Hudson AK47 Project

Reading about this makes me want an AK, but one that works like 8aces will.

Spencer-Man wrote:

Reading about this makes me want an AK, but one that works like 8aces will.

I think that modelgun owners across the World reading this will want one when they see 8ace's working

I wouldn't mind betting Hudson offer him a job

Cerwyn

Hmmmm modelgun design consultant..... Any idea what the salary is for that


I shall hopefully know by the end of the week if it all works and I hope it does for her sake as it could be a date with Mr hacksaw if she doesn’t

Fingers crossed

8ace

I am really impressed by your work and skills! I remember some nice modifications and custom guns you have made in the past, but this is really outstanding. Keep up the excellent work.

Many thanks for the words of encouragement  it has been needed as it hasn’t been as straight forward as I first thought.

I thought I’d show the difference between the old and new type mags.

As you can see the new and old Hudson mags are quite a bit different and have gone back to using thin steel. I have a feeling that Hudson used real AK mags and replaced the springs as they seem identical to known real AK mags


New Hudson mag on top


New Hudson mag on the right


New Hudson mag on the left


New Hudson mag on the bottom

Success at last      

After much tweaking she finally works.

Sadly I only have a 14 of rounds but I have put them through 3 times with 1 jam and 1 misfire

I had to make some major changes.

1: Use 1x7mm cap (with longer det pin)
2: Remove the auto sear
3: Change the mag follower for old type
4: Add a spacer to strengthen the main spring

GIMME ,GIMME ,GIMME I want it now

Yet again a superb conversion,and now its working as they were meant too.

Perfect

Kickback

Excellent, Excellent 8ace that has to be the only AK that works maybe you should have a word with Hudson and give them some advice.
By the way kickback, LOOK INTO MY EYES LOOK INTO MY EYES you dont want the AK you want to give it to me

It was great until Kickback came round and mugged me

Did you get any more video before Kickback pinched it

You're too modest an'all, you did a fantastic job getting that AK to work. Just think there isn't ANYONE, ANYWHERE that's managed that to our knowledge... not even Hudson

Let's hope Kickback gives us a treat of several magfulls blatting away... are you listening Kickback boyo Don't you go hiding that under your bed now....

No sadly I didn't get anymore vids done but kickback is hopefully getting some more rounds to see what it does with a full mag

It's not (MGC Thompson firing) perfect as it still has the odd extract issue and I was disappointed that the auto sear addition didn't work (might need a lighter bolt assy) but I’m pleased with the results.

8ace

Congratulations mate, that really is a nice job there. What magazine did you use in the end, the old Hudson one, the new Hudson one, or a real one??

Cheers

Sadly the new aluminium rounds will only fit the new Hudson mags so using real ones is out. I did use the follower from the real/Hudson old one (not sure which one it came from now) as the new Hudson mag follower seemed to boat about a bit

8ace

Been working on another AK modification which I have finally finished

I have changed a few things from the first one by making the trunnion/bolt/bolt carrier from scratch to sort out the eject/feed problems

With the trunnion I have tried to fill as much of the space around the chamber so the rounds have nowhere else to go but into the chamber



The bolt is a two part unit (similar to the original AK one) but with the bolt face extended to fit the trunnion, also the extractor is more inline with the ejection port.







Here it is shown with the bolt closed

mate what can i say, i go on holiday and come back feeling depressed that i have to go back to work and then i watch this vid and i feel happy again . Excellent work though excellent is just not a descriptive enough word for the work and skill you have put into this AK not only does it fire extremly well but it sounds superb, i really think Hudson should offer you a job.
brilliant work mate brilliant

Cheers guys,

I'm very pleased with how it turned out (wasn't to sure if my design would work). It uses the aluminium rounds which do help the ejection but I’m only using 1x7mm cap and not the normal 2x7mm with brass spacer as supplied from Hudson.

Oh I forgot to mention that I have used the original Hudson (zinc) hammer and hammer spring but I did add a steel insert into the hammer similar to the earlier one I did, also I have not added the auto sear.

8ace

It goes to show how much more efficient your design is if the rounds only need a single cap to produce such smooth firing

What you need to do now is borrow Kickbacks' aluminium rounds and you'll have a mag'full to demonstrate with

Well guys I will be round 8ace's house in a few hours to play with the new design AK myself ,Sorry Claymore but if its better than mine...well your's may go missing

Yet more great work from our own Modelgun Master what more could our forum ask for ,give it up for 8ace

Kickback

That is outstanding!

Well guys the new AK design was as good as we thought it would be and it works great ,another great job from 8ace ,but sorry to say claymore.....its mine now!! i've nicked it!!

Kickback

Can I play with it too

Awesome work, if you have the time, can we please see some before and after pics??

Really awesome!

No problem 2sharp

Here's a before picture


And here's an after picture