Building a clone of the Galil's older cousin

[RM308]

Getting closer to sending everything I have collected off to be reassembled into a clone of a Valmet M62 in 7.62X39. I know it's been done before and probably done better, but it's probably as close as I can achieve.

My OCD won't let me build a Galil in a "incorrect caliber" so this will have to do............and an original Valmet M62 is probably $3,000 or $4,000.

Here's what I have so far:

I had a friend of mine (well known here at GalilTalk) add the lightning cuts (both sides) in the donor reciever (Polytech Hunter). It's next to the receiver that will be the donor for the rear.

Oh, the other receiver is a ORF "non receiver" I picked up a while back.

Oh, here's what it will look like when completed (if I can do it correctly)/

I have to get:
1) the receiver work done (weld on the rear)
2) shorten the barrel
3) adapt the handguards to it
4) install the new gas block
5) Mill the flash hider to look like a M62 (remove the front sight)
6) Figure out how to attach the rear stock,
The rest should be pretty easy.

Any advice or comments? You can skip the one about the fact that I'll have too much $$$ into this build and I should have bought an original Valmet(that I know).

Thanks
RM308

 

[darkest2000]

Wow, very cool! I love projects like this. Please keep us posted on the progress.

 

[totenkopf]

cool project. do you have plans for the front piece of the non receiver donor you are going to cut? i am looking for pieces for my reweld. thanks.

 

[RM308]

cool project. do you have plans for the front piece of the non receiver donor you are going to cut? i am looking for pieces for my reweld. thanks.

Not sure I have any plans for the rest of it. I really hate to cut it up, it just seems it could be useful. I wonder if one could use it for a sub caliber build...........But hmmmm, that's another project.

I really only need a good rear stub for this valmet clone project.

 

[CaptainPhil]

Takes mad skills and patience bro. Kudos to a bad ass rifle when you get 'er done.

 

[Mr Folgers]

Props for taking on such a project. Good luck!