What's wrong with Ewbanks receivers? I just read a post where some guy is annoyed that his
new AK was built on a Ewbanks receiver. Thanks.

Sam

The only thing wrong with it is its association with Joeken.

seeing some Ewbanks in person there is much much more wrong than that
I'm not sure if it was a bad batch but they should have never left looking like they did.
warped to hell in just about every way
rails not aligned
and probably some other stuff I don't remember
I was going to order 2 to build Romies on but couldn't ever get them in
talking to a Gun Shop/Builder that I wanted to try some out and he started laughing and asked me if I have got any I said no he went to a box and pulled out a couple and I was happy as could be that for once there was a backorder that prevented me from getting what I had wanted
just my experience with them

Well, if a reputable builder put an AK together on one of their receivers, I'm sure it had to be in spec.
Honestly, I was more worried about inferior materials, or bad heat treating. The guy who was upset,
was upset when he found out that his Vector Arms AK was built on a Ewbanks receiver. From everything
I've heard about Vector, they build REALLY good AK's....

That guy was the first bash against Vector that I've been able to find.

Sam

They're not perfect, but they're not bad either. I did see a batch several months ago that had some warping during heat treat. Buy from Scott at DPH and you won't have to worry about it.

I have had to have 3 returned beacuse they were so out of shape. Gave up and bought Global Trades.

The only thing wrong with them is they are hard to get right now.

Scott Is a stand up guy BTW

My Vector is built on a Ewbank reciever.  I have had no problems with it and everything appears to be in good working order.  I trust Vector, after all they are the ones that are going to replace it if there are problems with the rifle.  Now the thing I don't know is how many recivers they had to sort through to get a good one.

If you buy one I'd buy throught a place that would let you return the reciever if its not right, you don't want to be stuck with a POS or have to pay for multiple transfers.

Nothing wrong with the receivers, mine function great. Just the association with Joeken as previously mentioned.

We here in the PRK must be getting all the factory rejects then.  I have seen two spEwbanks receivers so far, both looked so bad I could not imagine how anyone could sell it with a straight face.  Heard from at least two others that had received them bent to hell and rails in crooked/uneven.

I did get an NDS-3 from nodak, looks great even unfinished and clean as can be.