[Cumberland]

This will be my first build so I have some questions for you guys.
Has any body used these blanks? Bent-mental Are they good ones? Is the FAC AMD 65 snake brake heavy?

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[7.62x39]

BentMetal blanks work great for a AMD-65.

Here's a pic of one I built using a BentMetal blank from Ace.
http://www.acearms.com/cgi-bin/ccp5...135&act=&aff=&pg=prod&ref=REC100&cat=&catstr=

 

[Cumberland]

BentMetal blanks work great for a AMD-65.

Here's a pic of one I built using a BentMetal blank from Ace.
http://www.acearms.com/cgi-bin/ccp5...135&act=&aff=&pg=prod&ref=REC100&cat=&catstr=

Nice!
The Blank I'm looking at is from this guy:
http://bentmetal.homestead.com/bentmetal.html
Anybody used one before?

Do you really need to spot heat treat some the holes and if so which ones?

 

[7.62x39]

The IBE blank is fine, I built my first AK using one of Bob's blanks, before the Ace blanks became available.

The Ace blanks are closer to the finished size, requiring a little less trimming, but either one will work fine.

As far as heat treating goes, The only holes to be concerned with are the axis pin holes.