Any AK 'smiths in SE PA?

[joelad]

I have a couple AK kits I'd like built up into rifles. Anyone know a 'smith in SE PA that does this work? Or can help me out building them?

[unclejumbo]

There are some great videos and picture tutorials you can find with a Google search. It is an easy task with a few specific tools. Fun too. I built an FAL just by fitting it together in my younger days. Just be sure you comply with the 922 R requirements for US made parts.

[joelad]

I've built plenty of rifles. Started with M1s, then FALs, most recently AR15s ( a 4th grader could assemble them).

Just never dealt with rivets when building a rifle. And I don't have all the necessary tools to squash the rivets. I figure the expense to buy all the tools would be about the cost of having someone assemble the kits for me.

[USMC3531]

I use screws on my AKs that way the only special tool is the right size tap.

[Toxicodendron11]

Rich Parker

(215)-545-1099

[West Chester]

I use screws on my AKs that way the only special tool is the right size tap.

[Enfielder]

You can make your own rivet tooling pretty cheap (< $50 of stuff from Lowes and Horror Freight) w/Hacksaw, Drill and Files.
Plenty of good websites.

Here's mine I think I enjoyed making the tooling as much as building the kits.
Plates on right can be used to crush long rivets...very carefully


Harbor Freight $14 bolt cutters ground into rivet crushers


Front trunnion rivet crushing


Trigger guard/selector stop rivet crushing tooling. Steel angles from Lowes



an early Romy G build of mine ca. 2009