$300.00.

Reason? OOW receiver.  I can't believe someone is still using a non-heat treated receiver when Armory and DCI have been putting out heat treated receivers for some time.  Is OOW even making receivers anymore as I couldn't find them on their site?

I'd get a WASR before buying that and I don't really care for WASRs.

Go with something from Classic Arms, Atlantic Firearms or Henderson Defense before buying one of those.

Better yet, check out the Equipment Exchange as there are still decent deals on better rifles in that price range.

Just my opinion, but with the cost of kits rising with none coming in complete anymore, builders aren't going to be putting out inexpensive AKs much longer.  Receiver manufacturers are going to move on to something else.

 

Quoted: According to this they are heat treated. www.ohioordnanceworks.com/semi-auto/receivers.html

You asked a question, I gave you the best simple answer I could.

Look at their own picture and tell me the receiver is fully heat treated.  It isn't, never have been.  They are spot treated at the hammer and trigger pin axis holes.  Just as you should do if you are building from a non-heat treated flat.  The problem is the rest of the receiver is not heat treated.  You don't heat treat at 575 degrees.  You first heat the metal up to a temperature over 1,000 degrees (for the homebuilder, cherry red is sometimes recommended but the exact temperatures are available depending on the type of steel and carbon content %) and quench it, then you heat the metal up to the lower temperature and place it in sand (for the home heat treatment) and let it cool slowly, I believe this is for tempering or annealing one or the other.

I have posted the instructions before.  The people actually in the business of building receivers will use a commercial heat treating oven or kiln to maintain the correct temperatures for heat treating with the receivers most likely in a jig to prevent them from warping during the process.  Just because OOW uses the home builders process doesn't mean that is the correct way to do it for a commercial receiver.

It isn't the way the Russians, Bulgarian, Romanians, etc. did it, they fully heat treat their receivers for a reason.  

Nodakspud and Armory were able to fully heat treat their receivers, not spot treat.  They have a certain number that would warp and those were discarded.

If you want a substandard rifle with a possibly soft receiver that may fail earlier than a fully heat treated one then buy it.  I would rather have a fully heat treated one when they are available for the same price range.

Heat treating a flat

Surplus rifles AK-47 heat treating guide, (pictures look familiar)

Typically steel is heat treated in a multi-step process. First it is heated to create a solid solution of iron and carbon in a process called austenizing. Austenizing is followed by quenching to produce a martensitic microstructure. The steel is then tempered by heating between the ranges of 150°C-260°C (300°F-500°F) and 370°C-650°C (700°F-1200°F). Tempering in the range of 260°C-370°C (500°F-700°F) is sometimes avoided to reduce temper brittling. The steel is held at that temperature until the carbon trapped in the martensite diffuses to produce a chemical composition with the potential to create either bainite or pearlite (a crystal structure formed from a mixture of ferrite and cementite).

Quoted: The upper rivet in the rear trunion looks like mutilated ass .

Yeah, sure does look like that one screwed the pooch.

I'm not saying that the HMG builds from Classic Arms are the best out there, but for the price (which has gone up) they are on a better receiver from the start.  After shipping and transfer fees they still may cost less and you get a fully heat treated receiver with less dimensional issues over the OOW receiver..................link

Quoted: This is why ar15.com has a reputation for being a bastion of assholedom.   He asked a simple question, "How much is it worth?", which would imply "How much could I get for this?"  He didn't ask for people to get into esoteric and meaningless discussions on the purportedly substandard construction of his gun.  Not everyone is as obsessed with this unattainable "mil-spec" perfection BS, nor will anyone ever see the time when their gun's receiver "fails".  Totally ridiculous "bitter" (to borrow from Barack Obama) nitpicking is not useful, nor is it becoming of a forum with so much valuable information. Probably worth 400-450 bucks on EE or gunbroker. My last outburst, I promise.  Please don't ban me.

Quoted: Local builder who has built 65 ak's. Romanian G parts kit. Tapco piston, g2 trigger. Ohio Ordinance receiver. Wood sanded and refinished to amber color. metal finished by gunsmith, hot blued matte black. slant muzzle break, 1 30 round mag. I haven't seen one yet but will check one out later this week. They are supposed to be nice though. I know I can order one for around $450 delivered and that is what this guy is asking. opinions?

Hey, why don't you read his frigging first post.  He hasn't bought the gun.  It isn't his, yet.  He is asking the value because he is comtemplating purchasing the rifle and I am telling him there are better choices then that rifle to save him from making a mistake in purchasing a rifle that is substandard before he puts his money into it.

He also asked for opinions, but I guess you didn't even read his post before making yours.

Quoted: I'd say it's worth about what you paid for it, if I were to sell it on EE or gunbroker.  Looks good!

Try reading the first post in the thread before you respond to it.  Might help you understand what the guy is really asking.