). For optics use, they have a cheekweld adapter similar to the Galil style. I used the internal tang block on my MAK-90 and it was simple to install…cut the tang off with a hack saw, 2 swipes with the file and touched up with a Birchwood casey pen!! I say go for it!!
