building an AK

[Voodoo]

so i have built an M4 that i love and now i want an AK. Im just wondering how much some of you have put into yours?
I dropped just under 1G into my M4 but it looks like building an AK form scratch should be cheaper!

Who do you recommend for a mechbox and nice wood (looking or real) grips.

I have heard that the 203 launchers are really flawed but they look SOOOOO good.

any comments are help full

Thanks
Jeremy

[Voodoo]

any one?????

[seabass]

Ive built 2 aks, I used a TM mech box and a JG, i bought as much as i could form places like e-hobby or UN company to save a shit load of money. The most annoying part is trying to find a body in canada cause everyone is putting one on their kraken. I didnt put on a wood kit on either of these cause i went for the tacticool look, but my next ak is going to be full wood and metal, I spent under 700 on one cause i bought it broken then changed all my internals to systema (including a magnum motor $$$) And the other ak is a krinkov which i'm not even going to mention how little i spent on it...

Hope it helps,if youve got any questions shoot a PM my way

[surebet]

The issues with the launcher (which is not an M203 btw) comes from the G&P model that uses a proprietary format for the shells. The star model will take any 40mm "standard" shells, so performance will be exactly the same as anything else.

[Relja]

Originally Posted by Voodoo

so i have built an M4 that i love and now i want an AK. Im just wondering how much some of you have put into yours?
I dropped just under 1G into my M4 but it looks like building an AK form scratch should be cheaper!

Who do you recommend for a mechbox and nice wood (looking or real) grips.

I have heard that the 203 launchers are really flawed but they look SOOOOO good.

any comments are help full

Thanks
Jeremy

Well one member i believe used a kraken base and pretty much used 3 parts from it, while buying internals and externals and a case of beer for a total of 560ish. But then again he put together everything himself and then had the beer. .

[Voodoo]

It wasn't the shells that were the concern i head it was the trigger assembly for the launcher that was flawed.

So its looking like 700ish +- to build a nice AK

Who do you use for the stock&grips? I really don't like to feel crappy plastic body parts (JG) so i need something solid (money is no worries for me)

Thanks for all the info so far, keep it coming.

P.S. Its a V3 so is there any point in a re-enforced mechbox? (will be shooting 380ish)

[surebet]

Is there even such a thing as a reenforced V3?

[seabass]

I bought a broken tm ak for 250, replace the internals with systema internals for 200, Got a ris kit/stock/grip for 80 and paid 100 for a systema magnum motor. But I got the ak cheap as hell so you should expext more than 700, And if you want to add the launcher you'll need to add more money.

[ThunderCactus]

The V3 is already a reinforced design over the V2 mechbox, but there is such a thing as a V3 made of crap metal. Make sure you buy a good brand of V3 mechbox, like Guarder.