Disassemble CYMA AK-74 CM.031C Handguard

CYMA is an airsoft manufacturer that produces high-quality firearm replicas. They have many airsoft guns, the one in this disassembly guide is the AK-74 with a metal receiver and metal side folding stock (CM.031C). In this guide, I'll show you how to disassemble your airsoft gun with minimal damage. Yes, you might think they will make it easy to disassemble but my rifle was made not to. When I first tried to take it apart, I damaged it heavily and had to drill some parts, so I decided to make this guide so others wouldn't have to do the same or how they can do it with minimal damage.

You will need the following:

An alan key set

Screwdrivers (flat and Philips)

Dremel with a metal cutoff wheel

M3-0.5 x 5mm screw (optional)

To disassemble the handguard, you first need to remove the front sight block. There was a small drilled-out M3 screw under the front sight block, so what I had to do was use my Dremel to cut a channel in it that could fit a flathead screwdriver. Next, I unscrewed it and slid the block forward and right off.

Next, use a small alan key to unscrew the retaining screw on the bottom of the gas block, and slide it off too.

Finally, you can slide the "gas tube" (I say this because it's purely cosmetic and it doesn't even go under the upper handguard) off to remove the top handguard then slide the handguard retaining plate to remove the lower handguard. The Picatinny rail you see attached is something I added.

Here is the screw that my gun came with. It was completely drilled out, so like I said in step one, I cut a channel in it so I could extract it with a flathead screwdriver. I got sick of doing this every time I wanted to disassemble it so I decided to go down to The Home Depot to get some M3 machine screws, but you can go to any local hardware store as I'm sure they'll have the correct size as well.