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Who is the Go-To AK builder in the Valley?

I've got an Yugo M92 inbound that'll need a barrel chop.

Prefer someone that is an SOT so they can Form-4/SBR it for me.

AZEX would have been my guy.


Suggestions welcome.

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T. Mark Graham of Arizona Response Systems is one of the fellows Derek apprenticed under years ago. He's based in north Surprise. His talent is stellar,...and he has a waiting list that accordingly reflects this, unfortunately.

If short time is one of your parameters,...he may not be your guy. But if you're willing to wait for quality,...check him out. He is most known for FALs, but is just as skilled at HKs and AKs. He often goes by the handle "gunplumber" on many forums.

ARS as mentioned above or Kilo Guns near Deer Valley Airport.

Derek transferred the assets of AZEX to another gunsmith here in the Valley but i can't remember what it was called and its lost on the old forum. That might be a place to start. I am just glad i got all that AK, FAL and HK stuff out of my system before AZEX went away. I hate change....

Lee Armory does nice work.

Thanks for all the replies fellas. I just received the rifle today and it appears to be standard welded/silver solder pin job holding the flashhider to the factory length (short) barrel so I'll be able to SBR it and drill it myself once approved.

lew wrote: ↑June 26th, 2018, 10:43 am ARS as mentioned above or Kilo Guns near Deer Valley Airport.

ARS does great work but has had a long wait for many years.
Kilo Guns cut and pinned a barrel for me that looked like they also dragged it down the street behind a truck.

Mr_Maim wrote: ↑June 26th, 2018, 4:26 pm Thanks for all the replies fellas. I just received the rifle today and it appears to be standard welded/silver solder pin job holding the flashhider to the factory length (short) barrel so I'll be able to SBR it and drill it myself once approved.

So who did you go with ?

Azbuilder wrote: ↑June 30th, 2018, 3:16 pm

Mr_Maim wrote: ↑June 26th, 2018, 4:26 pm Thanks for all the replies fellas. I just received the rifle today and it appears to be standard welded/silver solder pin job holding the flashhider to the factory length (short) barrel so I'll be able to SBR it and drill it myself once approved.

So who did you go with ?

His reply was that he is doing the work (removing the flash hider) himself.

Oops my bad !

DrEarlCordova wrote: ↑June 29th, 2018, 12:50 pm

lew wrote: ↑June 26th, 2018, 10:43 am ARS as mentioned above or Kilo Guns near Deer Valley Airport.

ARS does great work but has had a long wait for many years.
Kilo Guns cut and pinned a barrel for me that looked like they also dragged it down the street behind a truck.

My go-to for AKs is actually My Guns up in Oregon. His work is fantastic enough that I don't mind shipping. I've only used Kilo for AR barreling and headspacing, but I've never seen any of their AK work that looked like what you got.

Steve_In_29 wrote: ↑June 30th, 2018, 7:31 pm

Azbuilder wrote: ↑June 30th, 2018, 3:16 pm

Mr_Maim wrote: ↑June 26th, 2018, 4:26 pm Thanks for all the replies fellas. I just received the rifle today and it appears to be standard welded/silver solder pin job holding the flashhider to the factory length (short) barrel so I'll be able to SBR it and drill it myself once approved.

So who did you go with ?

His reply was that he is doing the work (removing the flash hider) himself.

Correct. It is a simple blind pin into the barrel so I'll just drill it when the Form-1 is approved.

Lee Armory does good work.

I don't have any personal build experience with Lee Armory. But, I randomly stopped in one day and one of the guys did take a bunch of his time to answer a whole bunch of AK newb questions for me. He knew that I had already bought a PSAK, so he wasn't going to be selling anything more than accessories.

Goes a long way in my book.

Jeff, at AZARMORY