KaliS12

As with Fluid Power, I don't want to rant on Dinzag! I don't want to say or infer anything negative about Brian. He provided invaluable and top rate service and advice when I was having issues threading my barrel. I believe that the solution to my bullet guide issue is the same as Fluid Power's and hence it may be addressed in the same manner (machining of a taller b.g. or getting that shim and existing b.g. to stay put). Brian did offer me to return my b.g. to have it machined/ material removed so mags will seat. As Nrider would validate, such a solution will work on Ak trunions like

It is not unusual to find variations in trunion height in Ak's. However, Fluid Power and mine are on the low side. To further verify this,I went ahead and modified the stock saiga 10rd mag to work with dinzag's bullet guide, the cartridge tip would hit the lower edge of the barrel chamber when feeding (3mm). As I said before, this may cause failure to feed, especially as the edge of the bullet guide begins to wear in. Blkgunlvr, I'm glad I didn't ruin a mag to verify this. It's nice to know it will still work with other AK's and my saiga when I get the bullet guide squared away.

I notified Brian about my problem. He advised to either place a washer under the guide or I could send the bullet guide back to him to have additional material removed from bottom half of the bullet guide that extends into the mag. If material is removed from the guide, mags will seat, but reliable feed will be questionable. I was hoping the shim would be the answer. Brian did not offer to machine a taller guide to me. Now that you have the dims of the shim, maybe he can utilize them to machine the additional height into a bullet guide that will fit our trunions. Brian indicated

Fluid Power, As advised, I handloaded a round from the mag (before loosening the screw and the bullet guide) from the partially seated mag and as it rode on the guide, it struck lower than the barrel chamber. I can see it would still feed under force, but it would probably misfeed occasional rounds and definitely be ammo sensitive. My Saiga 5.45 trunion is apparently machined lower like yours. Knowing that, I knew I could not avoid loosening the bullet guide...I wanted to avoid that because I used red loctite. After heating up the retaining screw with a mini torch and loosening the

Correct me if I'm wrong, the bullet guide should not extend into the mag well? Presently, the bullet guide sticks out about 1/8" into the mag well area even though I installed it as far under the barrel as it would go. Should the bullet guide be gtound down so it doesn't extend beyond the edge of the lower edge of the mag well? Should the edge of the bullet guide end facing the mag well be even with the lower front edge of the mag well? Thanks everyone.

This is my first post and first of 2 Saiga conversions. I installed a bullet guide from Dinzag on my Saiga 5.45. It was quick and painless. I have Romanian and Bulgarian 30rd mags and they will not seat properly with the bullet guide in place. I thought they should drop right in. Do the mag feed lip area need to be relieved to fit the bullet guide or do I adjust the bullet guide/lower receiver mag catch area itself? The front half of the mags will not engage the lower receiver properly. I used a drill press and the bullet guide is correctly installed. Please advise. Thanks everyone!