VEPR .308 Project finished.....for now.

I recently picked up a VEPR 2 in .308 for a good price at the gunshop I help out at. It had a buttstock that looked like crudely carved pallet wood, but the forearm was still factory, and it had a crappy Promag 20 round magazine.

I dremeled out a Kvar Nato length stock to fit, ordered an SGM forearm from Carolina Shooters Supply, added a Magpul AK grip, had the barrel cut down to 18 1/4 inches, and treaded to 5/8 x 24 to add a .30 caliber flash hider. I dumped the Promag pos for seven CSSpec 20 round magazines. They fit perfectly, no wrestling mags or fitting. They fit and function perfectly. I wish it had a longer sight radius though.

Rifle: $700
Forearm:$70
Buttstock:$20 (gunshow find)
Magpul grip:$17
Flash hider:$30
Cut and Thread Barrel:$50
CSSpec mags: $240 (7 x $33 each plus ship)
$1127 total

 

Nice project! Well done, sir.

 

Very nice. Kind of looks like the poster child for the antigun people, and I can't think of greater praise. Beautiful and very neat job, thank you for sharing.

 

Great job! Nothing like a semi-auto in .308 for firepower.

 

It's one of a kind designed for your purposes. Nicely done.

 

Cut and Thread Barrel:$50

I wish I could find those prices around here !!!!

 

I put sixty rounds of South African surplus and forty rounds of Guatemalan surplus though it today without any hiccups. It did put too much gas in my face when I tried it with the .30 cal suppressor.

 

Sweet!