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AegisDei

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  1. a great point...it's just shocking to see a hunk of metal that costs $600. but i do realize it takes some expensive machine time for which there is a low supply and a high demand. i'm just glad to find some saiga lovers that are willing to help the cause.
  2. I'd love to see a pic of your S12 comp! That'd be awesome!!! And yes, I've been quoted right around the $600 range for a single one. Drops to about $250ea when I get 5, and about $150ea when I get 15. But I want to test the prototype before I try to run off a handful. I don't want anyone else having to pay for my designs if they don't work. I've looked into the Barrett's, but they're $250 before gunsmithing costs, and they won't mate with a poly-choke (see below). So I decided to start from scratch. Ah, the man that motivated my obsession! Hey JamShot!!! It's been a year af
  3. yep, but a gas tube with integrated handguard retainer. it's easy to install the upper handguard on that. get a shephard's crook. much easier, you'll thank yourself everytime you fieldstrip. and it's only ~$10, definitely worth it. keeps the gas tube cleaner and reduces recoil a tad bit. it's worth it if there's minimal price difference. just be sure to realize there's a difference between the gas block and the gas tube...you DON'T want to have to try to replace the gas block. it's a project to do that. S-12s are the same except for the trigger guard. you'll have to ge
  4. I'm trying to manufacture a two chamber tank-style muzzle brake, but all the prices I've been quoted are INSANE!!! I'm in no hurry, so it can be done on your own time at your leisure, you'll get paid for it, and you'd get your own two-of-a-kind muzzle brake (I'd of course have the other). All it will take is a 3-axis mill and a block of 4130 steel. I'll provide the specs so all you have to do is plug it into a CAD program and turn your mill on = almost no work! Please let me know if you, or someone you know, can help. Thanks!
  5. Yea, the ATF likes to be vague because then it gets to call the shots. With squishy rules people have to be much more cautious. However, changing to a folding stock or a PG will VERY likely take you out of the "sporter" categorization.
  6. I saw the price posted on another forum by atlantic firearms. About $600 unconverted like in the picture (single stack low capacity mags). About $900 once someone converts them to high cap friendly status. I'll stick with my Saigas! Thanks!!!
  7. holy hell. that's rediculous (and awesome). i guess there are a lot of advantages to the 50bmg, and it's probably a cheaper round than the .300s anyway (economy of scale). i'd just worry that one round would go through multple targets including civvies, but the 50 is the best combo of power and precision, so maybe good snipers can control it. thanks for the info.
  8. That's an overkill. Why not use a .300ultramag or something similar? .50bmg just seems hardcore overkill I agree. There's no point in being "nice" in wars. Fear, terror, dissention, these are good things in enemies. Sux how we have to play by the UN's rules whereas our enemies don't.
  9. +1 on go big. the bigger it is the harder to steal. Mine's only 500lbs and I've managed to move it with an appliance dolly, a truck, and a tad bit of help from a friend, so it worries me that if someone really wanted it, they'd have it. +1 on digital. i keep most of my guns locked up and would have no chance of getting to them quickly if i ever needed it b/c i went with the tumbler safe. it's slow and tedious, and that's not while under stress. safe's are too expensive to later upgrade. just get one and get it right. a safe's the cost of a few guns, but worth the investment. it'
  10. And are they being serious? Are snipers really using 50cal rounds in an urban setting? A headshot with a 50cal would be like a watermelon and a pound of TNT. Not to mention the collateral damage that would be caused... Can anyone confirm that they're using the 50cal as anti-personel?
