The dyslexic AK
Robert has finished up his nice looking AK-74 (henceforth, referred to as the dyslexic AK). Nice looking gun.
Me and a buddy are about to embark on the AK building project. By my calculations, it goes like this:
Parts Kit (which includes compliance parts): $125 (IMPORTANT UPDATE: Robert points out in comments that you still need to add two more US made parts to be 922 compliant. He recommends gas piston, pistol grip, or muzzle brake. The kit below does have more compliance parts.)
Receiver Flat: $13.
Grand total of $138. Or we could get the evil black variety with folding stocks and other goodies that scare people for $75 more.
June 14th, 2005 at 9:35 am
Your gonna build a complete rifle for $138???
You really ought to consider getting yourself the proper license and going into business. Not sure what the time costs are, or what the actual market demands are, but it seems to me you can pretty easily double your money at least selling them.
June 14th, 2005 at 9:39 am
I’ve thought about going the title ii route and getting licensed to make weapons for resale (and, of course, the added bonus of being able to make machine guns and silencers) but have yet to find anyone locally who can answer my ‘how-to’ questions.
And it will be $138 and my time. The latter is harder to come by these days.
June 14th, 2005 at 10:42 am
Where the hell did you find a parts kit with compliance parts for $125???
Usually, it runs me:
Kit: $100 – $200 depending on type
Flat: $13
Rivets: $5 ish
Partial can of Gunkote: $10
Shipping for everything $20
– Compliance parts –
FCT: $32
Gas Piston: $18
Muzzle brake: $18
The minumum I can build one for is just over $200, and that does not include ammortization of the tooling cost over the builds.
June 14th, 2005 at 11:19 am
Robert, at the tapco link above.
June 14th, 2005 at 11:47 am
Ah, that does not include all the compliance parts you need. For that rifle, you should have six U.S. parts. The setup you list above has four – receiver, trigger, disconnector and hammer. You need to buy two more. The usual choices are U.S made pistol grip, gas piston or muzzle brake.
June 14th, 2005 at 11:51 am
Doh! Stupid 922. I guess the second kit would be compliant.
June 14th, 2005 at 12:00 pm
Think of it this way, 922 forces you to upgrade to higher quality American made parts!