Need side by side pics of milled vs stamped AK receiver..

[tntwatt]

My nephew asked about the difference between a milled vs stamped AK receiver. Need some pics or links to pics. What a kid. Only 11 and comes to me with this question.

 

[Chipperman]

Try this:
http://world.guns.ru/assault/as01-e.htm

 

[HighRoad]

 

[PCFlorida]

Nice pictures!

 

[tntwatt]

Highroad, thanks,, that's exactly what I was looking for.

 

[chupacabrah]

and why did they stop making the milled ones? too expensive to manufacture?

that thing looks like a tank

 

[Number 6]

and why did they stop making the milled ones? too expensive to manufacture?

Time consuming, expensive, and ultimately pointless.

 

[LKB3rd]

In addition to showing him the pictures, you can explain to him that the difference is in the manufacturing process. A milled receiver starts as a block and has material milled away until you are left with the final piece. A stamped receiver starts out as flat pieces, and is shaped by being pressed into its final shape.
Generally milled pieces will have closer tolerances and be stiffer, but in Ak's loose tolerances seem to be part of the design, for reliability. Stamping is also cheaper and easier.