I dont follow you mitchell. Yes, I know I can spend a good amount of money and get a gun that will last me a long time. And heck, if I get a job before I start making this, then hell yea. I'll do that. Get a Kalash or something.

(Which, would be a better idea to wait until a job than to start this now and then have a POS gun fall apart on me.)
The poster above my other post "Pounce-The-Jaguar", had a good idea. With the whole "Get a small lowcap and put it inside a PVC pipe" thing.
Seems the AKS-74U is 730mm including stock.