captdan

Thanks for that bit of info! Then my gun was doing really well to be shooting the light crap loads that are 20 plus years old. Odd how when you put things in the right light things look brighter.... fantasic!

Thanks, I just made time and did another test. Drum ( 5 rounds), and mag (5 rounds) and it all went off like a charm. No telling... I am leaning toward the old ammo being not all that good... More test to follow

After getting my MD 20 drum to fit ( corrections A and , I finally had time to test the gun. I only had time to loadup 4 rounds into the drum and see what happended. The gas setting is on 2. The loads are older remington 2 3/4 number 9 shot. I chambered the first round, fired it and the gun chambered the next round. I then tried a rapid fire and on the 3rd round got a stove pipe ( fired 2, but the 2nd round jamed). Cleared the gun, chambered the last round and it fired and ejected fine. The ammo is old, and has been around a while, may have lost some punch.... Any ideas

Well, perhaps I was too cautious. But to me, having to fit a drum that cost near $300 is not a 10 min job I wanted to make sure it fit right and without issues. I used 2 hrs, it was perhaps 1hr 45 min. Of course not all that time was used filing off the drum, and there were a few other topics going on at the same time ( phone, doorbell etc). I would file, fit, look into the chamber and see how it was fitting and making sure I had not taken too much off. I made a fireing pin for a 9mm Astra once from a screw driver doing the same thing. My point it to take your time, it's not a race.

I'm sure this has been covered here but for those that are thinking about buying an MD20 drum some info. Before I bought one I read about the fitting issues. That is, some guns the drum won't fit out of the box. There are adjustments "a", and "b" to be done ( worst case), some guns the mag fits right off, and some guns only have to do adjustment "a". So, as soon as the UPS mad drops by I open the box, got the S12 and gave it a try. Yep, sure enough mne did not fit into the magwell. The mag comes with some basic instructions that show what fitting needs to be done, and there is a

H08442XXX, dated 10/28/08. 4 holes and Chaous gas port adapter. Runs great. Side note: At first I thought I had a 2 hole gun as the other two holes were hard to see. You really need to look or as in my case take a small wite and "fish" around a bit. My other two holes are above the two that are visable.

Did someone say S12 SVDS? Mine is just parked and not painted, it came out really smooth. Keith is indeed great to work with, if there are problems he's quick to make it right, he stands behind his work and he's one of the people in the business that really seems to enjoy what he does (as opposed to it being a business only). And Raoul and I had a riot of a good time at ASC with our S12's. Mine is exactly my dream S12 but Raoul's is so fricken sweet, I couldn't believe an S12 could be tweaked to be so good. It ran so smooth if it were painted yellow I'd swear it

Dave, I bet you will be really impressed!

Just got my Saiga 12 back from Tac-47 and I cannot say enough good about them. They did a fantastic job on the gun. Great welding job ( HK sights front and rear). The Parkerizing is perfect! I could not have hoped for a better conversion! Side note: I had a conversion done by another in Texas a year ago. It was done so bad I sent it back for another try. Then nearly a year later after many excuses the gun was still not done. So, I opted for a full refund and a new gun. The new gun was sent directly to Tac-47 and the work began. Today was the function test on the range and the

well, my will to make the mags got to me and after a day at the range of working with them I got at least two of them to work without issues. Still, not a large fan of Promags and I won't buy any more of those types, at least not for my gun. I've got 8 10 rnd mags, the russian 8 rounders and I think I'll do the MD 20 drum for a final mag count on the gun. Call me silly but I would expect a mag that cost $50 each would work out of the box! Thanks for the comments...

Thanks for the note back, and I did a search but I suppose not the right one. I foudn notes on drum issues, and other mags but not issues that seem to be the same I am having. Not sure what cork tea is or where to locate it Think I'll send the frigging pro-mags that don't fit back to the seller and buy only ones I don't have to make fit. Seems a waste of time to me to sit around and file on mags that may not work at the end of the day anyway. thanks

Greetings, I just got me Saiga 12 with mods in the mail and find that it will only take 10 rnd mags made by AGP ( and the 5 round that came with it). When I try to use a pro-mag the mag is very hard to fit inside the mag well, and for the few that do fit the bolt action gets jammed open until I release the mag and take it out. Anyone know what the heck may be going on here? I don't mind useing one type of mag, but I cannot see why any mag made for the gun would not work, I do notice that the AGP mag and the 5 round that came with it all have a slant cut on the rear of the mag that th