So for the past while I have been drooling over valmets and the thought of converting one into a galil clone or just getting one that someone else built. So I need help to figure out which valmet would be best for the conversion. My preferred caliber is .308 for this build. I also need to figure out what peices I need to get to convert the valmet into the galil to make as exact as a copy as possible
Valmet galil help
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KotKotofeich
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Ottawa Valley
I think I've posted on that subject before. It's easier to say what you can keep 
To stay non-restricted you can only try to duplicate the Galil Sniper or ARM because of barrel length. If you are ok with a restricted version, remember that you can't cut a barrel below 18.6" - you have to get a new one made...
You are better off starting with a hunter. M78 has that heavy barrel that I don't believe fits in the Galil handguard (cutting that barrel would be a shame too while the hunter is already at 20" - matches the sniper version).
Looking from the back of the rifle:
A Galil stock won't fit. You will need a stock and an adapter to make it attach.
You will need a receiver cover with the rear sight - either a galil or a valmet one will fit.
You will need a recoil spring guide rod with a latch - a galil, valmet or even ak one will fit.
You will need a galil bolt carrier or butcher the original bolt carrier to make it match the galil.
You will need a galil pistol grip and trigger guard
You will need a galil, valmet or even ak trigger
You will need a galil selector
You will need galil handguards
You will need a galil or valmet front sight base (keep the base/gas block - it will fit unless you want the bipod - then you need the original gas block)
You will need galil handguards and mounting brackets
Here's a diagram https://iwi.us/iwi/media/products/GALIL_5-56-1.jpg
You can keep the receiver, bolt, barrel (need to thread and possibly cut), and gas tube maybe the gas block if you don't want to have a bipod
To stay non-restricted you can only try to duplicate the Galil Sniper or ARM because of barrel length. If you are ok with a restricted version, remember that you can't cut a barrel below 18.6" - you have to get a new one made...You are better off starting with a hunter. M78 has that heavy barrel that I don't believe fits in the Galil handguard (cutting that barrel would be a shame too while the hunter is already at 20" - matches the sniper version).
Looking from the back of the rifle:
A Galil stock won't fit. You will need a stock and an adapter to make it attach.
You will need a receiver cover with the rear sight - either a galil or a valmet one will fit.
You will need a recoil spring guide rod with a latch - a galil, valmet or even ak one will fit.
You will need a galil bolt carrier or butcher the original bolt carrier to make it match the galil.
You will need a galil pistol grip and trigger guard
You will need a galil, valmet or even ak trigger
You will need a galil selector
You will need galil handguards
You will need a galil or valmet front sight base (keep the base/gas block - it will fit unless you want the bipod - then you need the original gas block)
You will need galil handguards and mounting brackets
Here's a diagram https://iwi.us/iwi/media/products/GALIL_5-56-1.jpg
You can keep the receiver, bolt, barrel (need to thread and possibly cut), and gas tube maybe the gas block if you don't want to have a bipod
I think I've posted on that subject before. It's easier to say what you can keep
You are better off starting with a hunter. M78 has that heavy barrel that I don't believe fits in the Galil handguard (cutting that barrel would be a shame too while the hunter is already at 20" - matches the sniper version).
Looking from the back of the rifle:
A Galil stock won't fit. You will need a stock and an adapter to make it attach.
You will need a receiver cover with the rear sight - either a galil or a valmet one will fit.
You will need a recoil spring guide rod with a latch - a galil, valmet or even ak one will fit.
You will need a galil bolt carrier or butcher the original bolt carrier to make it match the galil.
You will need a galil pistol grip and trigger guard
You will need a galil, valmet or even ak trigger
You will need a galil selector
You will need galil handguards
You will need a galil or valmet front sight base (keep the base/gas block - it will fit unless you want the bipod - then you need the original gas block)
You will need galil handguards and mounting brackets
Here's a diagram https://iwi.us/iwi/media/products/GALIL_5-56-1.jpg
You can keep the receiver, bolt, barrel (need to thread and possibly cut), and gas tube maybe the gas block if you don't want to have a bipod
Awesome thanks, Ill kepe my eyes open for this stuff
Fuzzy Wool Hat
Regular
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
On a similar note, I'm converting my valmet m78 to an m76 clone and I want to put the original folding tube stock on it but it seems to be impossible to find. Am I searching for unicorn feathers here?
ipscgraz
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I bought a brand new M78 in .308 years and years ago, and sold it maybe 5 years ago for a considerable amount of money. If you want a hobby, fine, but you might want to stop and think about the market value of a perfectly good M78 converted to look like (or partially/kinda looks like) something else. You might think it is interesting but will you find a buyer that will pay the amount of money you will have invested in this project?
To each his own...
To each his own...
My career is based around firearms, I dont buy things to sell a few months later
Jakestinson
Member
- Location
- Angus, Ontario
Not gonna lie, I would pay quite a bit of money for a nicely done Galili ARM or Valmet M76 clone. I passed up on ones in the past and I'm kicking myself now. The market of potential buyers is smaller, but there is a market.
