Anyone have an AKM built from a parts kit? I'm trying to get as close to a real Russian AKM as possible, and I was told that a build was the best way to get one without breaking the bank. I know the Maadis exist but those are fucking rare and expensive.
>AKM parts kit
$800
>Receiver
$150
>Barrel
$160
How much does it cost to build? I've heard anywhere from ~600 to 1000.
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I have a polish underfolder Im building that I have close to a thousand into. But I ordered special paint to deadmatch the receiver to the kit, best ak trigger on the market, upgraded mag release, etc. I nitpicked mine but you can build them much cheaper. Unfortunately for you, Russian kits are the most expensive in this ever inflating market, and building is a lot to get into with tools and experience and all that. I would recommend doing a cheap beater build first to get your feet wet
Just finished an AKS-74 yesterday. Just need to paint it. Tools are around $600ish iirc if you buy them all. Many you can fab up yourself pretty easily if you are handy. Parts kit was Bulgarian.
why wouldnt you paint it first...?
So that it all matches of course. It's how they do it in Russia too.
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your reach a schism if real factory AKM vs kits parts sprinkled around a US receiver and Romanian barrel
My little brother bought a Yugo M70AB underfolder parts kit from Apex as I told him we would build it together. It was built on a milled reciever. Tortort is sold out until around late November and CNC Warrior has stupid prices. Where else can I pick up a reciever for him?
I can't find dimensions for the specific reciever so unfortunately I cant have it milled out from my buddy. If anyone could help that would be awesome.
Try nodak
Polish Circle 11 parts kit from AOA, use combloc fixed stock trunnion if interested, Childers or recreator blank reciever.
If it came with the entire receiver, you could try to reweld it. Milled receivers are a lot more difficult to work on compared to stamped. Early Yugos used a standard flat style receiver, but most are bulged like an RPK. You could try to find a milled RPK receiver and use that. Or just wait for Tortort.
I found a reweld for an m70ab for like 250 on gunbroker. I'm waiting for another receiver from tortort to arrive to build a welding jig for it. I've never welded anything before. :/ Hopefully I'm not in over my head. I do have some ideas on how to so it.
buy a pre-built gun. The time doing research, buying tools, fucking up, and having to re-do stuff is better spent buying exactly what you want.
Every AKM is going to look the same at a distance, its really the furniture and reciever style that set them apart. You can get a pre-assembled barrel kit and have it slapped on a russian marked reciever and be 90% there.
seriously, unless you have friends with a lot of technical skill and machines or arent afraid to meet some stranger off a gun forum, just save up and buy the exact gun you want
Definitive Arms DAKM OFC. Expensive but worth it IMO
If you just want to have 1 ak, then building it yourself is not the best way to go. However if you plan on building multiple, and enjoy the challenge, its really rewarding to take something you built out to the range. There are some pretty good deals on Polish and Romanian kits right now, and I would start with something like that as opposed to something collectible to begin with. If you do decide to build your own, it will be frustrating, expensive, and irritating. But it is also a lot of fun.
Am I better off sending it off to be built if I don't want to shell out for the tools to build one? I am not opposed to buying a pre-built AKM, but there are so many out there that are either of shit quality or look too different from an AKM.
>or look too different from an AKM
Then buy one of the many semi auto AKM models that have been imported into the country over the past nearly 4 decades. You’re talking like a basic AKM is a rare and special thing and that you need to build a kit to get what you want. Unless you’re specifically cloning something (which you’re not, if you were you’d she’ll out for a Russian kit for a Russian AKM clone) just buy one of the many thousands of rifles that have been imported ready to go.
>matching Izhmash/Tula kit from Rguns or scrounged up from AKFiles
$800
>Childers receiver with the proper stampings, selector notches, and markings
$150
>Virgin Romanian or better yet Polish WBP barrel
$200
>Two Rivers Arms, Piece of History Firearms, Arizona Response Systems, Turbothis (MY Guns Northwest) for assembly and refinishing
Cost varies heavily for this service, but expect to pay at least $500 or so.
Maadis are not Russian guns - they're "close" in some ways, but you should appreciate Maadis as the OG Egyptian guns they are with the cool Arabic markings rather than trying to make them LARP as Ivan's rifle.
A parts kit build will be long and expensive in collecting parts and waiting for them to be built out properly, and resale value likely won't be too good. (Even good rifles made by reputable big name sellers like Two Rivers - excellent guys - often have a hard time moving.) But if you want a custom clone, they are absolutely worth it.
Alternatively if you're willing to compromise somewhat on things like a combloc barrel, just buy from these guys.
My original thought was to shell out for one of the izhevsk ak kits on rguns.
>many semi auto AKM models
Which ones do you recommend? Let's say my budget is 2k.
literally just email a builder like two rivers armory or definitive arms, they can give you a quote.
What tooling is required to assemble an AK from a parts kit
A SAR1 for like $600 and then replace the neutered barrel components and thread the muzzle for like $200 tops, or the same thing with a ban era Maadi for about $800. If you’re wanting to clone then go for it and go balls to the wall, buy an Rguns kit. You can get new production FB Radom barrels for fairly cheap too so you’ll have a brand new combloc barrel for it and for receiver go with recreator blanks.