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To shape, I used a fine dremmel sanding drum. To smooth, I used abrasive prep pads on a drill. Dremmel also makes abrasive buffs, but I have a bunch of drill mount pads that I got cheap, so I saved the dremmel buffs for tighter quarters work in the future. To polish, I used the dremmel, with wool pads & red polishing compound. I only addressed the areas that move against the shells & hammer as the bolt rotates, extracts & feeds & the carrier re-cocks the hammer. I did not remove as much steel as some do, due to the fact that I fire a lot of 3" magnum & don't

I am having the exact same issue. Here is what I know so far, which is very limited because I am new to the Saiga. At 8 or more rounds in the 12 round drum, the gun will not feed. I have placed 1 round in factory 5 round, and 1 round in the 12 round drum, and they sit inside the receiver at different heights, the 12 being a decent bit lower. At 6-7 rounds, I had about a 50/50 chance of it jamming. 5 or below it seemed to chamber okay. I have filled the back down a bit according the instructions so that it would fit my gun, I have not touched the front at all, and similar to some ot