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  1. G2 Single Hook Install ?

    in Saiga Rifle Conversions

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    Any suggestions.

     

    Going conversion more than likely after several POSITIVE posts on ease.

     

    I want a T-6 style in Sand/Tan colored stock but they are hard to find on REPUTABLE sites.. I only want the stock and PG (not the handguard). I fyou can find a T6 folder in TAN/SAND I'd be happy too. Options ya'know.

     

    Seen the T6 in TAN/SAND but not on same sites as the PG in SAW in TAN/SAND color.

     

    Any site/ideas?

    I just finished my conversion (.308, not x39) and I can tell you that it was both easier and harder than I expected. Easier in that all the work was more simple than I thought. Harder because the charger for my hand drill blew.

     

    I recommend just going for it. What you need: 1/4th " cobalt (or other metal drilling material) drill bit. About $4 up here.

    The FCG. ~$40 to $55. I got mine from Dinzag. Very pleased.

    FCG retention plate: $12 from dinzag, IIRC. You can skip this if you like messing around with the retention spring inside. I bought this on faith on the recommendation of several posters. I DO NOT REGRET IT. The damn retention spring was almost as much of a pain in the rear as not having a drill.

     

    Needle nosed pliers. They simply help get stuff out of the receiver.

     

    Drill or dremel. Ideally both.

     

    Pistol grip, grip nut, and pin. Got mine from dinzag.

     

    That's pretty much it. As mentioned I hit up Dinzag for my bits. Got here quite promptly, and I'm pleased. All in all it was easier than I thought. Only scary bit was drilling the hole for the trigger guard. . . but I wasn't worried too much about that.

  2. "To Do" list for the Mods...

    in General Discussion - Any topic is welcome here!!!

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    A couple thoughts:

     

    IMO, there are too many pinned discussions at the top of each forum. It would be in the best interest of the newbies to look at the threads and cull those that are no longer relivant. (Like some of the magazine threads from companies that are no longer shipping magazines.)

     

    Likewise some forums (namely the tech and conversion forums) don't have enough easily accessible information. It gets frustrating to wade through years and years of posts to get to the answers you're looking for, only to discover that the information you've found doesn't apply to the particular saiga you own. (Like the .308 converting differently from everyone else. What I'd actually suggest for the conversion forums is to have a pinned "how to" for each grouping of saiga.) Also it seems redundant to me to have a "Saiga rifle conversions" section in the rifle area, and a "Tech and help on conversions" in the conversion section, along with a dedicated "conversions" section in tech.

     

    A little bit of "history of the wall of shame" should probably be pinned in the Wall of shame.

  4. Having trouble getting the silver pins out on my .308 conversion.

    in Tech Section

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    All the info I've read said that the two silver pins should come out easily, but mine seem pretty firmly in place. Any advice?

     

     

    Was the conversion information you were reading for a different caliber? 308s don't have the same bizarre trigger linkage that other calibers have.The two axis pins for the hammer and trigger are held in place via a lip on the pin inside the left interior wall of your receiver and there will be a wire that goes into that lip in both pins.Press the wire out of the way and the pins will wiggle out with little effort but the hammer and trigger parts the pins go though are under spring tension so you be advised.

    Thanks, exactly what I needed. Now I just need to determine how I want to connect the buttstock.

  9. Why convert?

    in Saiga Rifle Conversions

    Posted

    Well I will give the OP credit for not coming in here with his first post and trying to make us all justify our decision for making the conversion/restoration! Specially where there is this "wonderful" stock that makes all that FCG replacement supercilious!

    I run a saiga .308, and bought the tapco t4 stock. I ran the gun unconverted for 3 months, and am annoyed at the low general quality of the trigger. Replacing the trigger on the saiga is cheaper than on just about any other firearm I've owned, and gets rid of most people's complaints about the firearm.

     

    Also shortening the gun by a couple inches is beneficial, IMO.

  11. About to take the plunge, DIY S.308 conversion.

    in Conversions and Modifications for the Saiga firearms

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    And what do I need to buy?

     

    I was thinking the Dinzag FCG for the .308. but I also need a pistol grip nut. Aside from the FCG, what do I need?

     

    I've read that there is a lot of variation between various .308s making some easier, and others more difficult. . . what should I look for? Also, moving the trigger guard means the lower screwhole for my stock is nolonger there, where do you attach the lower part of the stock to?

     

    Anyone know a good URL for a .308 conversion vid? Most of what I can find is for the other guns, and they seem to be slightly different.

  15. thoughts on 20 round Metal saiga .308 mags

    in Saiga .308

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    [zen] Information! [/zen]

     

    I bought a battlepack of .308 today, mostly to demonstrate to a gun-ignorant friend exactly what a (strip)clip is.

     

    In doing so, I've decided that it would be quite cool if there was a notch in the mag so you could load it directly from the 5 round strip clips floating around out there. (Heck, I might even reuse my strippers) This would be a value-added feature to the mags, that might be trivial to do in the manufacturing process. And since I should be pretty high up on your list of beta testers. . . . thoughts?

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  19. Letter of Apology

    in General Discussion - Any topic is welcome here!!!

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    The worst type of revisionism, imo.

     

    I am sorry that no such call for an apology upon the extremists came after 9/11.
    Iran and pakistan, two muslim countries, were among the first countries to send their condolences, offer their unconditional support, and denounce the terrorist acts.

     

    I am sorry that most Arabs and Muslims have to live in squalor under savage dictatorships.
    Iran is, in theory, a democracy. Most of the countries in the area are fairly peaceful monarchies. Lumping Kuwait, the UAE, Qatar, and Jordan in with Iraq and Afghanistan is oversimplifying at best, and outright dishonest at the worst.

     

    I am sorry that their governments breed hate for the US in their religious schools, mosques, and government-controlled media.
    They don't need to. Our own actions, including posts/letters like these do that for us. The student populations of most of the arab countries tend to be fairly pro-west, something that sadly isn't reflected here in the US.

     

    I am sorry that no other Arab country will take in or offer more than a token amount of financial help to those same Palestinians.
    Despite the several wars fought against Israel just for this reason? Revisionism. You can just as easily say the same thing about the USA and mexicans.

     

    I am sorry that the U.S.A. has to step in and be the biggest financial supporter of poverty stricken Arabs while the insanely wealthy Arabs blame the USA for all their problems.
    To quote wikipedia [citation needed] I'm fairly certain that Iraq, Afghanistan, and Egypt excluded, the US has damn little to do with "poverty stricken Arabs"

     

    I am sorry that our own left wing, our media, and our own brainwashed masses do not understand any of this (from the misleading vocal elements of our society like radical professors, CNN and the NY TIMES).
    When you are living in your own little delusional revisionist world, it is hard for people living in the real world to "understand" most of this. Has nothing to do with being "left wing" or "liberal."

     

    I am sorry we don't drop a few dozen Daisy cutters on Fallujah.
    Yes, because bombing civilian centers is the solution to everything.

     

    Now most of the post I agree with, but what I quoted above reflects the ignorance of the General. The situation in the middle east is screwwed up at best, and we really should try not to screw it up even more.

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