ak_tools_collageAK47 Tools For Use By The Discriminating Craftsman

The photograph above is an example of the tools I sell for the safe disassembly and assembly of all Kalashnikova variants of AK47, RPK, AK74, Krinkov, PSL, and SVD rifles. These tools are the pressing plates, sets of pressing tubes, barrel push-back and push-out tools, and pin pushers and press ram adapters. Just refer to the tab above named “AK Barrel Assembly Tools” and select what you need from the drop-down menu and then send your request to me via Email at Robert dot Forbus@robertforbus.com and I will return with availability and pricing. I know that I should not need to mention this, but I will do so anyway. All of the tools that I sell require a significant amount of force to fulfill their task and there is always a hazard of a tool shattering or suddenly flying from a press. At a minimum please wear shatter-resistant eyewear, a.k.a. safety glasses, goggles, or faceshield when using any of these tools.


Kalashnikova Rifle Dimensional Data Worksheet In Progress – Updated 14, December 2019

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Specification Sheet – All Rifles – 14 December 2019

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  Stock Status Update 1637 Thursday 19, September 2024      
Tool Description In Stock? Qty.? When?
GS-0001 AKM, AK74, Tantal plate tool Yes 01 Running
GS-0002 Romanian M1964 plate tool Yes 02 Running
GS-0003-ABC Zastava M72 plate toolset Yes 01 Running
GS-0004-ABC Zastava M70 & M77, Type 2 & 3, Norinco plate toolset Yes 01 Running
GS-0005 Barrel push-back/push-out assembly Yes 01 Running
GS-0005-D1 AK, AK74, RPK chamber face brass pad Yes 10 Running
GS-0005-D2 PSL, Vepr 54R chamber face brass pad Yes 10 Running
GS-0006-ABCD AKM AK74 AK tube set Yes 04 Running
GS-0006-AGHJ Zastava M72 tube set Yes 05 Running
GS-0006-AEFS Romanian M1964 tube set Yes 02 Running
GS-0006-ADKLM Romanian PSL tube set Yes 02 Running
GS-0006-NPQR Zastava M76 tube set Yes 02 Running
GS-0007 Breech pin plate toolset Yes 01 Running
GS-0008 Barrel push-out tool Yes 02 Running
GS-0009 AKM AK74 M85 M92 Krinkov plate tool Yes 01 Running
GS-0012-A Press ram diameter 0.95”/1.25” adapter Yes 05 Running
GS-0012-B Press ram diameter 1.25”/1.61″ adapter Yes 05 Running
GS-0012-C Press ram diameter 1.50”/2.00” adapter Yes 02 Running
GS-0012-D Press ram adapter for Dake B10 or F10 Yes 01 Running
GS-0012-E Press ram diameter 0.68”/0.75” adapter Yes 01 Running
GS-0015 Type 3 & Zastava pistol grip nut rivet bucking block Yes 02 Running
Reserved Reserved Res Res Reserved
GS-0017-ABCD Chuck & pin set for diameter 3,0mm & 4,0mm dowel pins Yes 09 Running
GS-0017-ABCDEF Chuck & pin set for diameter 3,0mm, 4,0mm, & 2,5mm dowel pins Yes 09 Running
GS-0018 AK74, Krinkov, M85, M92 M26 x 1,5mm & M24 x 1,5mm tapped plate Yes 01 Running
GS-0019 SVD receiver wrench Yes 02 In Stock
GS-0021-A AKM, AK74 front sight gas block pin plate Yes 01 Running
GS-0021-B AK front sight gas block pin plate Yes 01 Running
GS-0021-C M72 front sight gas block pin plate Yes 01 Running
Reserved Reserved Res Res Reserved
GS-0030 Press bed bar set Yes 01 Running
GS-0031 Receiver Drilling Jig – Semiautomatic No 00 Discontinued
GS-0031 Receiver Drilling Jig – Select-Fire No 00 Discontinued
GS-0032 AK/AKM/RPK/PSL/AK74 Bolt Tool Yes 10 In Stock
GS-0033 Magazine Catch Pliers & Slave Pin Yes 18 In Stock
GS-0034-A Trigger Guard Rivet Drilling Jig – AK/RPK Yes 16 Running
GS-0034-Z Trigger Guard Rivet Drilling Jig – Zastava Yes 03 Running
GS-0035 Piston Guide Tube Latch Tool Yes 18 Running
Reserved Reserved Res Res Res
GS-0037-A Handguard Retainer Latch Flaring Punch Yes 04 Running
GS-0037-B Piston Guide Tube Latch Flaring Punch Yes 04 Running
GS-0038 Turning Guide Rivet Buck Yes 10 Running
GS-0039 Trigger Guard Rivet Buck No 00 July 2024
GS-0040 Breech Support No 00 July 2024
Reserved Reserved Res Res Res
Reserved Reserved Res Res Res
Reserved Reserved Res Res Res
GS-0045 Dragunov SVD Plate No 00 Made to order
 

 

Parts Now In Stock

Many of the Zastava M72 and M70 rifles are missing dowel pins for the individual blocks. I offer a set that fits the M64, M70, M72, and M76. These are sold only as complete sets – not individual pins. These are cut from hardened gauge pins, chamfered, and tempered The price shipped is $24.50 cheque/money order or $25.54 PayPal “goods and services”. I plan to keep these in stock. Update 30, March 2020. Many Romanian rifles with the sidefolding stock are missing screws. These screws are of special head diameter and shank length and not available as general hardware items. The original screws are similar to a Fillister head type that is obsolete, although they do occasionally appear. The type I sell are modified socket flat head screws that have the head machined and the short length required of the outermost screw, and are blued. The price shipped for a single set of two (02) screws is $6.00 cheque/money order or $6.50 PayPal “goods and services”. The shipping cost is approximately twice the cost of a single screw set, and additional screw sets are $2.00 each ($2.06 for PayPal). You can send me an email message to obtain exact price shipped.  There are some excellent and inexpensive technical references for the headspacing and other critical building/repair methods for these rifles. The original manuals of the DDR have been translated and reworked by Mr. John Baum and a couple I recommend can be found at https://www.germanmanuals.com/manuals.html . I recommend “AK47 Repair Manual – East German Issue” and “MPi (AK-47) and Makarov Pistol Tool Kit Manual – East German Issue”. These are not “how to build” manuals but they present all of the critical points of assembly not covered by other peoples’ publications and the specific tools used – many of that I sell.

Robert Forbus is a toolmaker and a senior mechanical engineer with a career spanning  more than four (04) decades of ground-up design, manufacture, and assembly of machinery as well as plant process systems. I have intimate familiarity with printing presses, finishing equipment, web-handling equipment, stamping/forming dies, and a wide array of other machine tools. While this website is dedicated to the various builder and armorer tools sold by me, my engineering expertise and project management experience is “for hire”.