Do You Roll Your Own?

[Dragoon6]

So who here as built their own AK, FMP, HK, RPD etc.?  Did you succeed?  Or do you now have parts you want to sell, err, I mean junk sitting in he garage  .  What tools did you use?  Would you do it again?  Are you doing it now (well obviously not you are typing on this forum).  Just want to here from other crafty AZers.  Oh!  And post pics too!

[RJ]

a few ak's, different breeds from bending reciever to shootin, fals, ar's, have an rpk underway, and am waiting on some tube to do a couple stens,
I"m struggling with paying for a suomi tube and parts, think I"ll wait till later when I have more time and maybe use  a friends lathe and make my own.
I don't do tv, so have a lot of time on my hands.

So always have stuff going on, but living gets in the way of my projects, like today, the pool motor decided to take a dump, while removing I broke a flange off on the pump, so, now a new pump, motor etc, and while at it, might as well replumb the manifold, as I have a valve leaking. no end to homeowner ship and living.

I DO enjoy making a shooter.
 

[JesseL]

I built this from a Romanian parts kit and a Nodak Spud receiver:

[Apache gunsmithing]

These are all kit AR-15's top left is my gun, lower is a armlite with a danial defence parts kit, the upper is a Adams Arms piston drive (I love this gun), top right is my wifes gun, Surplus ammo and arms lower, DPMS parts kit, the uppwe is a CMG upper, shaw barrel 1/9 twist gas operated, the bottom is a kit alos, surplus ammo lower dpms parts kit, cmg upper shaw 20" 1/9 twist (THIS ONE IS FOR SALE $1200.00) Your zero on this one is at 200 yards and it gets better the farther you shoot.

[Harm]

Never built one honestly.  Would love to but admittedly lacking in confidence.

[JesseL]

Never built one honestly.  Would love to but admittedly lacking in confidence.

We're going to have to do a build party sometime.

[Harm]

Never built one honestly.  Would love to but admittedly lacking in confidence.

We're going to have to do a build party sometime.

Hey i might do it w 'adult' supervision!   

[JesseL]

I'll bring my Dremel and 5lb sledge! 

[coelacanth]

OK but who's going to bring the adult?   

[Apache gunsmithing]

AR's are very easy to build, some kits run as low as $550.00 and up to well over $2000.00, you need to buy a lower reciver also, I like the Surplus Ammo and Arms, the can be found for $90.00, I have not built any AK's yet, but the weapon looks easy to build.

[S and G Industries]

I have built quite a few you need a few custom tools/braces but nothing you cant pick up on gunbroker or from curtis at AK-builder.com i have a few parts what do you need? also i have a bulgarian 74 on GB

[GTGallop]

Do you save any $$ building your own?  Are parts from different manufacturers fairly compatible?

[Dragoon6]

Do you save any $$ building your own?  Are parts from different manufacturers fairly compatible?

After you spend the money to buy the tools (not cheap) yes.  Most AK-47 parts are interchangable, there are few exceptions of course.  I have one I refer to as the Kalashni-stein or Frankenov; it is an amalgamation of Romanian, MAADI and Polish parts.  Again the biggest detractor for first time builders is tool investment, but then again thats what friends are for right?