My $2.00 question for the day is, When building from flats(tapco), how do you determine how high, or low in the reciver to mount the front trunnion, and once it is there, how do you bend the top of the reciver to fit in the grooves in the trunnion? Just so noone says "the trunnion holes are already there" They offer flats without trunnion holes, and I think that is a better Idea, just so you can make sure all of the parts from the kit fit in the reciver properly.
I have already screw-built two ak's and I ordered one more kit, and I recently purchaced a shop press so I can remove the barrels, so I am going to take apart the screw builds and rivit them togeather. The last builds were with 100% recivers(ohio ord.) and with those, all I had to do was locate and drill trunnion holes, everything was already lined up(lower rails, upper rails, and the part of the reciver that bends into the trunnions). The more I read, the more I get afraid of this project, but I am willing to risk a couple of $13.00 flats to try and "roll my own".
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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