Just don't see how you could turn the virgin barrel to the correct journal size for trunnion, rsb, gas block & sight; drill all of the receiver holes accurately, press, populate and pin the barrel; drill and pin all of the barrel components; and rivet all components in 60 minutes. I would...
Seems like above the quality of a Dan Wesson, Les Baer, or Ed Brown (along with some others mentioned in this thread) the returns are diminishing. Thanks for all the input everyone!
Would love to inspect one of your builds. From demill to finish there is no way in hell you could slap together an AK in an hour and do a quality job. You'd have to be moving fast as hell and hit no snags and be using a pre-headspaced/pre-populated barrel, a demilled kit, with rivet holes...
Ever go to a car show to look at cars? Same idea. I like to look and learn so one day when I'm ready I know what I want.
I guess you would call it a wall hanger, but I'd have every intention to use it and carry it on property. I want a usable looker.
You must be one hell of a builder to assemble and AK in one hour...I guess if the barrel came populated, the kit was already demilled, and you did a screw build. But still an hour is pushing it and you'd have a very sloppy AK. That's just from my experience building dozens.
I know you were just...
I am falling down the rabbit hole that is the 1911 and wanted to get some names of top makers of custom high-end 1911s to look at. I don't really know the threshold for "high-end", but I am seeing 4K - 5K+ newly manufactured 1911s. I found Cabot Guns, Ed Brown, Nighthawk...But not sure if these...