Any good local AK gunsmiths?

Uniqueusername · Dec 19, 2016

Hey everyone, new guy here. A buddy of mine thought someone here might be able to help me out. I have a Bulgarian Ak74 that was built by Marxman Precision Arms out of Las Vegas and the damn thing just won't feed reliably, even using Bulgarian magazines and surplus ammo. I could ship it to Vegas and have Marxman fix it but I'd rather have a good local smith take care of it. Does anybody here know someone local that is good with AKs? Here's a couple pics of what it's doin. What do ya think? Thanks guys.

308 · Dec 19, 2016

AK's are pretty simple. What's going on with the pig pile there...Did that round fail to eject?
Post a pic of the magwell and mag latch with and without the mag in place.

Certaindeaf · Dec 19, 2016

Have you tried different magazines?

Uniqueusername · Dec 19, 2016

Yeah it looks like it failed to eject but cycled enough to jam another round in there with the spent case. I had to use pliers to get it out, it was lodged in there pretty solid. Usually it ejects the shells 10 ft or more. That was the first time it did that, usually the bolt rides slightly above the round and doesn't feed. So I might have more than one issue with this thing. I'll take some more pics for ya this evening. Thanks for the quick reply.

Uniqueusername · Dec 19, 2016

I've tried promags which wouldn't work at all, a couple clear plastic Polish mags and 2 Circle 21 surplus mags. The circle 21 mags work the best but only when they want to. If I hold pressure back on the magazine while firing it seems to help.

Medic! · Dec 19, 2016

Tried different ammo?

Short stroking/under gassed/weak ammo? When somewhere safe to do so. Can you manually get the gun to cycle?

Extractor? Missing/broken or frozen?

How about some pictures of the magazine empty and loaded in the gun from the top.[ bolt out of the gun]
Also bolt and carrier pictures.

It's hard to look at the interaction of the parts without the gun. But pictures help. :s0092:

Uniqueusername · Dec 20, 2016

Well, after checking out my gun some more I'm really not interested in messing with it myself. I really do appreciate you guys input with trying to figure this thing out but I pretty much just want to the right smith to get it running right. Any ideas on a somewhat local gunsmith that can handle it? I can handle fixing vehicles but I want to leave fixing my guns to someone with more experience than myself on the subject. Any thoughts? Thanks again guys.