AKM Extractor trouble

[glockster157]

I have a Bulgarian AKM/AK74 5.45x39 and it is giving me extraction problem. I am using Russian military ammo, the 53 FMJ's. It will eject fine and then it throws one under the cover or just leaves it on top of the mag..... It makes good ejector contact so I can only assume that the extractor is not getting the rim good. I have cleaned the extractor btw and it looks good. You can snap it over a rim without too much force. I am thinking maybe a weak bolt spring...not closing the bolt strongly enough...

[gjohnsoniv]

Have you tried using different magazines? I know nothing of the platform really but I would check those first. Maybe the catch is messed up to where the rounds aren't high/low enough?

[glockster157]

Yep, been online and I am not the only one with a Bulgarian kit on a SPUD reciever that has has this problem....their consensus is the ejector is short...I know mine has a lot of room....I guess I need to start there.

[Dolomite_supafly]

Try pulling a little more tension on the extractor. It should actually be pretty difficult to snap over the rim. An easy way to add extra tension is to drop a ball bearing down I to the hole for the extractor spring. Just make sure it is small enough to get back out.

Dolomite

[glockster157]

I will try the bearing idea....I guess great minds think alike....I did cut a small piece of spring from another spring I had, not a AK spring, and put it behind it.....seems to be working. Need to take it out and shoot it a bunch but I am going to wait till I get a new spring first.

[Dolomite_supafly]

The problem with putting a spring under another spring is over time one can screw into the other with use. You need to have something seperating the two to prevent it.

Dolomite