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No mag tube extension for sporting clays. It's a 2-shots loaded game only. "Getting in the groove" is fine for combat shooting, but you will be politely asked to go home from ANY registered competition and many clubs will not allow you to practice or shoot for fun with more than 2 rounds loaded.

I would not recommend starting out with a pump. You will be hard pressed to get a reasonable over and under with the $1000 ceiling, so I would suggest a used autoloader. Avoid the Browning Gold, look for a Beretta 390 or 391, a Remington 1100 or 1187 you could also do well with a new "economy" auto like the Franchi. You should be able to get a good solid used one for $500 to $700. The problem with the pump is unless you are a very experienced hunter/shooter with the pump - it is easy to "short shuck" or have trouble chambering the second round. Also, and most important, sporting clays is

Well, there's an old saying "it's not the arrow, it's the indian!" Not to contradict the fellow that was helping you out, but unless you had some extremely long distance clays stations, modified and full were way too much choke for most sporting clays. The average American sporting clays presentation will rarely have targets over 45 yards and can easily be shot with skeet or improved cylinder choke. In a single barrel gun, you have to choose the tighter choke (choke for the longer target) and make do up close. That's the real advantage of a double barrel gun, two chokes. I've been a serio

No bad, we are in violent agreement! You are correct that bullet doesn't rise above the launch axis of the bore and I was talking about "pre-midrange." It was a great day at the range, and the high mounting of the POSP just made it very easy to strip down and clean the gun since I shot over a hundred corrosive milsurps.

Thanks, but a ballistic arc is an arc - it has a midrange high point before beginning to drop because the sights put an upward launch angle on the barrel which is not parallel to the ground at firing. That's why a 25 yard zero for .308 equates to a 200 yard zero, because the bullet hasn't reached midrange at 25 and then peaks and drops back to POA at 200. So the bullet is "rising" before midrange and will strike targets at higher and higher points at increasing distances from a fixed position until it reaches midrange.

Take a look at the two exposed wire lugs and maybe unscrew and retighten the LED module (little knurled cap on the center of the underside of the scope). I went to buy batteries this evening and there was only ONE 357 on the damn battery rack! Have to try another store tomorrow for a second battery.

You were just being too gentle with it Klassy. I thought something was missing on mine because I thought there should be a cam or something. It took a few seconds to realize that it was distorting the whole lower section of the sight mount to "clamp" it onto the rail. This is tractor factory stuff, take a shot of Vodka and tighten that thing up!

I posted in the other thread, I snugged mine up on the rail and then put the lever on about 3/4 "off" and it locks up nice and tight and is just a bit "snug" on removal. http://www.kalinkaoptics.com/manual/KOAKClampAdjustment.pdf

Spent 3 hours at the range and burned a couple hundred rounds of ammo this afternoon. The optic is clear and only required a little tweaking to get zeroed at 100 m. (It would have gone faster if I knew what was "left" and "right" in Russian!). The optic performed very well and I was pleased with the improvement in accuracy over my previous session with iron sights. After zeroing, I shot several 10 round mags of 7n6 and 70 grain Wolf at 100 m with both gouping very similiarly, the Wolf's hitting a couple of inches lower. I then moved out to several clay pigeons set on the 200 yard berm and

Mount comes loose, you need to fit it to your rail. There are instructions on the Kalinka site, but basically, you pry the little dimpled "keyhole" tab away from the big tab. Using a small screwdriver, pry the dimpled end of the small tab away from the vertical portion of the large lever-tab until it rotates 90 degrees. It's dished for spring tension, so it will be easy to slide and remove via the keyhole once it's off the big lever. The big lever fits onto a splined hub on the shaft. I put my mount onto the rail and tensioned the clamp shaft just "snug" and then set the lever at about 3/

I purchased Lone Wolf stainless .357 SIG barrels for 2 of my .40 S&W Glocks (22 and 23). It's a painless barrel swap only, uses the .40 recoil spring and magazines. I've shot several hundred rounds through both without a hitch. Recoil is a bit sharper, muzzle blast is much higher, but function and accuracy are fine. As a matter of fact, I've begun carrying the converted Model 23 as a CCW, loaded with Winchester Ranger 125 gr HP ammo. I've owned and carried the Model 23 longer and more often than any other pistol, and have no hesitation carrying it in the converted caliber.

Well, that seemed to work! Thanks Paulyski!

Well, in addition to being a newbie, I'm not too familiar with the forum software here. My avatar is an animated *.gif (the cat is firing the rifle) but I've searched and looked and I can't find any information on making the avatar animate. I see there are many animated avatars on the site (as well as in signatures) so how do I get mine to animate? Thanks.

