I'm not a professional builder and I don't have an FFL, so I can't do builds for people. But I can help people do builds, the builder(owner of parts kit and receiver) will be doing most of the build. Expect to spend the most part of the day doing a build. I provide the place and equipment to do the builds, the builder must provide all supplies needed to do the build. There is a small fee for using my shop and my tools, it isn't free to run a 2 stage air compressor, blast cabinet and a drill press. Excel energy likes to be paid once a month
. I have head-space gauges for 7.62x39mm only, if you are planning on building a 5.45x39 you need to either provide your own head space gauges or have a gunsmith check out the head spacing when done with your build.This is the list of supplies the builder needs to supply.
1-AKM parts kit(no virgin kits or kits without original barrel, I've never built off either of those types of kits)
2-Proper ammount of US compliant parts(check either AR15.com or "howtobuildanaktyprifle.com")
3-Drill bits for demilling(see above web sites)
4-Chemicals for parkerizing, if you want your build parkered(calvan.com is the chemicals I'm currently using)
5-100% Nodak-Spud receiver(they are a local company and build the best receivers)
6-Rivets purchased from AK-Builder.com(my tooling is AK-Builder brand, my rivet tool is made for AK-Builders rivets) Othe brands don't squish down as nicely and a lot of times need to be drilled out and redone. Probably the cheapest rivets to purchase $10.00 for a set.
7-One gallon of distilled water(for parking)
Like I mentioned earlier, I charge a small fee for using my shop, tools and power. If you want to off-set the cost of doing a build, you can donate left over supplies. Drill bits, parking chemicals, extra parts from parts kit, AKM parts in general, gun related stuff in general.
You will save a few bucks building your own AKM, plus learing how build you own rifle is a big plus. Don't plan on doing a build and not getting dirty.
I provide the following:
All the proper tooling to build an AKM rifle; all AK-Builder brand, barrel pin and barrel press kit, trigger gaurd rivet jig, rivet tool. 20 ton press, drill press, 2 stage air compressor, blasting cabinet, parkerizing set up. My shop is fairly well set up.
Either drop me an IM on this forum or on AR15.com, I use the same name over there.
email: donavonmn@gmail.com
Don
