Jpanzer
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Did you have the optics in the middle of its range of adjustment? I wouldn't have thought that little bit would throw it off that much. How close were you able to get it? I don't know if a new rivet would give you the movement your rail needs. How loose was it prior?
Last trip to the range with it I started at 10' with a B27 silhouette target to simply get on the paper as a starting point. I was hitting square in the chest with the red dot sitting in the middle of the targets head. Thats a good 17" off at a ten foot distance! And the dot is at the bottom of it's adjustment and cannot be lowered any further.
Naturally, that far off at 10' is gonna mean a clean miss and any other distances one usually uses a rifle for. Previously I had tried starting at 25 and 50 yards and missed the paper entirely! Removed the optic, use the irons, and I am back on target at those distances .
Tried this same optic and mount setup on my 74 and the dot sits right on top the front post, just as it should. I'm tempted to say screw it and buy the Texas Dog Leg. Only reason I haven't is this is a clone of the East German Weiger, and I have wanted to keep it close appearance wise to the rifle it's based on.
The rifle is the STG 2000c, made by IO Inc. several years ago. Always been a good shooter and other than the optics rail I've never had any other issues with it.
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Tried it with a old Kobra I used to have and with my Vortex Strikefire on a old RS AKM mount. Went through the entire range of adjustment on the Vortex and never could get the damn dot centered. Not trying to co-witness, just trying to zero it. Could never get the dot to lower far enough to match the POI.
Gotta be the rail cant causing this, don't know what else it could be...
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Thought I would post this on the forum where I actually respect the opinions of most of you guys.
Little history... had this rifle for about 6 years, shoots good with irons always been a reliable weapon, but never been able to zero a red dot with it. After a couple hundred rounds through it when it was a new the side rail began to wiggle a bit. Not real loose, but loose enough to move about a bit.
Took it to a gunsmith well known locally for working on AR's and pistols, thinking he could handle a couple of loose rivets. Got it back, and again, after shooting a while the play returned. Finally, I decided to peen the rivet head down as best as I could, and now the rail is holding fast. However measurement with digital calipers shows the rail isn't level, whether it was like this all along or only after I re-set the rivets I don't know:
The pic shows it clearly, there is now a downward cant to the rail, which kinda explains my zero issues.
I have two options....I would like to get the rail corrected, which I hope would be a simple re-rivet job. If worse case, the holes are wrong and the job would require re-welding old holes, drilling new ones, and re-bluing the receiver, I will just get a Texas Dog leg top cover rail and install it on the rifle.
My questions are do yall think its just the crappy rivet job causing the problem, and if so, anyone know a good gunsmith in the Atlanta metro area who can fix a AK or at least tell me one way or another? Or would I be better served just installing the Texas Dog Leg rail?
Could Cobra, or maybe any other of you Saiga guys in the South East handle this job at a fair price?
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Yeah, I feel you. Went over to the CSSPECS web site tonight to look them over again. No scratch and dent mags left for sale, and the others are $55 a pop plus shipping, and he currently has 487 of them on hand.
I want some bad, but I simply can't pay that price for one mag. Maybe others can and will, but I can't.....
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well i guess the double stack S12 mag is now only a pipe dream we once had in the past
Why? Since MD arms has this much time and R&D involved in getting to this stage, don't you think they would go ahead and sell to the existing S12 market?
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I keep hoping that maybe Putin and Obama will make friends and all sanctions will be lifted and SVDs and all the fun stuff we currently aren't getting will flow over in large numbers. Alas, it'll never happen under this admin
Take heart, that cocksucker Obama isn't King for life. Barring shit really going down the tubes, which is a possibility, the herd will elect a different stooge to assume the puppet chair for the Bansksters.
And we ALL know money trumps politics every time. Also saw on the world news tonight where the Hypocrite-In -Chief has decided that the US will not impose any additional economic sanctions on Russia over this, which means it was a gun grab by his minions with his tacit approval all along.....
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And if we could kill the Jews that wouldn't bother you either I bet.
See a Nazi behind every bush do you? Go ahead and live in your little fantasy world of moral relativism, until the local PD pulls up to your house for a SWAT hit and you discover those "fellow Americans" down at the police station have more in common with the Sicherheitsdienst than your intellect ever allowed you to begin to imagine...
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"There are no birds in the trees apart from these, which will be eaten on Tuesday..." LMAO!!! I almost burst a kidney over that statement!!!!
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Screw that... we should be marching hand in hand with our Russian brethren to eliminate the Jihadist threat WORLDWIDE! I would sooner follow Putin than the living farce we have in The White House. The Banksters and The global corporate regime run all the Worlds nations anyway, perceived differences between political systems are just sheer illusions IMHO.....
