SirROFL

I've been looking for a 5.56 Draco, "Champion" I've seen them called, for a while. I'd love to have an SBR Draco with an AR mag adapter and a suppressor.

A "gang of youths" apparently includes a 21 year-old with a pipe and a 32 year-old with a gun. You know, kids will be kids.

I'm considering developing a thin, triangular charging handle that would run along the top of the carrier, but I'm not sure the clearance there, and it would likely impose on other's patents if I tried to sell it.

You do realize the whole movie was sarcastic, right?

Cho did it with 10-rounders, so can you!

RAT FINK RAT FINK RAT FINK RAT FINK RAT FINK RAT FINK!!!

I used a Dremel, HOWEVER, I cut off a large portion of the adapter sidewalls before removing any of the trunnion. So I really only took enough of the trunnion off to be able to fit the square-fronted AR mags in.

Use this to see what you can/need to replace... http://gunwiki.net/Gunwiki/BuildSaigaVerifyCompliance Most of the high-cap mags are American made anyways, so those will count as 3 U.S. made parts. Change the forend or gas piston to make it compliant. On the bright side, the .308s are the easiest Saiga to convert back to AK configuration, and trust me it's worth it.

I put one of these on my .223 Saiga. It changed from about 4 feet fireball with Tula ammo, to just a tiny spark or no flash at all.

It might be easier to simply buy a small PV solar panel to power an electric water heater separate from your tank. That way if the sun isn't out or the closed-circuit solar unit can't handle the load the regular heater will kick on as it usually would. This way requires less work and fewer trips to the plumbing store.

Please tell me you figured out that Eli was blind. Sorry, so many people didn't even notice when they watched the movie. Yeah, it reminded me of the importance of other things, though. I'm reconsidering my water and food storage/production methods.

To be honest I would rather have a heavy forend than a light one. When I remove my Ultimak forend the balance of the entire rifle changes, and it's much more difficult to keep the rifle on target for follow-up shots. Perhaps that's just me, YMMV, but I love my Ultimak rails, they have proven to be solid enough for my purposes.

Some Saiga's have dimples, some have different barrels, it happens. Just tape up a cleaning rod and find out for yourself, as each one is likely different.

What does a refrigerator do? Makes something MORE REFRIGERATED. Hence a silencer, makes loud sound MORE SILENTED.

Not much elbow grease at all, then again, it was used in conjunction with a little heat. The Windex doesn't cut into the wood well enough to be used by itself.

Windex worked well for me, but I didn't have access to an oven, so I was more or less limited in my options.

I'd like to hear how the silver is holding up to the recoil as opposed to a weld, though I'm sure the slot drilled into the carrier will help.

Indeed he does. http://dinzagarms.com/tools/mcr.html

The collector in you wants to keep everything, but you can't take 'em with you when you're gone. Sell the steels and spend the cash on something REALLY important.

Get some calipers and measure the barrel diameter (not including the barrel sleeve). Mine was .569 inches, which would be too big or at least pushing it to thread to 1/2x28 without removing the barrel and putting it in a lathe. I ended up going with a 14x1 LH die kit from Dinzag Arms, and have done multiple rifles since then. The .223 barely recoils anyways, so I just went with a 14x1 LH birdcage flash hider. Do you just want a comp for the looks, or is it actually useful?

Do you think the MIG would have held had it not been smashing into the trunnion on every shot?

If you're concerned about doing the conversion yourself, there are plenty of members on these forums who may live nearby and are willing to stop by and help (might cost you a couple of beers, though).

It seems like the recent attempts at replacing the M-16 have been 80% AR, and 20% AK. The SCAR, for example, has an AK-like long stroke piston. But why haven't we tried the other way? Why not an Americanized AK? I realize the platform isn't perfect, but imagine a Krinkov-esque PDW chambered in 5.7 or 7.62. Use the platform for what it does best.

I've got one, but I only have a factory mag at the moment. More testing will ensue once I have some Surefires. Haven't opened up the magwell at all. So far, it does absolutely nothing but get in the way.

Could be, then again, it takes about 20 lbs of force to move my safety lever, so, no.