Had a guy bring his Saiga 12 in to the shop due to the usual "wont run walmart bulk pack stuff". The gun has the low brass reliability kit, 4 open properly sized gas ports etc. I reprofiled the hammer face and smoother out the carrier and took it to the range today.
Had a buddy watching the bolt carrier cycle for me and it turns out the damned recoil spring guard was somehow binding things up and not letting the carrier cycle back all the way. I took it off and the thing spits federal bulk pack shells about 8 feet straight left even single time.
The problem is, I can't see where the h