mikebaker1129

What type of Galil mags do you have ? Steel or Orilite ?

All of mine German bakelite with the Robinson Arms follower work great. The Century made mags did not have the R/A follower installed in them and this is the reason so many people talk about how the .223 mags do not work when they do. There is a guy on another forum that talks alot about geometry and the .223 cases in a 5.45 and so on ,but mine work just fine. ow the conversion is hardly worth while these days with the price of 5.45 mags and the RA followers are hard to locate and are no longer made. If anyone has any of those junk bakelite .223 mags to sell let me know.

You could weld up the old hole and then install your Dinzag BG.

Both of mine were cake . I use a automatic center punch to put a dimple in the spot that I want to drill,this keeps the drill bit from wandering . I bought the kit from Dinzag with the correct drill bit and tap . I used a cheap Black and decker cordless drill to both of mine,and the trick is to take no more than 1/4 of a turn with the tap before reversing the tap and breaking the chips. Use plenty of cutting oil,if cutting oil is not around use any oil you have around but go slow ,even going extra slow the job only takes about 5 minutes after the hole is drilled.If you rush,you will spend hou

The Orilite Galil mags work with very little modification also.

I used a shot of non ozone depleting R134 A on a tap that I broke on something at work, and like mentioned before a punch and hammer.Somehow,I had the thought of cold and brittle and some things when cold shatter like glass.I did get it out ,but it was a pain,it was broke off deep . One the 2 bullet guides that I drilled and tapped,I went very very slow and used cutting fluid and backed them off fequently to break the chips.I first used an automatic center punch on the trunnion to keep the bit from walking. I used a cheap cordless drill.I would love to have used the drill press at work but my

I have one of the older ROBARM rifles and love it ! I had s AK smith open up my magwell so I could use Weiger mags. I absolutely love it !

Just a FYI, the clear mags look great,but they are prone to the same cracking problems that plague the Bulgy clear mags. I do have a couple and the clear ones do have some cracks in them.The black ones are better from what I hear on the 'net, but I have not been able to find them instock.

Apex has springs.

You can ditch them to me if cheap .

I have 2 ,but I have not tried them at night yet.

2ND VOTE FOR WEIGERS

Yes, I have seen it done.Just as you suspected with a nut and bolt. I believe I seen it here on this forum some time ago.They cut the top out and used a nut and bolt in place of the crimped latch.

This is probably why Atlantic Firearms is betting that their new saigas with the front ends already set up are going to be profitable. And they will be . I will buy one when they get some 5.45's in .

Because the AK gas tube and lower retainer will be needed to use the tradtional AK stock set that he purchased. The Saiga uses a different handguard and a gas tube. Some do not do the full blown conversion,and leave the saiga HG and gas tube as is. Hope this helps .

All that I see around are the Polish mags,both Poly and steel.

Do any of the mag springs in the mags that do not work seem to be weak ? Are these 35rd or 50 rd mags ?

You may or may not have to file the front of the feed lips due to the front trunion. You will need to remove the interdiction tab. Like Jim suggested, I would try one magand see how it goes from there. Remove the interdiction tab and then see whatelse,if anything needs to be done. I assume you have installed a bullet guide? Let us know how you make out and we are here if you need us. Dinzag has some good pics on his website,they helped me alot when I was doing my .223. I am more of a visual type guy.

I am pretty sure that you have to weld up the 90* hole and redrill a 45* hole. It is not just the Gas block change,but the holes in the barrel are different as well. I would thread the barrel and add a break of your choice and call it good. Nice work !

Gary N4KVE,hit the nail on the head !

You have a kind offer from GregM1 of free trigger parts. I knew this story would have a happy ending .

Mokanracer did you file down the mag catch on your rifle to allow use of standard AK mags? If not then most likely the Tapco mag will not fit,without being modified as you suggested.

True, but the Saiga is a "Sporting" (10 rd) mag and the "others" are mostly "Not sporting" due to the ability to hold more than 10rds.Just adding a magazine that holds more than 10 rds brings 922 into play,so you might as well add the grip and all other non Sporting items to the rifle. You could add a US made follower,floorplate, grip, Fire control group, gas piston, muzzle break, US made stock parts. The choices are yours but,as mentioned here before keep your foreign parts on the list to 10 or less and you are good!

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