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I bought some Chinese steel mags from Cope's. They were cheap - and really well made too. Fit like champ with a little grinding on the catch - and the Saiga mag fits perfectly too - no grinding needed on the Sagia mag. As long as the catch grabs good on the magazine and releases without hanging up - all is good.

Brown bear. 500 rounds from Cheaperthandirt for something like $109. Shipped the same day I ordered. Great balance of price, qty, quality, shipping cost, etc. About $0.22/round seems to be the target price right now (before shipping).

No thread joy. And as it turns out, the flash suppressor I want to use has a thread depth of .425--which I found out this morning via a tech email from Brownell's. However, I cut off .625 of the shroud, which means I need to reduce the barrel length of a little over 3/16" if I want the flash suppressor to contact the remaining part of the shroud. That would leave me with a barrel length of 16.1"...still legal, and it gives me a chance to clean up the crown. I shouldn't have been so impatient. In addition to the lack of threads, I my rifle doesn't have a grip hole, either, but I do have dim

No thread joy. And as it turns out, the flash suppressor I want to use has a thread depth of .425--which I found out this morning via a tech email from Brownell's. However, I cut off .625 of the shroud, which means I need to reduce the barrel length of a little over 3/16" if I want the flash suppressor to contact the remaining part of the shroud. That would leave me with a barrel length of 16.1"...still legal, and it gives me a chance to clean up the crown. I shouldn't have been so impatient. In addition to the lack of threads, I my rifle doesn't have a grip hole, either, but I do have dim

What about Hollow Points with a Saiga? Anyone have trouble with them hanging up? i had some hangups with hp's at first. once my bullet guide got broke in no more probs. Thanks for the info. I am eventually going to get around to the bullet guide. Sounds like it might be worth while to give a new bullet guide just a little sanding on the leading edge.

OK. Compelled by evil Saiga forum to get dremmel out. Removed 5/8" of shroud and confirmed threaded barrel. Went easier than I thought it would. Dremmel is the way to go for sure. Go slow and when the base material gets super thin and cracks just begin to show under the cut in a few places, just twist a little with a vice grip or channel lock. I actually got the material so thin all around (without touching the barrel underneath), it took almost no energy to twist the end of the shroud off. Start to finish was about 30 minutes of work including clean up and touch up paint. Ready for MB

I have a 3/09 also, and it has all the same good stuff. Pretty certain it has threads. I can slip a feeler under the shroud and catch the first thread pretty good. Now that I see others in this production that do in fact have threads, I think I am going to grab the dremmel! 5/8" it is from what I understand.

LOL. Half of what I do that gun, car or xbox related winds up being covert. Explaining why the Fed Ex guy delivered a 16 pound box of ammo (500 rounds) was near impossible though. To a non-gun person that is A LOT of ammo. And explaining that it is for when zombies attack does work well either (note to self). The crappy part is that I really need 200-300 more to go to the range and still maintain some inventory (for the zombies of course, ha, ha, silly to have a gun and no ammo around). The 200 round a pop thing might just slip under the radar. Also have a Ruger 10/22 that is great

Thanks for the info. I always google companies to see what gives, and saw a few complaints about the price hike thing. Shipping was $2 more than SGAmmo. I think it was $16 S&H (SGAmmo was $14). But I had trouble getting SGAmmo order to work. Being pretty impatient to get some ammo (new gun... gotta go shoot it!), I went ahead with cheaperthandirt for now. I will check out Cope's today and bookmark it. Thanks. just as a follow up. the order arrived today. super fast shipping. can't complain.

Thanks for the info. I always google companies to see what gives, and saw a few complaints about the price hike thing. Shipping was $2 more than SGAmmo. I think it was $16 S&H (SGAmmo was $14). But I had trouble getting SGAmmo order to work. Being pretty impatient to get some ammo (new gun... gotta go shoot it!), I went ahead with cheaperthandirt for now. I will check out Cope's today and bookmark it. Thanks.

Thanks. Tried to buy some from SGammo but had some computer trouble that I will sort out with them for the future. Instead, got 500 rounds of Brown Bear HP ammo for $109 plus shipping from cheaperthandirt. Same price as SGammo actually (+/- $2). That should get me to range for a day! Now just need to save some money for the conversion, some magazines and more ammo.

What about Hollow Points with a Saiga? Anyone have trouble with them hanging up?

thanks. I saw some pretty cheap at the Cheaperthandirt place, 500 round box. I think I might give them a try if the shipping price is reasonable.

Also... is Brown Bear ammo OK? Never heard of it. I have heard of Wolf Ammo though.

Looking for a reliable internet site for 7.62x39 ammo in 500 or 1000 round boxes. 500 preferred. Anyone have any suggestions?