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New Saigas are approaching $500 now. Dimpled Saigas are not that common anymore, and the 3rd "Y" stamp is very rare. Add the conversion to that, and I'd say the guy deserves at least $700 for it. With all due respect to the above posters, I think $475 is a very lowball offer.

I don't think these Arsenal Saigas have the correct markings you're looking for. From what I understand, they don't have the "Y" stamp at all, and some of the other markings are gone as well. They're expensive because the front-end has been done up. Depending on who you're going to have do your conversion for you, you can get that done anyway with a different rifle if you can find one with the "Y" stamp. Word is, they're pretty rare with that "Y" stamp though.

Are you saying that a dimpled '06 Saiga is likely to have a PG hole already cut in it? Wouldn't this theory be shot down by 22Shooter's dimpled reciever that didn't have a PG cut? Is there any way to accurately predict which receiver will have it? This would greatly influence my decision on conversion, since I have no interest in cutting my receiver.

If you lived in a free state: You would still need an additional U.S. made part along with your U.S. made magazines to make you 922r compliant. Since you live in NY: You're unlikely to find any U.S. made magazines manufactured "pre-ban," therefore forcing you into a market of pre-ban foreign AK mags, putting you 4 parts in the hole for 922r compliance. You may as well do a full conversion, because you're going to do a lot of work to use normal capacity mags in your Saiga.

Nice rifle! Those things always remind me of the MAK 90, with that angled reciever. I'd be inclined to find a good wood-worker to cut that stock apart at the thumbhole and make sort of makeshift one-piece PG/stock combo out of it. I have no idea what other options are available for that reciever. As to your question about the gas-tube lever: There's a really deep divot in the trunion that you'll have to pick that lever out of before being able to rotate it upward. Find something to pry it outward with, and then use a penny or some such thing as a "guitar pick" to help you rotate it.

Congrats!

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ThirtyCal, thank you so much for that information.

If it's not drilled, and no full-auto parts are installed (mind you, I don't know the first thing about how that all works), how could it be illegal to own? If a guy purchased such a firearm from a FFL dealer (after being legally imported), wouldn't it be very difficult to place that blame on the buyer? I'm quite surprised to hear that they're so rare that you gents haven't seen one. Forgive my curiosity, but the ongoing quest to understand these rifles is incredibly exciting to me.

I was under the impression, from reading the "dimples" sticky at the top of the page that this extra "Y" was simply a desirable feature that made it a little more rare. No one ever mentioned anywhere in that thread that it indicated some sort of illegal characteristics about the rifle. Tony...how many of these have you seen? Are they as rediculously rare as we're led to believe, and does anyone else have any further information on this subject?

Paid $300 for mine LNIB 5 months ago (was stock at that point). These things are already up to $500???

Well how tricky of them. Pretty much corners you into converting it.

I believe the appeal with those arsenals is that they are already compliant. From what I understand, you can slap a 30-rounder on there right now.

No more than $100 if you ask me.