There was a guy on .net asking if he can have one build for around 400 - You probably saw that thread.
That's what blows me away now. You can buy an AK for $400-$500. These polish kits they are selling on AK Forum and then again on Calguns (same ones, somebody came into a cache of Polish AK's in the US and they are going to cut them up and sell them as kits, these are whole functioning AK's, in the US already, that no one ran across until recently). $379 for these kits. You add in receiver, DROS, paint, Compliance parts etc. etc. tools your into $800 or more.
If you already have all the tools, it could be OK but it just isn't worth it anymore.
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