I'm considering building my own AK from an 80% receiver. It's about 40 bucks for a receiver that's got all of the holes drilled and just needs to be bent and welded and finished. I'm kind of feeling uneasy about doing the welding myself (even though I'd have an excellent teacher) and making sure the receiver is bent perfectly.
Anyone have any experience with this?
The benefits are that you get to build your own rifle pretty much from the ground up and make it completely yours in every way. And you don't have to register it or file DROS papers or deal with any FFL nonsense unless you plan on selling it (and then you'll need a firearms manufacturer license in most cases). Only real drawback is finishing the receiver.
It sounds like a really awesome project that I'd love to do. But I still have reservations.
I'll probably go for the AK if I do the 80% complete because it seems like its A LOT easier to finish than the AR lowers because you can get them with everything pre-drilled and not have to tap anything (I HATE tapping) or precision locate any drill points or do any milling (I don't have access to a mill).
What do you guys all think?
For AR lowers
http://www.ktordnance.com has great stuff and they deal in silver and gold.
For AK (and other) lowers
http://www.survivalmonkey.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9839 has a good list of a variety of resources.