Have an itch for a SBS....purely for funsies. I've been looking into the Rem "Special Field" pumps, basically an 870 but with a slightly shorter magazine tube, and a barrel lug closer to the receiver than a standard 870.l Looks like one of those could be chopped down and get me around 10.5...
Out of extreme boredom while drinking my morning coffee I gave it some thought. Trunnion - New Production Forged Polish Import $89 Bolt - New Production Forged Polish Import $79 Bolt Carrier (Body) - New Production Polish Import $79 Piston - Chrome ($8-$20 depending on config) Recoil Assy - $15 Barr...
I guess you'd have to define "comparable build". It's mostly American made. The core imported parts used are used Romanian (arguably the least desirable of any of the AK74 variants on the planet). For $1700 you could have something similar, identical, or in my opinion better built using be...
$1700 is brutal for a 50% USA made AK, but if money is no object I'd imagine it's a fine gun. https://i.imgur.com/gI0WEPG.png?1 The JMAC front sight is $100 ish, dunno about their rear trunnion. Figure the receiver from Childers is around $100, and the barrel is American and OOS at JMAC so unsure of...
Dead link, can't read the specs. I think their other "in house" parts kit builds are usually decent though. Typically Morrissey receivers (comparable to Nodaks) or maybe US Childers/Recreator ones and refinished surplus (not cast, garbage) parts with a US barrel and what appear to be decen...