I figured the comercial guys could mount a Weaver base on an AK-47 receiver cover... well, so can I!  Thats what I did. I drilled and tapped the receiver cover of my FPK. This was not without its challanges. The receiver cover has a fairly steep curvature. This required using a deeply contoured base, but after choosing one as deep as I could find, I still needed to pull out the Dremil and grinding wheels. Eventually I was satisfied I had good match and began drilling and tapping. I used a light coaqt of J.B. Weld under the base to acount for any gaps in my grinding and a snooth cosmetic look. Assuming I'm not perfect and may have my base slightly scewed... scope alignment could be a problem? The use of windage adjustable rings and some thin shimming allowed me to account for my imperfections!

 

The FPK receiver cover is just like an AK-47... its not stable. So, just like the AK-47 covers, I had to stablize it somehow. I considered drilling through the receiver and installing pins or screws and using a strap or band of somekind to keep downward pressure on the cover. In the end, I decided that a shim on the front surface of the cover would help, but the best option would be satblizing screws in the back of the cover. So, I drilled and tapped again. Two screws putting pressure on the base of the receiver took the woble right out of the cover and didn't interfere with any moving parts.

 

Initially I planned to use a riser on the base to acheive scope objective clearance, but I just didn't like the looks of that. So, I started whittling! Not much, just a little shaving and sanding on the top rear of the upper hanguard. Perhaps a different brand of extra high rings might have given me th erequired hight? But this seemed to work as well... and helped keep the profile as low as posible.

 

OK, now she looks cool, but what about comfort? That wooden Druganov style stock the Romanians make, is just too short and the grip too fat... not to mention just plain ugly. After a little measuring, I decided that th estock was the same specifications as an AK-47 stock. So, I obtained a Choate Druganov style stock. This was a fairly easy conversion. The FPK has an additional wood screw to contend with, so I had to drill a simple hole. The wood screw threaded right into the polymer stock with no difficulties. I aslo had to do some minor trimming on the stock for a proper fit, but thats not uncommon even when installing on the intended AK-47. The Choate stock was now on and the FPK looked a felt much better. The length of pull was much more comfortable now.

 

After topping it off with a Tasco 6-18X42 scope I had lying around I headed to the range. After a couple of trips to the bench for some shim adjustment on the rings, I finally started getting satisfactory groups. I was firing all ten rounds in fairly rapid succession and keeping each shot inside a ten inch ring. Good enough for me!

 

I finished up the project with a basic desert camo job. Nothing special, but this rifle takes up a lot of space and consumed quite a large quantity of my Dura Coat products! I might have to charge extra to do one of these for someone else!

 

See ya at the range!