I know that anything they turn out rifle wise is shit, but I have heard from several people that the Hesse AK receivers are actually pretty good for building on and are actually truer to Combloc spec than OOW. Anybody here built on one? How about our local experts? Campy, Rot, Troy, Mike?
I am thinking about building my next kit on one if there are positive reviews. Joeken has the Hesse receiver that is supposedly heat treated throughout, parked, has the trigger guard, rails, mag release and rear trunion installed. I figure I can just have my smith rivet in the barrel assembly and I can take it from there.
With the condition of the 74 kits, and the receiver parked, I figure I can build one on the cheap and use it as a blaster. Save my Inrange gun as a trophy piece. I know, Troy considers his guns to be shooters... I look at them as art work.