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Its probably more advantageous to use the 20 rounders you are talking about, but if you do happen to have a 30 in the gun and have to do prone shooting, you can lay the gun almost flat and use the charging handle as an aiming device (or so says former Spetsnaz Sonny Puzikas).

Fix pretty much confirmed. I went back to the range again this weekend, put another 60 rounds down range, flawless ejection. 120 out of 120, im calling it good. Thats my cousin in the video; i know better

Alright, this mystery might be solved... maybe. I took the rifle out this past weekend and put 60 out of 60 down range, no problems. This was in stark contrast to the time I took it out previously, where it failed to eject 3 times in 40 rounds. Im hoping that its fixed now, after a shooting three boxes flawlessly, but only time will tell. Here is what I did: -I lightly sanded then polished the rails in the receiver. I did the same to the bottom of the bolt carrier, as well as the rail slots. -I cleaned out the bullet chamber on the gun (I had never done this before). I used a power dri

Here is an update. I cleaned out the gas system as best I could. I got a paper clip and verified that the gas port in the barrel was open, and I could see the paper clip sticking out inside the barrel. I lubed all the rails, bolt, and bolt carrier, with Hoppes lubricating oil. I fired 120 rounds and had 1 FTE on the 81st round. I checked my rails after shooting they were still slightly moist, which means my lubrication had not burned off. I shot Uly white box FMJ 20 rounds, no problems. 80 rounds brown bear FMJ, and 20 rounds Wolf black box HP. The jam occurred with Brown Bear, so I have now r

Ok, Ill try to respond to as many questions as possible. 1) When did you first notice this happening? Probably after I did the conversion. The FCG I put in was a Tapco G2 from Dinzag I believe that had the hammer pre shaved and polished (so no break in period, smooth off the bat). Before doing the conversion the Saiga ran nearly flawless with Surefire magazines or the factory 10 rounder. I would get the occasional hiccup (double feed)from Master Molder mags that I had modified (shaved mag tab). Shot at 2011-07-19 2) Does the bolt carrier slide back easily? Well, there is a some r

Ive been having failure to eject problems with my converted Saiga 7.62, and im not sure what the problem is. I get one FTE every 40-60 rounds, with the partially ejected case being pinned between the bolt carrier and the receiver. It never double feeds or loads another round into the chamber, and it easily cleared by pulling the bolt to the rear, allowing the case to fall, and then releasing the bolt and charging another round. I know its hard to diagnose a gun problem over a forum, but I was curious if anyone knew of the most common reasons for failure to eject? (Stovepipe) Is it poss

I bought 5 mags, one is too fat to fit in the gun, one is thin and wobbles, and the others are inbetween (one is just right). They seem to be in pretty good shape very little rust (only a spot or two). Will try to field test them this weekend.

Thanks for the tip, I jump in it.

re: topic Thats what she said.

Well according to General Westmoreland in his guide on partisan fighting, he said using AK-47s and SKSs as primary weapons was fine, but that you should be familiar with the M-16/M-4 because most likely, due to the large volume of these weapons in country, youll end up using one eventually.

Just finished reading the article, dont know if I agree that US forces are out gunned in Afghanistan. I love my AK, but if I wanted to reach out and touch someone reliably, in the heat of combat, and at 300+ meters, id take an M4 any day of the week. I thought it was interesting that the army is going back to using M14's due to it being a 7.62 (.308). And what the deuce? They cancel the XM8 for production, but give the go ahead for this ? http://world.guns.ru/grenade/gl13-e.htm Oh, and a quick question, doesnt the Marine corps still use the standard M16 in combat? Full size ? (lo

Save everyone the trouble. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/05/25/army-outgunned-afghanistan/?test=latestnews

Yeah, I know it sounds stupid, but I basically re-purchased the same grip with different holes. So yeah basically what you said, its the same grip just with different holes.

