mymonkeyman

I have now hit it with more force than I have ever hit a rifle before. It has not budged and I am afraid of cracking the plastic magazine housing or stripping off the magazine catch. After examining a number of pictures online of Saiga rifles, I think the hole in the magazine latch housing which the magazine latch pivots on was drilled 1-2mm too high, resulting in a magazine latch that does not have enough space for the catch to fit in. Has anyone heard of this defect happening before or am I just crazy or something. If I am crazy maybe someone can put me on the right track. If I'm not cra

I am doing the whole insert front first and swing to back as in the manual. I am definitely getting the front latch, I can see that with the chamber open. The problem seems to be the magazine release latch is staying vertical after I have swung the back in, as in the magazine's catch is too thick to get past the magazine release latch or some clearance is wrong somewhere and the magazine release latch is just resting on the magazine's catch rather than securely below it. I doesn't seem to be an issue with the back not getting in far enough, as I can see that the top of the magazine's catch is

Hi, I took my factory new Saiga .223 20" to the range today and I had problems with the magazines. It would go in and feel very firmly in, but after a couple of shots, the magazine would fall out along with the round that failed to feed. The cartridge that didn't feed would have a scratch mark along the length of the case. The ammo was Prvi Partizan 55grn FMJ. It would happen with any of 3 different factory Saiga magazines. Can anyone help me out? Thanks