CaptainSwitchblade

Am I the only one who got a chuckle out of this?

Damn! Look at the rust on the dust cover, mag release, and barrel! He must just sit it outside when he gets off of patrol. I think his partner needs more electrical tape on his mags too.

looks good

Thanks for the info everybody. To be honest I didn't even know what it was when I got it. They had it marked as a Russian Ak47 so it caught my attention since I was in the market for a black gun. I picked it up and inspected it and everything seemed right about it so I put half of the money down and paid it off in two weeks. When I got it home I looked up the markings and learned what I had. So the Friday after X-mas I go to the range and put around 100 rounds through it at the 100yd range (everything else was full). I had a blast and fell in love with it. Happy shooting guys and gals.

I don't think I will return it but chalk it up as a lesson learned. Black rifles in my area in particular have jumped up in price. AR15 used to be around $900 and now they are all over $1100. Then like I stated that WASR or whatever it was was $600 in bad shape at another shop.

You are correct it is in fact welded in place. I don't know if its worth trying to clean the weld up a little or removing the guide completely and doing it the right way.

Sorry about the quality of the pics I'm using a higher end webcam but it is still grainy. The guide has a beveled edge its a little rough but I figure this is from use. As far as who converted it I have no idea. But other than the bullet guide everything else seems like it was done properly other than the mag wiggling a little bit.

After reading a lot of different threads on different forums I'm begging to think I got tooled on my Saiga 7.62. Used 2008 , already converted to pistol grip with tapco parts, tapco trigger, and welded in bullet guide(which I haven't seen before). I payed $850 including tax. On the other hand I found a nicely abused WASR at another shop for $600. On the upside I love shooting this thing and its been nothing but fun.

I used to be into R/C cars and trucks and we had a trick for dye jobs on white parts. You boil water with some RIT fabric dye and the parts in there and they will be forever changed. Dying plastic R/C parts video tutorial If you are still curious I googled "dying plastic RIT" and had results from tons of different hobbies.