Unlike the AKM that has a pressed and pinned barrel, the Galil uses a threaded in barrel like the AK-47. Getting barrel installed and properly timed.
#AK RECEIVER FLAT WITH RAILS INSTALLED INSTALL#
Now that all the rivets on the receiver are done it's time to install the barrel. That's as far as I'll go on the receiver. I'll use the same process as before pressing it in. I'll hinge it into the magazine catch and get the rivet hole lined up. Great, they are locking in and only coming out when I hit the release. Before going any further I'm going to check that magazines lock into place. These can be a pain to set because of their location under the bolt carrier rails and once again I'll be using the press to do it. I'll start by setting the rivets for the magazine catch. I need to support the receiver to do this so I've got some special tools that I borrowed. I'll move on to riveting in the magazine catch and trigger guard. If it's not it will cause feeding issues. When I press the rivet it's important to make sure that the rivet head is flush with the guide. After getting the proper placement of the bullet guide it's time to set the rivet, this is the biggest rivet I'll have to set for this project and I recommend using a press to do it. I'll set my bullet guide in the grove in the receiver, before I rivet it in place I need to make sure the bolt will rotate in place, It doesn't, so I'll take a look an see where the interference is, It looks like there's some left over metal from the receiver milling, I'll take a file to it and now it drops into place and the bolt will rotate, I'll set the guide and place the rivet. Next I need to get the bullet guide riveted in. Now that the cover is fitting properly it's time to move on to the assembly. It should be tight but this one won't lock into place, time for some more file work. I'll check the top cover by installing the gas piston tube and attempting to install the cover. Once I've got the bolt carrier moving properly I'm going to use a little cold blue to protect the metal. The bolt carrier didn't want to slide on the receiver rails, so I'll use a flat file and a permanent marker to see where it's hanging up and open up the guides on the carrier. I'll make some adjustments to the parts as needed so they fit. The bolt carrier, top cover, and magazine well. This first thing I'm going to do is check the fit of the reclaimed parts to the receiver. The Galil receiver is complex and difficult to manufacture and there's two companies that make high quality in spec receivers (CNC Warrior and Tortort Manufacturing.) If you plan on building a Galil out of parts do yourself a favor and get a receiver from Tortort.
If the receiver is out of spec it's a waste of time to try and put it together. One of the big problems a lot of Galil builds run into is out of spec receivers. I've got my receiver from Tortort Manufacturing and it was worth the wait. In part one I reclaimed the parts out of the old kit and now that I've got the receiver I'm going to put it all together. for his expertise and help, and for providing the special AK tools, with out them this build would not have been possible. I would like to extend my thanks Cameron S.
Galil build part two, putting it all together. Written by Brandon Pritchard, Master Gunsmith