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Posted: 1/25/2005 10:33:12 AM EDT
| how fast is ohio ord on shipping the ak receivers......and how good are the receivers |
| Well, considering the other receiver options currently out there, OOW and the Global receivers are probably you best bet. If you get a OOW, you might consider having it fully heat treated by someone like Chris Butler at AKUSA. OOW receivers come only with the holes heat treated. Chris Butler charges about $35 for a full heat treatment if I remember correctly. |
why get the whole reciever heat treated ? Are the original recievers completly heat treated? |
I had heard that the OOWs are fully heat treated now and that if they are fully treated again will warp. |
Is this something new? When did they start heat treating the whole receiver? |
I have two that are 6months old and only the holes and ejecter are heat treated. Can I expect some trouble down the road because the whole receiver isnt treated, both are OOW. thanks Joe edit I looked at mine, only ones assembled, and it has alot of rounds through it, and no visible wear except to the finish. 
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You can have yours heat treated by Chris at AKUSA for $35 each if you want the piece of mind. Some people say that it is not necessary though. There are a bit of complaints surfacing that some of the Global receivers are not properly heat treated. |
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I haven't read that OOW is heat treating the whole receivers, but what I did read was that their latest production run was waiting on being heat treated. That was several weeks ago and I think their run is ready or about ready to go. I don't think there is any reason to have the thicker (1.2mm) OOW's entirely heat treated, the "factory" military guns are thinner metal(1mm). I would think that they are more than 20% stronger. I have built seven guns using OOW's and there has been no wear on any of the ejectors, pivot pins or anything. I have shot a thousand or better thru one gun and it shows no wear to speak of. |
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i placed an order in early January for an OOW receiver and was told it was on backorder for heat treatment and that i should expect shipment in mid February. well i got mine about a week ago so they must have got a shipment in from the heat treatment. also mine is only heat treated around the holes...not the hole thing. i agree with most that you dont need to heat treat the whole thing, it will be just as good. |
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