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I've got a start now on drilling those ports now. Have to say, soft metal my a$$!!! I broke two bits on two holes! I'll have to continue tomorrow after visiting a hardware store. Looks pretty good so far, despite bit breakage. I think I might just buy 1/8" bits in bulk now.
Mine was NOT soft at all. It did not brake any bits but did totally destroy a couple. Honestly, if I where to do it again I would not bother drilling the block. I can tell no difference at all. But I don't shoot thousands of rounds without cleaning either.
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yes 14 x 1 works fine. Would not suprise me a bit if both those listed are the same thing.
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A little while back a shipment of .223 20 inch heavier (I would not call it a true heavy) saigas popped up out of nowhere. By the time I found that out all the .223's where gone. Anyone know if they will be making a come back? A .saiga .223 with the barrel dia. of .308 saiga sounds like a darn good project gun to me.
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Ya they are
Funny thing is that apart from people reading/writing the posts (ie the gun trade) I bet everyone came out happy. Of course I am one of those crazy guys that never fired my saiga unconverted. Purchased as a project gun and total love for the thing. -
Ill hunt down the camera and snap a pic or two. As far as the cycling speed, yes it did change it from insane (with hotter ammo) to much nicer. I figured i would try messing with the piston because if i screwed it up a new one would cost me like 20 bucks.
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Well yes, at least I think so. I would not suprise me one bit if the .223's are a bit over gassed. On my rifle firing xm193 stuff the recoil/muzzle rise was insane for the caliber. The bolt was just slamming into the trunion with way to much force.
You can try a wolff 15% extra force recoil spring. Thats the 1st thing I tried and it did help. More extreme things to do are shave your gas piston down. I ended up taking just a little bit of material on the top and bottom of the gas piston. That had a suprisingly huge effect. Things that dont work or do much is a ported gas block. A good muzzle brake certainly helps as well, at least with muzzle flip.
Hope that helps.
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I've had different brands of ammo change point of impact 2 inches at 100 yards, but not that much at 50 yards. But I suppose it could happen. Yes, even horizontally. Rifle barrels vibrate while the bullet is moving down the bore. The trick is getting the bullet to exit the muzzle at a repeatable time during the barrel vibration. That's where hand loading plays an important roll. Consistent bullet weights, powder charges, pressures, etc. all make for better accuracy. Even a powder charge variation of 0.2 grains,(or even less) can make the bullet exit at a different point in the barrel vibration. A few thousandths of an inch at the muzzle can mean inches at a distant target. Consistency is the key, and it's difficult to find consistent loads in brands like Wolf, Tula and Bear. Even the cheap USA made stuff like Winchester white box can have variations. Out of curiosity, I pulled and weighed some bullets from Wolf 55 grain .223. I found weight variations of plus or minus 1.5 grains. So one shot could be a 56.5 grain bullet. The next shot could be a 53.5 grain. Also that much variation in powder charges. Those two bullets could be 2+ inches apart on paper, even if the shooter performed flawlessly. With that said, it's still "in the zone" on a man sized target!
Its the change of poi so far to the right that has me so suprised. A little variation, sure but 50 yards is damned close. While sure a "hit" at 50 yards in the important stuff a total miss at 300 meters. On the other hand I never intend to ever be in a combat situation ever again and my saiga is intended to be a fun gun. As much as my subconscious disagrees.
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I was out blasting away last week on 4 hours of sleep, no food, and an inhuman about of coffee. So of course I was shooting like poo. Didnt care had the itch. But......my rifle had been sighted in using cheapo tula and on this trip I had brought some xm193 with me as well. While i expected a change in point of impact vertically (about 2 1/2inch low), I was very suprised to see that in changed over 2 inches to the right at 50 yards. Is this normal for a different loading? Or do I have some issue somewhere in my uber boomstick. Crown perhaps? Not exactly excited to the thought of using different ammo types and having a 5 inch change of poi to the right at 100 yards. Or perhaps its just the much more violent action of extraction that my rifle does with the xm193 stuff and me being so bone tired. Any thoughts?
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Mine said 176mm but maybe my tester was tanked because I was shooting around 3 inch groups with my front sight not adjusted (had to compansate).
Ok, 176mm? What the heck is that in inches? 8 inch group or something. Im guessing a major day of F*** it. Well I like vodka too, but i dont go to work that screwed up.
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Hi Guys, First off this is my first post on here but I want to keep it short and sweet for this one.
I'm trying to get an idea of what the variance from the factory is. It is purely for my curiosity.
If you still have your Certificate for your .223 it's on page 5.
See line "Extreme spread of impacts when firing four bullets at 100-m (accuracy of fire) is ________ mm. "
Mine is 126mm or 4.96inches
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If i remember right mine says 82mm. BUT that number seems to mean little or nothing. Its more of a functions test than an accuracy test. I would ignore that number and just go shoot your rifle a bunch and see what it does.
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I discovered aluma hyde and thought geeeee, well I spent my saiga .308 money (again) on something else so back again to the trusty .223 project gun. Now with a flat black and od green finish. Guess you are never really done.
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OK, Since there has been some confusion about what makes up the "Northwest" U.S. and what doesn't, here it is. There are no definitive boundaries of the great northwest so I have been anointed by God Almighty to just make some up. So here it is. If your house is on this map, you live in the northwest. Why? Because I said so. If not, read it and weep.
Shit no. If you're east of the continental divide, you're in the Rocky Mountain West. If you're south of Oregon or Idaho in Nevada or Utah, you're in the Great Basin. If you're in CA, you're just in CA. You are certainly not in the NW if you live in a state that's closer to Mexico than Canada.
