The strangest weapon I own is an Egyptian Hakim semi-auto rifle in 8mm Mauser. The thing is huge and uses a strange Swedish system of operation. Mine dosen't shoot right and needs to see a gunsmith.
Whats wrong with your Hakim??? I had 6 of them and they all worked flawlessly. I also have one half sporterized in an oak thumbhole stock too which i have yet to finish. Lets see if we can fix your hakim so whats wrong with it? I also have a contact for Hakim parts too. These are sweet hearts to shoot once there adjusted correctly to the ammo your using. I turn the gas valve fully closed which is clockwise is "OFF", then open it one click at a time counter clockwise till the bolt just stays open by firing one round at a time(last shot fired "empty mag" bolt locs open). While its finiky with some ammo it sure is a smooth shooter once its set right. I also remove the gas valve and clean out the port and use moly anti seize on the threads so it can't freeze up. Since the gas tube is stainless and corrosive ammo won't hurt it, it can be cleaned out by using a pipe cleaner. I put a wire rod thru mine to make sure its clean while the gas port screw is out.
There isn't much to this great swedish designed shooter. BigBill
WARNING: To all Hakim owners there has been accidents with the gas valve being too far open with certain ammo's. While they say its an out of battery firing its really not, actually the bolt carrier is removing the empty bullet case before the bullet leaves the barrel thus hitting the shooter with the hot chamber gasses (the breech pressure). This is happening when the valve is wide open and the bolt opens way too early. This awesome 8mm shooter should not only be adjusted "once" to the ammo your using it "must be readjusted each time to change to a different brand of ammo"!!!!!
We must understand how each semi auto functions too. The Egyptian Hakim, Egyptian Rasheed, SVT-40 Tokarev the gas valve adjusts and actually restricts how much gas works the system. That means the less the valve is open the less gas the system sees. On the FN49 the gas valve adjusts how much gas is exhausted from the system. On the FN49 the more the valve (gas port) is open its the less gas the system sees. Its all about knowing which gun you have and how the gas system works.
On the Russian SVT-40 Tokarev the scribed lines on the gas valve must be lined up perfectly because the gun won't function if its not. The gas ports in the SVT are very small holes so it has to be perfectly lined up.
Each gun adjusts in a different way and their actually opposite so care must be taken to understand which system you have. These guns will work flawlessly and be more accurately too when their adjusted correctly.(less recoil)
Besafe adjust your semi auto correctly!!!!!
