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AK-47 Teardown Instructions

The AK-47 was formerly the basic infantry rifle of the Soviet army and is one of the most recognizable weapons in the world. Semiautomatic versions of the AK- 47 rifle are very popular among American shooters because of its relative low cost, reliability and ease of maintenance. The weapon is chambered to use 7.62x39mm ammunition and is fed by a detachable magazine. Before tearing down your AK-47, check the action to make absolutely sure that the weapon is unloaded.

Instructions

- 1
  Remove the rifle's magazine by pressing the magazine release switch located in front of the trigger guard. Push the square button located on the end of the upper receiver into the body of the weapon and lift off the receiver cover. You will see that the button is part of the recoil spring guide.
- 2
  Press the recoil spring guide forward and lift it off its seat in the receiver. Remove the spring guide.
- 3
  Pull the bolt carrier assembly to the rearmost position with the operating handle, lift the assembly upward and back to remove the bolt carrier assembly from the receiver.
- 4
  Remove the bolt from the bolt carrier by twisting the bolt so that the lug on the bolt is free of the cam path in the bolt carrier.
- 5
  Turn the gas cylinder locking switch, located at the rear of the hand guard on the right hand side of the weapon, upward. Lift the hand guard and gas tube off the front of the weapon.

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