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Exciting News. K-Var has acquired exclusive US distribution rights to Arsenal Inc. of Nevada's MATCH GRADE GAS PISTON.
See PRESS RELEASE (reprinted with permission of Arsenal Inc.NV) for details
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PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ARSENAL INC of NEVADA announces distribution of its model MATCH GRADE GAS PISTON.
We interviewed the President of Arsenal Inc. and he had this to say:
This latest release marks another Arsenal Inc milestone in our ongoing efforts to push the AK's time proven design to new levels of technological innovation.
As most firearms enthusiasts are aware, the gas piston in the AK type rifle is most crucial to reliability and a major contributing factor for accuracy. A number of parts manufactures have attempted to manufacture a US made replacement part for the AK gas piston to satisfy the provisions of 922(R).
While there are exceptions, the most common practice in the manufacture of these replacement gas pistons is to first machine the unit to proper dimensions and then heat treat the product for strength, rigidity and durability.
The problem with this widely accepted manufacturing process is that this necessary heat treating results in linear distortion of the piston and most often causes the piston head to be out of true and non uniform in dimension. In fact, a number of US manufacturers don't even heat treat because of this problem! This results in soft pistons. Not a good thing.
In addition many of these attempted replacements are the result of using an existing foreign made piston as a pattern, without the benefit of original factory engineering drawings, proper and correct tolerance notations and certified manufacturing technology.
Without exposing the confidential aspects of our process, I will say that the process we employ is considerably more expensive in terms of man hours and machine time to achieve the desired result.
I guess that the best way to outline this new product is to focus on the benefits of our process. So, here they are.
1. These MATCH GRADE pistons are specified from the original certified factory engineering drawings, but held to even tighter tolerances to achieve a match grade consistency.
2. Manufactured from solid STAINLESS STEEL cylindrical billets, PRE TEMPERED to the exact specified Rockwell hardness before machining.
3. Better than factory spec final precision grinding .0003 variance as compared to the allowable .0014 mil spec standard
4. Positive lockup insures superior gas seal and improved function
5. Uniform dimensions throughout the entire production run, utilizing the latest CNC techniques.
6. Available at a very competitive price which is actually lower than most non match grade piston products in the market.
Although these stats don't adequately reflect the complexity of our process, I really can't disclose any additional proprietary information at this time.
These US made MATCH GRADE GAS PISTONS from ARSENAL INC. NV, are available from K-Var as part number AK-029US for $18.99 (phone calls)
Order online for $ 18.61 ( 2% discount )
K-VAR online forum member price: $ 17.66 ( 7% discount )
http://www.k-var.com/images/AK-029US.jpg
click here to order (http://www.k-var.com/product.asp?0=216&1=222&3=534)
Sincerely
Exciting News. K-Var has acquired exclusive US distribution rights to Arsenal Inc. of Nevada's MATCH GRADE GAS PISTON.
See PRESS RELEASE (reprinted with permission of Arsenal Inc.NV) for details
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ARSENAL INC of NEVADA announces distribution of its model MATCH GRADE GAS PISTON.
We interviewed the President of Arsenal Inc. and he had this to say:
This latest release marks another Arsenal Inc milestone in our ongoing efforts to push the AK's time proven design to new levels of technological innovation.
As most firearms enthusiasts are aware, the gas piston in the AK type rifle is most crucial to reliability and a major contributing factor for accuracy. A number of parts manufactures have attempted to manufacture a US made replacement part for the AK gas piston to satisfy the provisions of 922(R).
While there are exceptions, the most common practice in the manufacture of these replacement gas pistons is to first machine the unit to proper dimensions and then heat treat the product for strength, rigidity and durability.
The problem with this widely accepted manufacturing process is that this necessary heat treating results in linear distortion of the piston and most often causes the piston head to be out of true and non uniform in dimension. In fact, a number of US manufacturers don't even heat treat because of this problem! This results in soft pistons. Not a good thing.
In addition many of these attempted replacements are the result of using an existing foreign made piston as a pattern, without the benefit of original factory engineering drawings, proper and correct tolerance notations and certified manufacturing technology.
Without exposing the confidential aspects of our process, I will say that the process we employ is considerably more expensive in terms of man hours and machine time to achieve the desired result.
I guess that the best way to outline this new product is to focus on the benefits of our process. So, here they are.
1. These MATCH GRADE pistons are specified from the original certified factory engineering drawings, but held to even tighter tolerances to achieve a match grade consistency.
2. Manufactured from solid STAINLESS STEEL cylindrical billets, PRE TEMPERED to the exact specified Rockwell hardness before machining.
3. Better than factory spec final precision grinding .0003 variance as compared to the allowable .0014 mil spec standard
4. Positive lockup insures superior gas seal and improved function
5. Uniform dimensions throughout the entire production run, utilizing the latest CNC techniques.
6. Available at a very competitive price which is actually lower than most non match grade piston products in the market.
Although these stats don't adequately reflect the complexity of our process, I really can't disclose any additional proprietary information at this time.
These US made MATCH GRADE GAS PISTONS from ARSENAL INC. NV, are available from K-Var as part number AK-029US for $18.99 (phone calls)
Order online for $ 18.61 ( 2% discount )
K-VAR online forum member price: $ 17.66 ( 7% discount )
http://www.k-var.com/images/AK-029US.jpg
click here to order (http://www.k-var.com/product.asp?0=216&1=222&3=534)
Sincerely