Any Decent AK 'smiths?

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03-08-2009, 15:21
CoGunNut

Any Decent AK 'smiths?

Anyone know of any gunsmiths, preferably on the Front Range, that do good work on AK's?

I have a WASR given to me by someone who owed me money. It has a small magazine issue (seating, unseating) and I would prefer someone with experience working on it.

Thanks!

CoGunNut
03-08-2009, 16:33
hkOrion

I can recommend Hickman in the Springs. excellent workmanship.
03-08-2009, 16:36
Driftwood

Not sure about in CO but if you decide to look outside of the state, Jim Fuller at Rifle Dynamics has a spotless reputation as an AK 'smith. He's a magician.

http://rifledynamics.com/
03-08-2009, 16:55
battle_sight_zero

Anyone out there that can help with some canted sights on a AK in the Denver Metro with a quick turnaround?
03-08-2009, 17:59
Circuits

I can help with mag seating and canted sights.
I'm in the springs.
03-09-2009, 03:21
CoGunNut

Quote:

Originally Posted by Circuits

I can help with mag seating and canted sights.
I'm in the springs.

How swamped are you? I currently have had an AR that's been waiting over 6 weeks for a simple barrel extension swap-out.

Brownells has had them in stock since before I handed it over, so it's not a parts issue.

But I'd prefer to get the gun in and out as quickly as possible, considering we're one "incident" away from an outright ban.

Nut[BooHoo]
03-09-2009, 15:29
Circuits

I can have you in and out the same day, provided all parts are on-hand, and I don't have to make or order any special tooling. Mag seating on a wasr is just filing and/or grinding to remove the burrs, which should be a minimum-time ($30) half-hour job.

Let me know by email, or give me a call 719-594-6601.
03-10-2009, 19:14
battle_sight_zero

Circuits does that count for canted sights? I have a Yugo and Romanian that are slightly canted. Could make a day trip you way in a week or two?
03-12-2009, 01:49
Circuits

The usual fix for century canted sight base/gas block is to take out the pins (which can sometimes be quite a pain), whack the sight base or block straight, and reinstall the pins.

If the pins were severely misdrilled, this won't work, and it'd need to be filled or re-welded and redrilled straight, possibly with a new base or block, but most century cantings are pretty mild.

b_s_zero. That holds for the moment, at least, since I've been furloughed from my regular job. I could get recalled, or find something new at any time (hopefully), which would have me back to evenings and weekends only on the smithing side.
03-15-2009, 21:32
justinspen

I bought an m64 and will need some help with the plates but also have a stamped reciever i wanna put this thing together and need some advise I can go to the spings for this let me know what u need
03-25-2009, 19:52
justinspen

we could shave my trunions and go with a stamped flat fr the yugo what do you think the time and cost and have you done that type of mod
03-25-2009, 21:47
Circuits

Quote:

Originally Posted by justinspen

we could shave my trunions and go with a stamped flat fr the yugo what do you think the time and cost and have you done that type of mod

You should probably have emailed or pm'd me - there's no guarantee I'll read replies to any particular thread, but email or pm's come right to me.

I'm not familiar with an M64, and have done no AK builds, just worked on already-built ones so far, so you'd need to send me some more details. I've done loads of gas blocks and sight bases, de-banning and threading, tuning and repairs on (mostly) SARs and WASRs. I have done FAL and 1919 builds in the past, and do have a full machine shop.