Silver Shogun Technical Question

[StainlessSteelCynic]

Originally Posted by unkated

Beyond the barrels, don't you also need to replace the receiver? NATO case is significantly (~5mm). The rounds are close to the same length (.4mm difference), but the shoulders on a NATO round are much taller than the WP round. Will it fit in an AK-74 receiver, or does that need to be replaced too?

So, now you're reboring or replacing the barrel, the receiver, the trigger and the magazine feed. How much of this is still an actual war weapon?

While you may have to make some adjustments to the receiver (particularly for the new magazine well), you won't have to replace it as the potential problem you're indicating is related to the chamber.
Because the chamber is part of the barrel, it would be part of overall conversion to 5.56mm by the rebore.
The changes to make it use 5.56mm will typically be confined to magazines, sights, bolt/extractor and barrel (which as mentioned before, includes the chamber).

[headquarters]

Several manufacturers big and small ou there.
Why not have someone place an order for a few thousand with mags etc on account of the war effort and then have them being shipped here an d there due to logistical quirks ending up as spoils of war for the shogun - in short - just say so.

A local businessman could have set up a production line using a preexisting stock of parts and new barrels?

Could even be the Mexicans doing it and Us troops capturing them. Or a PMC. Or a cold war stockpile.

or the more fanciful
A PRC special project to invade the US meant building 100 000 thousand sample AK rifles in 5,56 ( to facilitate access to ammo for their guys if the supply lines to the US are cut - but the invasion doesnt happen of course and the containers with the rifles are stashed in China more or less unused but then get taken by allied troops and end up carted of the US to be supplied to allies or what not.)

On that note there are 5,45 and 7,62x39 ARs aplenty out there too.

Like the level of detail in the campaign. Have a good weekend!