The northwest doesn't claim or want any of you.
Yeah, well, you're obviously trying to take this to a new level where it was never meant to go. Take a chill pill, dude. You're taking this too seriously.
NO, DOGMAN - IT IS YOU WHO NEEDS A CHILL-PILL. I'M JUST EXERCISING MY GOD-GIVEN AMERICAN RIGHT TO XENOPHOBIA. j/k..
You took me too seriously. Although after reading my post, I did come off a bit harsh and apologize for that. Our tendency toward tribalism is kind of amusing though. It's all pretty arbitrary until people start taking it seriously.
I just wanna say that when I was growing up we all called it the Pacific northwest, now 30 years later its been down graded to just the north west. Well in my mind ak is on the pacific and very northwest....but who cares.
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Wow. "I dont care if I scare people." Big ole case of memememe. Well cop #2 seemed cool. He sure didnt have to be. I guess thats why im not a cop, as soon as that guy took that tone I would have smashed his face into a car hood.
Legal? Sure, and should be, but common down a busy street in the middle of town? Really? Well since hes having problems getting his ccw I guess hes just taking it out on his community. Crazy? probably not, Stupid? Hell yes.
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You have access to factory 30 saiga mags! On this side of the pond we really dont. If somehow one makes it over here its going to cost over 100 bucks. Sure at 57 dollars its steep but unlike a promag its probably not going to break on you. Theres a reason why so many of us have installed bullet guides and use bulgarian 5.56 mags, galil, or whatever will work.
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Well, one of the reasons I want to trade in the SCAR is that I am beginning to have doubts as to the solidity of the folding stock. I want to go the SGL-31 route and buy a fixed stock version. Two, I hate the little detent pin one has to push to get at the SCAR piston, even with the suggested tool it does not push in easily. The SCAR is mag finicky only takes GI magazines as a basic rule, Lancer L5 magazines and PMags do not work properly in it and I do not want to be buying EMags for just one system. Also found out from a army buddy who has close contacts with the SOCOM community that the SCAR eats optics, especially red dot scopes, due to recoil impulses of the bolt carrier group and piston set up. Supposedly FNH has done a fix for SOCOM but I doubt I am eligible for the upgrade being a civilian puke now. Further there is parts availability and serviceability, parts for an AK are easier to find and install.
Not interested in the SCAR 17 at all, especially as it take expensive proprietary magazines and the above concerns as to parts and such. I bought the SCAR on a lark but now am not as impressed as I was once. Just explaining why I am considering the switch. My gun safe is pretty full do this would make space for the new gun too. I think I have made up my mind to get rid of the SCAR, the question is to trade it or sell it to someone in a private sale. I have done some upgrades, like installing an AAC 18T Blackout so it's suppressor ready. I guess it will depend on the deal I can get for it.
I have always thought of the scar as an uber mall ninja weapon. Costs a hell of alot, looks kind of funky and really does not seem to be better than anything else out there. But thats me. I am suprised about the mag issue. For that kind of cash I would expect it to work with any type of AR mag. I do find it interesting that uncle sam doesnt want anymore scars in 5.56. So if it was me I'd dump that thing. But I like nice N simple; straight forward things. Oh wait thats why I went saiga.
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I have 1 and 3 of your choices. My fav is the molot side mount. Its about as low as you can go with side mount. But both of these work and do what they are suppose to do. Ive never been sure why the molot costs as much as it does but it does have more rail than the bp.
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Yes, with a bullet guide these work quite well. But you probably will have to do minor fitting with a file to get them to fit. And you don't have to remove the interdiction tab (though its probably a good idea) to get them to work, it however means material will have to be removed from the rear of the magazine. Probably the biggest issue is that the locking lugs on the trunion seem to protrude a bit more on the saiga .223 than would be expected. Of course every rifle (or at least batch) seems to be a bit different so you really need to pay attention when modding mags/weapon. One persons solution with their rifle may not work on yours. What I have found is if you copy the factory mags profile while moding the mag you should come out fine. With all that said and done they work very well and am partial to the 20 round clear ones myself.
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So I bought a Bulgarian 30 rounder to play with. I really like to 20 rounders and have a bunch of them but this way it makes me take more photos.
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If its that important to you, you can hunt down some izmash ak101 mags. But this will cost you big time. Of course the curvature is different but is the real Russain deal. From what I have read about using 5.45 bakelite mags for 5.56 is that it can work, sort of but not with 10 or more rounds. But you need a new follower and or modify it.
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Is that an Ace stock? How do you like it? What legnth did you get?
Yes it is, its 81/2 inch with 1/2 inch recoil pad. It certainly works. I like it just fine.
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Ya, makes total sence. If annoying on the users end. But nothing a dremal cant fix =)
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Wow, after 1 1/2 years of messing around with this rifle I think I might be done. Well apart from refinishing it that is. Guess I need to get another one to play with. Im amazed at the number of parts I have aquired. Next one should go pretty quick I should think.
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Are you talking about the plastic that goes into the gas tube, or the whole gas tube and handguard?
I've swapped the handguards off gas tubes a lot, just need something to hold the tube solid like a bench vise.
Not the gas tube. Got a russian one and it fits perfect. The plastic upper bit from Kvar. Without removing material from the support ribs I cant see how this could go on anything. Just was not expecting it to SUCH A TOTAL pita. My hands hurt, lol.
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This was the biggest pain in the arse I have ever experienced on a firearm. I am supprised I have not heard about this being SO totally annoying.
Picture Post ,Lets see your .223!
in Saiga .223
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This sounds slighly more insane that US gun laws. Leave your logic and the door and come on in!