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Thanks all. Both Clymer and Pacific have done this before so I just need to find some dies.
Catfish, I hear you brutha. I'll explain what got me to this point. I have a personal interest in military smallarms from a historical point of view and have quite a large collection of WW1 and WW2 smallarms. I'm also a military/LE dealer and sell M16s, HKs, SIGs and Yugo AKs. In my opinion the best assault rifle ever built is the SIG 550/1/2 followed closely by the Valmet/Sako M92 and Galil. The SIG comes from the factory with a match trigger and 1.5MOA accuracy in 5.56 (some will shoot 1MOA), it is not available in any other caliber unlike the Valmet and Galil. All thee guns are AK variants (the SIG to a lesser degree).
Much of the AK poor-accuracy reputation is due to the loose clearances (often erroneously called loose tolerances) required in a to-hell-and-back battle rifle, the system's only inherent accuracy-robbing feature is the op-rod which can be overcome just like on the M14 and SIG. The other non-starter is the ammunition specification. Loaded 7.62x39 bullets range in size from .307" to .311" and cases are vastly different. Some of the crimps would make a reloader weep.
My mission was to start with a US milled AK receiver and build an accurate AK similar to the Valmet in a cartridge capable of good accuracy. If I retain the case dimensions the Valmet magazines will fit and function. I then have the possibility of chambering CZ bolt-guns or Contender barrels for the same cartridge, possibly with very heavy bullets at subsonic speeds.
Yup, sometimes I just go off on a tangent.
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