Building an AK vs buying an AK. Educate me please?

[country_boy]

Yes a regular ak gas tube will fit

 

[M. Sage]

You can buy a receiver at 18. Nodak Spud is what all of my builds have been based on. I've got another SBR build about to start. If you feel like blowing a Saturday up in DFW, you can use my shop and AK tools to do it.

21 for a bare receiver or frame.

Yup. I forgot to mention those. You also need a drill and d/bits to make all holes. On the receiver.

I had the impression that reamers were preferred for the trigger pin holes to make sure they're round.

Don't forget some way to heat treat the receiver. Mapp torch and a steel salad bowl filled with synthetic motor oil works Ok for spot-hardening.

 

[Jakashh]

In the end, would it be cheaper to convert a saiga or just get an AK from atlantic or J&G? I'd think the Saiga would be better quality though.

Let me make a parts list of what I need. Any suggestions to where I can order them from?

And where can I get a saiga for cheap? I see them for sale for $375 and such. Then finally... 5.45 vs 7.62 LOL

These guys are charging high!


7.62- $375

http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/storeproduct708.aspx

5.45- $350

http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/storeproduct796.aspx

 

[M. Sage]

Oh, and buy. Best way to do it. I've got a beat up Romanian stock kit I'll send you if you ask nice.

 

[Jakashh]

Oh, and buy. Best way to do it. I've got a beat up Romanian stock kit I'll send you if you ask nice.

So I should just buy an already assembled AK? And may I please have the beat up Romanian stock??

How much?

 

[Jakashh]

And anyone know any good sites for reasonably priced AK's?

 

[Jakashh]

Classicarms has them for $320! Let me factor in the prices of the rest of the stuff I'd need.

 

[Jakashh]

Thanks to everyone who has been helping me out, by the way. It's GREATLY appreciated, and I'm not just saying that. I suck when it comes to making decisions and can get a little annoying and ask too many questions, so thanks for bearing with me!

 

[Jakashh]

I have it figured out for now! Thanks everyone!

 

[destroyer]

So what are you gona end up doing?

 

[Jakashh]

It's a surprise.

But you still owe us pics of the AK you made...

 

[destroyer]

I've built a couple for different people. I'm pretty good at building Ak's

 

[Jakashh]

You can make them for $300 each plus shipping now that you have the parts.

All for yourself, not to sell, btw. I'd take advantage of that and make one a month LOL.

But POST THOSE PICS MAN!

 

[country_boy]

or build a psl or a rpk and buy me a burger.

 

[TheDan]

I vote for case hardening... That'd be a sweet looking AK.

On second thought, that's probably not a good idea. Would probably end up with a warped receiver.

 

[destroyer]

You can make them for $300 each plus shipping now that you have the parts.

All for yourself, not to sell, btw. I'd take advantage of that and make one a month LOL.

But POST THOSE PICS MAN!

I can e-mail you the pics and you can post them up for everyone to see

 

[destroyer]

or build a psl or a rpk and buy me a burger.

I 2nd the burger

 

[cuate]

Sorry I'm not semi naked, sliding across the screen but I'm not photogenic, just an AK lover....Mine is one of those WASRs that a lot of people slam but it is set up like I like it and that is with an inexpensive Tapco AR type shoulder stock and a Mojo Peep-aperature type rear sight and it looks good, it hits where aimed and originally set me back $500 from a pawn shop....I have observed no rust in the chrome chamber and like chrome bore...And it isn't a closet queen, and it puts lots of holes in the rusty, discarded propane tank we call abdul ! Too bad we have to play Cowboy rather than be a real one !

 

[Jakashh]

I used to have a WASR. The one thing I didn't like about it was that there was no dimple on the receiver by the mag well lol.

 

[zfields]

I used to have a WASR. The one thing I didn't like about it was that there was no dimple on the receiver by the mag well lol.

Dimples are for rigidity of the receiver, and that is even questionable on how much it helps.

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