Romanian MD65 Underfolder AK Parts Kit Build | Part 2 - Riveting the Front Trunnion

In this video, I start the MD65 Romanian underfolder AK build! First thing is riveting the front trunnion, which ends up taking a while because I bought inferior tools. Don't buy the Requiem rivet jaws - they don't work. Buy the TothTool, and even still, be careful about squeezing the rivets too hard and make sure you squish the tail evenly. I end up with ok rivets in the end.

Oh, one more thing - I forgot to do the bottom swell-neck rivets. I go back and fix this later, but I wanted to keep everything in the order that I did it in, including my mistakes.

If anyone from YouTube is watching this, please realize that the receiver for this build is legally considered firearm already, and I had to go through an FFL to get it. I'm not showing anyone how to create a firearm, I'm simply showing how I built up a complete rifle from a parts kit on a new receiver, all of which is federally legal in the US.

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Playlist for this build: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdk807VyeScZ_QS914GGwdZG5f6thxbUM

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