[Wood Furniture]

Thanks for the information.

 

I looked at the rusmilitary website. You are correct - expensive and sold out. It was exactly what I was thinking. No modification required to mount the handguard.

 

I have thought about the regular AK furniture, but was hoping to mount similar to the handguard that shipped with the unit.

 

Any additional thoughts are welcomed.

[Wood Furniture]

Hey folks -

 

Does anyone have a resource or a reference for a provider of wood furniture for the Saiga 12?

 

I have seen several conversions using the wood furniture. Some include modifications to use the more traditional AK style furniture. I am looking for a complete set which could mount similar to the factory butt stock and handguard with a matching pistol grip.

 

Anyone providing these things at this time?

 

PM response is ok too.

 

Thanks.

[Last Round FTE]

thank you ...

 

I appreciate you taking the time to comment on the issue. I guess I should consider myself lucky that my Saiga will cycle the cheap stuff on setting 1 as well as it does.

[Last Round FTE]

Thanks for the suggestion and the thought process, but I am not sure that the answer is overgassed and the solution is to move from setting 1 to setting 2 as a solution. Setting 2 increases the gas flow and not decrease it.

 

I have the gas fixr plug already, but have not installed it yet.

[Last Round FTE]

Shooting a Walmart's Federal Birdshot on a 24 inch barrel Saiga 12 without modifications.

 

I had the unit on setting 1 and could have easily gone to setting 2, but I wanted to see the frequency of occurrence. I noticed that it had a FTE on the last round only using the factory magazine. It would catch the brass base with the plastic case poking out at 90°. I was wondering with your collective knowledge that you may direct me to investigate some other aspect of the system. The mag was an obvious place to look, but I did not see anything to explain the pattern. I do not have an alternate mag for comparison yet.

 

 

Before you ask, I had my thing-a-ma-jiggee twisted over the watcha-ma-called, and that other thingee firmly clicked in to its locking area with the whatever-it-was pulled up tight before squeezing. Just in case you were thinking of asking.

 

In all seriousness, any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

[Trigger Treatment and Trigger Guard Mods]

I am still relatively new to the board and I am planning the conversion for my S-12. I know how I want to do most of it with the exception of the trigger guard itself. I have seen several different solutions pictured on the site as well as discussed in several of the "How-To" stickies. I am interested in finding as true a restoration to the original design intent, but I have seen so many treatments that I do not know what original would look like.

 

Would anyone be interested in contributing to this thread with a picture of their favorite trigger guard treatment? I was thinking a pic and a brief description of how to achieve.

 

I started to pirate some pics and post as a starter, but I did not want to disrespect the work any have submitted by doing so.

 

 

Hats off to all the contributors on here. Great work - one and all.

[Puck, Gas Tube, and Ports]

Thanks for the response.

 

Plan to shoot it next weekend. If I have any problems, we will let you know. I read the other post which said just shoot and see.

Post http://forum.saiga-12.com/index.php?showtopic=37471

 

Thanks for the rapid response.

[Puck, Gas Tube, and Ports]

Thanks to all for the forum. Great read and it sparked my interest to buy my first S-12. I am looking forward to doing the conversion. I purchased my first unit on Friday. This weekend I was cleaning and going through it. I inspected the gas ports. I only found two. There may be a third under the gas block, but I could not see any evidence of it looking down the barrel. Also, I removed the infamous puck.

 

This being my first Saiga, I was surprised to see the view down the tube. Being a newbie, I must ask if this view is typical. It does not seem to be consistent with the way I imagined the unit would work. ie gas to puck, and puck to bolt carrier.

 

Questions:

Are having only two ports worth calling about warranty?

 

Is the picture consistent with the design and operation of the tube?

 

 

Thanks to all.

[Saiga 12 marking]

Got it. I was aware of the Europeans using commas for the place holder. In my focus relative to the other model information, I did not think about quoting the diameter of the shotgun shell. It makes sense.

 

I appreciate your help.

[Saiga 12 marking]

Reading the forum drove me to buy a Saiga and to enjoy customizing one.

 

Great, but I was expecting to see the box, paperwork, or receiver marked such that it clearly could be identified as a model IZ-107, 108, 109.

 

The unit appears to have been packaged in December 2008. It has a threaded barrel and standard sights. It is marked with the common 12x76 which I understand. What does the marking "18,3" mean?

 

Also, how is barrel length measured on these units? End of chamber to end of barrel? or barrel exclusive of the 3 inch chamber?

 

Is this information consistent with a 19" barrel version or the 24" barrel version?

 

Looking forward to making the mods if I do not get lost in the details ...