The scope is high enough that you could use the irons under it even if it was centered, but I think the offset is actually so you can still pull the reciever cover and field strip the weapon without unmounting the scope. Kalinka does state that the mount will hold zero, and it seats and locks up pretty solidly on the receiver rail, so I don't doubt that claim.

I just received my POSP 4x24 fixed 400m ranging optic from Kalinka yesterday. Only took 4 days to arrive Priority Mail. Fits well, although it is offset a bit left of the centerline of the rifle, iron sights are clearly usable with scope attached. It's bigger than I thought it would be and weighs 3 pounds. Optics are clear and the reticle looks etched. There are no batteries supplied for the LED illuminator. The manual that is supplied is only in cyrillic. I went online and there are broken links in the manual information, so don't expect any immediate help there. I hope to get out to t

I just installed a Dinzag bullet guide in my 5.45 Saiga on Sunday. Due to the overhang, I had to cut a significant notch in the front of my factory 10-round magazine to make it fit after installing the guide. The front lip of the mag has to be cut down to the same level as the front of the follower plate on an empty mag. My four Russian plums seemed to fit just fine when test fitting the guide, but after drilling, tapping and screwing it down, they would stop just short of latching and required a couple of minutes of work on the forward lips with a jeweler's file. Now all 5 latch up nice an

I finally got my first sardine can of 7n6 and 500 rounds of Wolf 70 grain ammo yesterday afternoon. I took the Saiga out to the range for an hour or so and shot 50 rounds of the 70 grainers and 90 rounds of 7n6 at 100 and 200 yards. The rifle was shooting 6" left and 12" high at 100 yards on the 100 meter setting and 12" left and about 18" high at 200 yards at the 200 meter setting. I didn't take any tools to drift the front sight, but I finally managed to shoot some 6 to 7" groups at 100 yards using "Kentucky windage" and managed to put 9/10 into an 8" target at 200 yards using the same te

I did a bit more research, because I was curious myself. I've seen some butt-ugly "no pronounced handgrip" stocks on some firearms, but apparently you can have an AK with a pistol grip, you just have to have the bullet button mag release and magazines of 10 rounds or less or permanently blocked to 10 rounds or less. The following is info from a Cali legal dealer - not posting their name in case they are not a paid vendor: California Legal AK47 Rifle For Sale , 762 x 39 semi auto rifle, these rifles have all the normal AK rifle features that you crave !! Pistol grip , bayonet lug, 16 inch

I'm not entirely "Cali savvy" (nor do I ever want to be) but it's my understanding that you cannot have a manually released magazine. That's the reason for replacing the thumb latch with a raddlock (bullet button). You are allowed to remove and reload your magazine, you just have to use a "tool" (a key or plunger or bullet tip from an unfired round) to release the magazine for replacement or reloading. The preposterous intent is to prevent "rapid reloading" of your "deadly assault weapon." Once again, I'm not positive of your regulations, but I believe that a "pronounced pistol grip" is al

Well, I've purchased and installed a Dinzag bullet guide. Still waiting for my first shipment of ammo (scheduled to arrive tomorrow) so I can shoot this little bugger for accuracy. Although I didn't intend to, it looks like I'll be converting it to an AK-74 to maintain 922r compliance and just ordered a full suite of conversion goodies from Dinzag.

Just received my Dinzag guide on Friday and installed it in my new 5.45 Saiga this evening. Quality part, fit perfectly, and a painless install. I did have to modify my factory 10-round mag to fit the guide, but looking forward to test firing this gun when my first ammo order arrives on Monday.

Thanks, tritium. Okay, being a newb, I did just spend a bit of time in the 922 section, and I think I've reduced my confusion a bit. I don't need 4 US parts to use AK-74 mags, but I do have to watch out because my Saiga starts out at 14 import parts, So I have to make sure I swap on a 1 to 1 to stay under 15?

Thanks, guys. I joined because I saw all the great information here - but this forum software is a bit new to me. I've got quite a few military arms and love to shoot them, mostly with iron sights. I've been shooting the 7.62x39 for years and was curious about the 5.45 x 39. Thanks for the heads-up on the 922r issue, YWHIC, we usually don't think about those things out here in Idaho, but I wouldn't want to get into any non compliance issues in today's political environment! That "restoration" in your avatar is a beautiful weapon. Looking forward to the arrival of my sardine can of 53 gr a

New member here - just joined yesterday and did quite a bit of thread reading last night. I just brought home a used (but apparently nearly unfired) Saiga 5.45 x 39. I've been interested in this caliber for a while, have been considering purchasing a gun or upper when this one showed up as a trade-in at the local gunshop. I've got a 4-pack of plum Ak-74 mags and a couple lots of ammo on order, looks like I need a bullet guide and probably will also be looking at a replacement front sight post with flash hider and maybe eventually a suppressor.