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Published: 2008-10-09 04:10:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 3120; Favourites: 30; Downloads: 246
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Based off the AK (heavily...).Chambered in .308 Shillelagh (which was called .308 Badass before I thought of a proper name for it).
Freakin' sweet.
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Where's the cocking handle? Also, that particular slide safety would not work well with the AK action. Sorry, but you should research the way an AK action operates some more
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*he comments on a four year old post*
To more directly answer your questions, the charging handle is left-side non-reciprocating, like an FAL.
The slider safety would work. An AK safety operates by changing the geometry of the fire control group as the lever rotates. A slider would operate the same way, but would have dissimilar geometry in the linear plane, instead of along the rotational axis.
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Thanks! To go back to the rifle, it would decrease reliability to have a cocking handle on the opposite side as well as changing the safety to linear instead of rotating. It would allow dirt to get in from two sides as well as apply bolt wear on both sides instead of one (considering AK type loose tolerances and how the bolt would shift sideways while cocked). It's a good drawing, but I really like firearms and especially the ways they operate. I keep messing with mine and taking them apart to improve them but it's hard to beat a proven design. They usually benefit from some custom work on the triggers for a crisper, lighter pull. I was just trying to imagine it as a reliable, usable weapon and didn't quite work in my head. 
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If the safety and CH were sufficiently shrouded (again, as in an FAL), it probably wouldn't be an issue. Dirt ingress, though, is indeed one of the major problems with the AK design.
As for off-axis force when charging, the AK already has that, and, as far as I can tell, flipping where the force is coming from wouldn't really change the inherent wear qualities of the rifle.
For some additional perspective, I am a gunsmith's apprentice, and I've been tinkering around designing firearms since before I could drive legally. Nevertheless, in the four years since drawing that picture, I've learned a lot. These days, I mostly work with ammunition, attempting to gain a better understanding of firearms thermodynamics, and doing rough outlines of what future firearms might look like. It's easy to sketch something up and call it good, but what I've learned since 2008 is that there's a big difference between mashing a bunch of concepts together and producing something that is better than what we have now. Most people, even those with the resources to produce a rifle design of their own, don't understand that, and they end up dumping a lot of time and money into things that are functionally identical to, say, an AR-15, but a pound and a half heavier.
Because of this, I've mostly restricted myself to posting my ammunition concepts on dA.
For more on my thoughts on firearms design, you can check out my blog 198,600 Revolutions Per Minute. It's sort of just random thoughts that I post, nothing publish-worthy, but it still would probably interest you.
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pretty damn cool if I may say so myself.
how did you make the aged paper look?
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I think you should have moved the rear sights back a bit, but otherwise, looks good.
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Yeah, that's a real bitch to draw.
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I'm pretty sure I used your AK picture as a ref, actually...
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uhh and is that the name of the spartans armor from halo by any chance?
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It is, but the name comes originally from the Norse god Thor's primary weapon:
The hammer Mjolnir.
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ahhhh, i never saw that in the books, but i think they explain that too!
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wow, you got some shading skills for real, makes your art look very realistic and i love the background you always place yours on, i wanna do one my 10/22 that some what looks liek your style...though there may be lots of pming in it lol since i got draw worth a shit
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looks very nice, .308 on that frame seems solid and has good stopping power.
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It sure is.
First thought: He made an AK.
Second thought: He made an AK. And it fires sledgehammers.
(Well, not exactly, but if I'm gonna name everything that's different form the original it's gonna be too damn long of a second thought to properly fit with the first one xD)
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Bit of a Galil influence with the safety, I see. Is it ambidextrously placed (on both sides), but shouldn't the safety be "Safe-Auto-Fire." Is the charging handle on the other side? The magazine well and mag seem to be STANAG. The adjustable stock is a cool point, though why have such a modern aspect in such an otherwise simple weapon. If you wanna have a cheap, simple weapon: sturdy construction, minimum moving parts, etc. For modern furniture: plastics, metals, gadgetry.
On a personal note, I think diopter sights would work a bit better on a weapon like this. I've looked down the sights of a MPi-KM (east-german ak) and the standard Rk.62. Rk is WAY better. It offers more control and accuracy. Open sights are better for close-range automatic weapons (smgs and such), but rifles need accuracy. The nightsights are open for the Rk. Just flip the moving part of the sight (can be adjusted from 150m to 300m), and you got AK-style sights with tritium dots.
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Actually, the biggest influence with the safety was the Uzi.
American standard is "Safe-Fire-Auto". Since I am American, I use this standard.
Yes, the charging handle is on the other side, like an FAL.
Magwell and mag are STANAG-like. Since the mags rounds are much larger in diameter than the 5.56, the magazine is built a little tougher. If I can make it be STANAG, I will.
The adjustable stock actually came about because I wasn't sure whether the stock's scale would look right. Si I cheated a little.
This AK's sights are the same as the Garand. All of my designs use Garand-type sights, unless it is blatantly obvious that they don't.
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Just a little thing, the gun doesn't have any charging handle.^^ The rest looks sweet to me.
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The charging handle is on the left side, like an FAL.
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Ok, but that's just the problem of only drawing one side of the gun.^^
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No. (Not meant deprecatingly^^) I just meant that I know the problem and that's the reason for me usually to use ambidextrous charging handles.
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I meant that jokingly, don't worry.
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I wasn't sure how it was meant.^^ But at the moment you could say I'm in a creative crisis, at least for guns, so it would have been impossible even if it was a real request.
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I don't know, I just can't think of any good ideas for new guns and even if, I dislike the idea five minutes later.
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Yeah, it's really damn bad. Before it sometimes took about two hours for a new gun today it's much more just for having some idea. Maybe because my style changed so fast in a very short time.
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Maybe you've explored most of the fresh ideas you have.
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Seems so. But that's not the good news.^^
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Yeah, expand your interests.
They will give you more ideas.
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I already have, that's why I am have started drawing ships in the last months but it won't help me in weapons design, that's the problem.
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I see the AK influence, heavily alright! But why stray from a perfect design.
I think I see a few differences, mostly in the stock. Very cool design, and nice textured look, but I think it could use either darker values, or maybe some border work.
I only say that because it's not an advanced critique unless I offer advice! I like it how it is!
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LOL.
No, I like critique.
Honestly, the drawing was rushed. Mostly because I have college to attend to.
But it still came out nicely.
The biggest bonus over the AK I think are the magwell and the adjustable gas regulator.
The stock is only there because I wasn't sure the proportions would be correct, so I got myself an our by saying "it's adjustable".
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