Ok, it is possible, but a pain in the ass. When you do the conversion you will notice that the holes in your pistol grip do not line up with the hole in your rifle. So, what I did was use the rearmost hole and attach the pistol grip to the old trigger slot using a spare nut and bolt I had laying around, with a washer to increase grab area. This option works, but I had reservations about it, since the grip had a little play in it to the left and right. In the end I threw down for a new pistol grip and bought a warsaw length buttstock. Ive read from other guys on here that you can dril

1) Yeah id recommend getting at the very least a bipod to sight your rifle in, but one of those caldwell vices would work nicely. 2) Good job on getting the sight adjustment tool, which hopefully after you have it sighted in, you will never need again. I found when adjusting my sight that the factory notch cut into my front sight post was almost where it needed to be, just a slight adjustment. My TAPCO tool came with instructions, so I followed those, which is basically; Raise the front sight, lower point of impact, lower front sight, raise point of impact. Move drum to the left, move shot

Oh so it was you who posted this youtube video then? *dont watch if you are squeamish* http://www.youtube.com/user/Walter5734#p/u/2/pwGL2o3Aykk

First id just like to say that this isnt a scientific test, i thought id throw together some video I have to show people how the Tapco Ak-74 brake compares to no brake at all. Its not scientific because the videos were not shot at the same time in a more controlled environment, and the fact that in my no-brake video I have the T6 stock set, which will affect handling. Im posting this for all of the people who wonder a few things: 1) How does the T6 Stockset handle? 2) Does the Tapco AK-74 brake reduce muzzle climb/flip? Ill let the video speak for itself: http://www.youtube.com

Dig it. I suspect he drilled some holes in the handguard and mounted the rail, but thats just my guess. /sarcasm off

Gosh, this will be the second time I post a Nutnfancy video, its going to start looking like im a nutnfancy whore: http://www.youtube.com/user/nutnfancy#p/u/0/8Fk84KLiaa4 Nutnfancy loves the mini-14, but its no secret hes a big Ruger fan. He also loves the Arsenal Saigas. Just throwing the video out for reference on its abilities, he makes contact with steel at 175 yards fairly reliably.

Has anyone considered drilling in a third gas port that would give it that kick to the left? Ive thought about it, but honestly I dont know if it would really do me any good. Its satisfactory the way it is right now, but thats just my opinion (having never compared it to another brake type).

Yeah I too can testify that the Tapco Ak-74 brake is threaded a full inch. I can also say that it does help to reduce my muzzle flip, probably a 50-60% reduction over no brake. Not a complete waste of money. What it probably doesnt do as well as a "genuine" ak-74 brake is push the muzzle back to the left, because the gas ports are along the centerline and not slightly canted to the right (to kick it down and left).

If you watch the video, take a look at the target at 40:04, in the X and 9 rings. Are those hits rounds that tumbled and keyholed? Ballistics wise, I wouldn't think a 5.56 or a 7.62x39 round would tumble in the 100 yard range. I didnt think they started to tumble until after 200 or 300 meters.

Love em or hate em, Nutnfancy has a new video of him running the SGL-20 (which he recently purchased after being very impressed with Arsenal at the 2010 SHOT! show). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BllDxgSNZRo Fast forward to min 32 of the video to see him do a vehicle exit and engage insurgents at 100 yards. Not bad groups for doing it fast and under pressure. Note: Nutnfancy doesnt claim to be a tactical guru, hes just doing testing on his gear loadout and running scenarios. Its pretty fun to watch (and makes me wish I had a desert to go run around in).

After action report: Everything went well at the range today with the conversion, but I ran into a few hiccups: 1. One of my Thermold Master Molder magazines gave me a double feed. Which is interesting... its the second time thats done that to me. I think the follower is tilting and allowing two rounds to hop up (last two in the mag). 2. One of my surefire magazines front lip broke. This is the third such surefire magazine to do so. I broke two last winter and I got two replacement ones. The message I got from the factory last year was that they had a bad batch of mags. I dont know

I wanted to actually make a forum account on this board because ive been browsing this forum for over a year now, thumbing through all of the great information that is on this board. I bought a Saiga 7.62x39 last November (gee I wonder why) at a gun show that was in town. I then proceeded to buy the Tapco T6 stock set for the saiga. This configuration by all means is NOT a bad way to go, especially if you are on a budget (or have a wife that doesn't like you spending a lot of dough). I found the design to be fairly solid, very pointable and much preferred over the factory configuration. B