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Meh, snatch yo ass up a WASR if you wants a spare....I gots all I need!!!!!!!!
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Shit if they want good capacity, then FNX-45 comes equipped with 15rd mags as a standard, and as surprising as it may seem, is a relatively soft shooting .45 with hot loads. For those of you who havent been able to shoot one, I suggest you do. Its a pleasure.
I have a FNP-40 USG and I love it. That pistol holds 14 rounds of 40 cal., which is one of the main reasons I bought it. I love the ability to change backstraps on it to get a custom fit and it too is a a soft shooter. The pistol is also US made, in Fredricksburg Virginia as a matter of fact....
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Fucking A, just get the damn 1911 out of mothballs, add an extended 10 round mag, (readily available) problem solved! IF you need more than 10 shots with your sidearm you are likely dead anyway...
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Drop 'em to $40 and I would buy. There is something about going over $100 for two mags that makes it harder for me to mentally justify than $80 for two would be....
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So when's the double stack coming?
That is the million dollar question, isn't it? We ALL wish we knew....
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For me the US made poly mag is the weak link in the Saiga 12. My mags, both AGP and the notorious ProMag, are not 100% reliable. At any random time I am liable to get a fail to feed that necessitates working the bolt back and forth to clear the jam or even having to remove the mag and then clear to get the gun back in action. The reviews I've read of the steel indicate these issues go away completely.
My S12 internals are all polished and modded to lessen these issues, but the flex in the poly mags and the environmental factors they can be subjected to (extreme heat or cold) effect their reliability. My Russian 5 rounders have never caused this, but a 5 round mag is little better than a standard tube fed gun to me.
I wish I could afford the steel right now to find out for myself firsthand....
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I know they cost what they cost, but if they were going for $40 I would probably already have sprung for a couple.
As far as the discounted "dinged" ones, what held me back there was your description on them that some of them might have been filed to get them to fit properly in certain S12's. The thought of buying a mag that had already been filed that might not fit my shotty is a risk I didn't want to take. If they were only dented in the mag body I wouldn't worry about it....
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So.... Is Mike even reading this thread?
Every opinion under the sun has been expressed. What is MD thinking about providing?
I would bet he isn't... That's one thing I admit I find aggravating about the dude, he comes back on the site after going underground, drops the bomb about the double stack mags getting close to reality, then goes underground again!
His next post will probably be when he rolls them out to sell, and we will be in an info blackout until then....
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The coolest thing about the VEPR 12 is the folding stock. Kinda looks like crap with a laminated AK stock on it...
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And they still call a brutal unprovoked attack with a deadly weapon "a game"! Un-fucking believable.....
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Kalashnikov Concern i.e. the "new" Izhmash just announced a new model S-12, the "340" and a 10 round mag for it...
The very shoddy English translation is this: "Gun differs from the previously submitted samples reinforced receiver, increased to 10 rounds magazine capacity, and rapid recharge system. Muzzle Brake substantially reduced returns. Elevated levels of reliability allows the use of a gun as the army and police units".
I'm not worried about the quality of the double stack mag, as I'm sure it will be made from the same material as the MD-20 drum, and I can't recall of anyone ever posting on here that they actually broke one of those....I AM anxious to know the release date though...
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I shoot lefty.....no stinking brake on my S12, never needed one!
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How often are these "confidential informants" no more than cons themselves cutting deals to turn rat in exchange for dropped or reduced charges? How often are their claims proven to be little more than bullshit? 90% of the time?
Of course the Fed will stall, fabricate evidence, and trump up charges against this man to keep from looking like what they are - a bunch of fucking idiots....
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As others have said, I vote for whatever the round count would be for a mag no longer than the current single stack 10 rounders. That seems a good starting point.
After that it all becomes a moot point...
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Would have been a done deal until Obamba got handed his ass over the Ukraine, which is a place where the USA has absolutely zero business sticking our noses into. It would be like the Russians fucking around in Puerto Rico - it makes no sense at all.
I am so sick of this renegade President doing whatever the fuck he wants while ignoring Congress, ignoring the courts, and essentially leaving his trail of shit strung across this nation and the world for someone else to try to clean up. It's long past time this fucker got handed his walking papers...
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AK Side Rail Issues...Need advice
in General Discussion - Any topic is welcome here!!!
Posted · Edited by Jpanzer
Sounds simple enough! Alas. when it comes to drilling my receiver I would rather let someone with some experience tackle that job.
Which leads me to ask, does anyone know of a competent gunsmith in the metro Atlanta area with experience working on AK's? I've heard of a guy named Bill Hayllar who is supposed to be good with AK's, but have no firsthand experience with him. You Georgia guys know any others you would trust working on your AK?