  11. Welcome. It's a great place, but be careful--Saigas are more addictive than crack. Yep, if you're 922r compliant you can use whatever magazines you want including 40, 50, 75, 100 round stick or drum magazines (subject to local laws, which in NM are lax indeed) The main thing about the conversion is that it helps reach 922r compliance. A 7.62 starts out with 14 foreign parts, you will want to double check which it is. So you have to replace at least 4 and watch your count if you add new parts. Using a US made FCG is 3 parts, a US made PG is one, US made stock is one, etc. I believe t
  12. AWESOME!!! So the rumored Saiga 30rnd magazines are officially in the US?
  13. Pretty gun. I love the skeleton stock! Looks great!!! Is it 922r compliant?
  14. I hate to be "that guy" but is that 922 compliant? Pretty gun, no doubt, but I think with a foreign magazine (unless you replaced the trigger group and piston) you're not compliant. You may want to double check just to be sure you don't get in trouble.
  15. Thanks! I wanted it to look like a classic Russian AK, and to me the thumbholes look more "traditional/unique." I know that many of the other countries have started doing thumbhole stocks (Maadi=Egyption, SLR-95=Bulgarian, SA-85=Hungarian, NHM-90=Chinese, Romak=Romanian, etc.) but each has their own unique design and usually the lineage can be identified by the type of thumbhole stock. The PG+Stock is so much more common, I feel it doesn't say as much about the gun, but that may just be because I can't tell the difference between a SAR 1 and an AKM-47. That's not meant to insult anyone els
  16. i'm sorry to hear it too. that sux. how'd it happen? were you just away at work? i'm amazed at your attitude; i'd be moping, cursing, and crying, so it's good to see you're remaining positive. and where did you post your address? i want to make sure not to post mine there.
  17. I'm looking to get a bayonet for my AK. However, with the AK-74 brake I need the original long bayonet (not the shorter, modern version), which I've had a harder time finding. Any suggstions where to look? And do I need any kind of hardware--how's it mount to the lug? Thanks for any help you can offer!
  18. Ugh, this motherfu**er is finally done. Never again will I try another handguard conversion. G2 FCG US AK-74 Brake perm. attached Pro-Mag 30rnd Magazine Vented Gas Block with Bayo Lug SA-85 Blonde Wood Special thanks to Vjor for some great tips/advice, Dinzag and K-var.com for parts, WJM for the barrel threading kit, and Cobra for the offer to help which I so naively declined. Now to work on the 12ga.
  19. Likely it will be there, but there's not a guarantee. But cutting it yourself isn't too hard. This isn't hard at all. You could do it with a hand-drill, blindfolded. Just be sure to get a very good center punch hole to start. Yes This is a tough project. I'd suggest getting Dinzag's new HG retainer. That way you won't have to take the FSB or GB off. Otherwise, you'll be in for a tough time. You'll probably have to remove the barrel shroud in front of the FSB. doesn't much matter, it's whatever you want, but that is the standard thread and there are a ton of brakes made to
  20. I also believe that if a part is lost at customs, he replaces it out of his pocket. Not to mention, international shipping is expensive. So the markup isn't as bad as it seems.
  21. I'd not do this. You might could argue that a muzzle brake doesn't take it out of the "sporterized" configuration that is legal to import, but I'd not risk it. the question with surefire mags is their feeding reliability. some people swear by them, others swear against them. i think BR3 or Jeric sells G2s ready to drop into a sporterized rifle. i believe it takes a bit of modifications, but i've never tried it so I can't say for sure. with DOMESTIC magazines ONLY and domestic FCG you'd be at 8 foreign parts, so you could add two foreign parts. stock and pg if you wanted.
  22. Do you have more than 10 imported parts? If so you can not. My point exactly. The questions were meant to be rhetorical in that the answer was "no" to each. Any of the changes COULD take it out of the sporter classification and violate compliance. Same with a muzzle device. It's a two-part game: 1) You must keep it a sporting rifle if you have more than 10 foreign parts. 2) If you want to make it unsporting, then you must have fewer than 11 foreign parts. So a high-cap magazine will likely make a rifle or shotgun unsporting. A PG definitely will make it unsporting. And a muzzle
  23. I believe the official term is "muzzle device" which incorporates FH and brakes.
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