The AG42 rifle/egyptian Hakim&Rasheed

Awesome information. Thanks! I finally completed my family tree:rockOn: Prob will not go as deep as this breakdown but time for a good cleaning before going into storage for safe keeping.
 

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Hi Guys,
I am not sure if you can provide some guidance but no harm in trying, right?
This is about my Ljungman AG42.
The challenge: changing the front sights marked +0.5 with a +1.
The problem: after easily removing the muzzle plug and front sight holder with pin, I am stuck not knowing what's the next move.
Can you please provide give me a step-by-step direction on what to do next and what tools are needed, if any?
Thanks.
 
Victor32 said:
Hi Guys,
I am not sure if you can provide some guidance but no harm in trying, right?
This is about my Ljungman AG42.
The challenge: changing the front sights marked +0.5 with a +1.
The problem: after easily removing the muzzle plug and front sight holder with pin, I am stuck not knowing what's the next move.
Can you please provide give me a step-by-step direction on what to do next and what tools are needed, if any?
Thanks.
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No need to remove the muzzle plug and sight holder. To change the front sight,first unscrew the windage adjustement screw until the sight stop moving. Then using a brass punch, drift out the sight from the base,careful to not loose the windage screw. Start the new sight on the base with a brass punch but be sure to put the windage screw under the sight. Gently drift the sight in until the adjustement screw catch the threads in the base then screw will allow to finish drifting the sight in. When starting the sight in,drift it carefully and slowly until the screw catch the threads,take your time and all will be fine. Here's fews pics

After drifting the sight out using the windage screw,finish it with a brass punch
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Engage the replacement sight in the base,without forgeting the windage screw.
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Carefully drift the sight in using a brass punch until the screw catch the threads in the base and finish the installation using a screwdriver to move the sight in place.
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Hope that help:)
 
I have owned an AG42B for a few years and always thought it was a great rifle. In researching it I found out about the Hakim and Rasheed and thought wouldn’t it be fun to have all three. Well the other day I found a Rasheed the first one I had ever seen or handled. I didn’t have to think to long about buying it. Tried it at the range the same day and well it was a blast. I kept watching the brass go and thinking it’s not quite going into orbit like the Swede. Now if I can find a Hakim.
Great sticky. Learned a couple of things.
 
Hello, new to the forums here. Anyways I have a pertinent question, please forgive me if it was mentioned and I overlooked it. How compatible/interchangeable are the parts between a Hakim Rifle and the ljungman? Obviously they have different calibers, but let's say small metal pieces like the barrel bands.
 
Awesome post and very thorough! I just picked one of these up not too long ago, and what a sweet shooter it is. only problem with it is finding the brass after you have your fun! Also trying to get ammo for it is getting a little harder and more pricy. too bad there isn't any surplus left
 
Tcost, your nice collection is missing the rare Madsen variation.

One article that I read, not the following article, said the Danish Madsen Ljungman had the gas tubes wrapped 4 times around the barrel.

The very scarce Danish-made licensed copy of the ag/42 Ljungman rifle was made by the Dansk Industri Syndikat Companie Madsen A/S (DISA). Only an estimated 50 examples of these rifles were assembled for military trials and sales presentations. Individual examples were made in a range of popular military calibers of the time including 6.5x55, 7.62x51, 7x57, 7.92x57, and in .30-06. Some internet sources refers to the rifle as the M1945 (Semi-Automatisk Riffel M.1945, Ljungman System). Madsen factory literature, however, only refers to it as the Madsen-Ljungman Semi-Automatic Rife. The available rifle for examination (serial number 1033) is marked M 49, which is the most commonly used and accepted model designation.

From; https://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?724146-The-Danish-Madsen-Ljungman-Rifle
 
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Finally got my Bubba'd Hakim running today. Slick piece of iron. Wrap the handle in a lil piece of vacuum hose to protect the brass...still ejected them to the next county ( but no damage to the casings). Did a little Science experiment to lean out the Direct impingement, had it choked down a bit too much... now it's a straightpull rifle...cool. Don't have to beat it up and send (Relatively) rare brass into the tall grass. If I want to run a little hotter loads...meh, turn off the gas til I'm happy with the load.
If I need a little 'John Wick'...whip out the Leatherman and bring it up slowly to regular operation.
I like it.
 
Anyone have any luck finding an original gas tool or sling? Jut got a bayonet for mine and I'd love to have the full setup
 
Didn't know you could swap the dial like that pretty cool. Thing is a real finger trap but field stripping us super easy unless you tap that lever on the back of the bolt by mistake haha
 
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