shaggy wrote:
Worst case i'm local and i've done a number of ak's... My tools are pretty crude and mine rivets arent always pretty. I'd have to look at what i have tooling wise
Honestly you can put the head of the rivet in the die, while in a vise, and drive it with a large headed punch and hammer and it would probably turn out decent as long as you keep things square.
That's the way I did mine. Two sets of hands is very helpful though. I have the right rivet die size and the small bucking bar, just have to find them and it's a long way down here from Lake Stevens.