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Why didn't you just modify the handle instead of this part?

 

BTW. this is a very well assebled album, and the detail for the assembly steps is appreciated. I like seeing clearly what all parts go into the magazine release assembly

GunFun,

As a newbie to the AK platform I was not sure what should be modified. After speaking with Cliff @ TAC 47 it became clear that the correct thing to do was to modify the grip. The mark represents the amount of material in the grip that prevents the two from properly mating.

As I was informed by cliff the SAW and other AK grips are cut to mate with this grip tang.

After studing the grip I found a simple way to do the mod and keeps the internal "plastic form" of the grip in contact with the bottom of this tang, my concern with the mod was the stress induced on the trigger guard by wedging the grip against the receiver and the screw actually pulling the trigger guard grip tang away from the receiver instead of "pinching the internal form of the grip against the bottom of the tang.

In the Aviation industry this is what we call "pre-load" and reduces the strienght of the part.

 

Thanks for the comment on the album, I hope this might help someone, or answer a question.

I have learned much about Saigas solely from members and posts on this forum, and only hope that I can give something back in return. That includes help from you.

As I have stated in the later pictures, I would post the grip modification porceedures that I used if someone was interested.

Once again, Thanks GunFun and ALL the Saiga12.com members!!