Blindly I ask, what does it really take to put one of these things together?
Is this something someone can do with only a tool or two?
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Its super easy. Plenty of youtube videos on how to install the trigger and the furniture.
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Pay attention to the ones that tell you to secure the hammer spring. I have a couple tiny scars from not paying attention to that one. Likely run into some sandpaper/filing stuff for final fit up, no big deal.
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I’ll have to watch some assembly videos and figure out some options. I don’t think I’d save a lot of money, but I’d get exactly what I want without going over board in extra parts…which means more ammo and mags.
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Yep. There is always a plus side. I assembled my own AK-V because i wanted to do it right the first time.
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And this is exactly why getting the furniture-ready kits are the way to go, to my mind. I wish PSA would release them for all variants they produce, but I totally understand their reasoning for not doing so.
Very few people leave a weapon bone-stock unless it’s a EDC piece. Everyone alters their guns just a little for personal taste or need. I have a brand-new AK-102 that’s about to get some new clothes. I don’t anticipate changing the internals because the factory stuff is really, really good, but everything else is getting changed.
The kits end up being better because the user gets exactly the product he or she wants.
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I had no experience with the ak , was worried about not being able to assemble the kit myself (mostly just that darn hammer spring). 100% happy with the ak I purchased but mad at myself once I got my hands on the ak that I didn’t purchase the kit. Really is super easy. So now I have a second ak on the list. My point is, buy the kit and get the ak the way you want like everyone else said. If I’m gonna have extra furniture I’m gonna assembly another
Here’s what I do. Go to the kitchen and get you one of the metal-and-paper bread twist ties. Wearing work gloves, put the hammer spring on, and pull the two free arms up and behind the hammer face (looks like a “T”). Wrap the bread tie around it and install it into the receiver and shove the pin through. With the work gloves still on, undo the bread twist tie and take a pair of needle nose pliers and place the arms inside the trigger housing that you already installed. Stick the retaining plate in and you’re done. Let us know if you need some more help.
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But there are kits that have the hammer spring secured?
No.
I’d be correct in saying these won’t have the 10% excise tax on them since they’re not complete, right?
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Is that excise tax something your state charges?
No, the tax you don’t have to pay if you buy an AR stripped lower and then a build kit vs buying a complete rifle, or a Dagger Lower and then a slide vs. a complete Dagger just on different orders.
It can be as simple as using a rubber band to secure the legs.
Like they do with the rotisserie chickens at the grocery store.
Those 2 little legs are the ones that will draw blood.
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Palmetto is just too good to me, with the $599 blemished AKs. After alot of consideration, it occurs to me that the free parts and labor that come with the BLEMK-47s has far more value than a kit that still needs to be complete. Nothing wrong with a kit, but there’s no substantial reason (for me) that stands out, affirming the need for a kit over a complete.
TL;DR gonna get blem, new furniture, and maybe a trigger.
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https://palmettostatearmory.com/psa-custom-alg-akt-el-ak-single-stage-trigger-05-326.html
This is a good one. Price it out against an unmodified one.
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In states where you can only have ten round mags, those builder kits with no furniture are really cutch.