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[Axelgear]

Jayruta in San Diego - I've heard nothing but good things about him!

[kcstott]

Well I was going to chime in but not with a Pre bent. those things suck and sorry to sound like an arse but I won't build on one.

I do offer one on one support. And if you get all the hole drilled and cut out on the receiver I could help.

If that receiver is US made you don't need a gas piston. I looked at the site and they don't say where it's made.

[CSACANNONEER]

I have "a little" (hosting about 20 build parties) experience and am in the Agoura Hills area. But, I won't waste my time with the prebent blanks. If you get AK builder blanks and a bending jig (someone borrowed mine and never returned it), I'll help you. Hell, I'll even help you if you find Tapco flats. I do have my angle iron (old school) type bending jig.

[ke6guj]

you might want to contact Roccobro via email. he does do private builds and does have the drill jig. But I would suggest spending the $30 and getting a standard AK-builder flat.

[kcstott]

It should be just drilling holes but the thing is you really need to know what you're doing with a drill press as drill will walk off location and then you build is scrap. Now I can't express this highly enough but hole location of your fire control group is very critical. If yo are off location you run the risk of you trigger not working properly or you bolt holding up on the hammer from it being to high.

Somewhere you were told you receiver needs to be fully heat treated. Not the case. We spot treat them and they work fine for years.
You really run a severe risk of scraping you receiver due to warping. Fixturing and support needs to be applied to prevent this. And you really need to drill everything Pryor to heat treat unless you want to abuse your tools.

The other thing is once heat treated the receiver is not that much stronger or harder. It's only mildly stronger.

[ke6guj]

the 1.5mm receiver would only be if you had a kit that needed a 1.5mm flat. they aren't interchangable with the standard flats. it all depends on exactly what kit you want to build to determine which flat to buy.

[kcstott]

I always get a 1mm flat with trunnion holes drilled.
Yes the may not match up perfect but they are damn close and usually only require the mild use of a dremal or needle file.
One thing I should mention is depending on who's print Henderson used for the template those holes could be off by a lot.
I've found prints on the web that are close but are no where near close enough to use as is. I've found holes of by as much as a half diameter of the hole. Not good.
The program I have in my CNC is much better then any print out there but it's still close but not perfect.

[kcstott]

Yep and sell that Henderson receiver try and get your money back.

It's such a rip off. That receiver from ak builder is $40. A nodak spud is right around $150 once its shipped and DROSed
So I can't see spending $80 plus shipping on a receiver that will take the better part of the day to make ready to build.

[kcstott]

Hey live and learn buddy. The first AK I built came as a kit with a Tapco flat. What a joke that was. Paid way to much for the kit at the time. But no I know. Chocked up as the cost of a good education.

[CSACANNONEER]

So...anyone want to buy a Henderson defense reciever? Haha

I'll give you $5 for it just to have a sample to show people what NOT to get.

[50BMGBOB]

CSACannoneer. I have a prebent no holes you can have. My brother bought it when the place he got his parts from was out of flats (which I had told him to get). I bought him a flat instead of dealing with drilling it. I can bring it to Coalinga or drop it in the mail if you want it sooner.

[CSACANNONEER]

CSACannoneer. I have a prebent no holes you can have. My brother bought it when the place he got his parts from was out of flats (which I had told him to get). I bought him a flat instead of dealing with drilling it. I can bring it to Coalinga or drop it in the mail if you want it sooner.

lol. I was only half serious but, if you still have it next time I see you, I'll take it off your hands.

BTW, I'm moving back to the 400 acres I was living on when I joined the FCSA and started shooting with you. So, my out of town trips are going to be harder to arrange but, we should get a fun shoot going in Dec or early Jan.

[wecf]

I just built a Henderson. NEVER AGAIN! What a POS. Was so much more difficult than a standard receiver. Rails are welded in the wrong place, much more work than bending 1. Good luck.

[jm11]

I was looking for something similar but in the SF Bay Area, if anyone just let me know