I have been working with a Type 99.
It came to me with one of the 7.62X39 barrels that Jim Langley (Arizona) reworked to fit.
I reached out to him, but Jim is retired now, so I wasn't able to obtain a magazine adapter from him, just one modified AK magazine.
Along the way I located one of the brackets he made to mount the gun to a MG3 A/A tripod!
Unfortunately my Type 99 is late and lacks a feature on the receiver needed to make that adapter attach.
It seems people know what the magazine adapter is, but no one will make them.
So, I guess we both are looking.
I have seen mags that had material welded on so they fit the mag well without the adapter.
You need a new barrel, mag adapter, and slightly modified magazines... at a min...
I have been working on my kit for a long time. Its mostly running... but its taken a lot. I have made a custom firing pin and reworked the mag adapter. 7.62 needs an extended firing pin. I have reworked the gas block. Its not been easy.
I have been looking for extra original gas blocks for a good while... but no luck yet and I am still looking.
Jim Langley made the gas blocks to use with the barrels he obtained from Chinese ZB kits.
They lack any adjustment for the gas flow.
Firing pin, that would be tough to come up with!
A gent I know works on the Japanese MG's and mentioned that a lot of parts don't interchange between manufacturers.
That is an understatement on not adjustable. I have one of these gas blocks. It was seriously seriously over gassed. I ended up snapping a bolt carrier, I think because of it. I had to drill and tap mine and cut about 90% of the gas flow.
I ended up making my own firing pins.
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