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There is a review of this rifle on youtube.... ............................................ Military Arms Channel Sturmgewehre's Channel --------------------------------- don't know how to link the vid, but you can use the above search criteria to google if for yourself if you are interested. The guy does mention that some of the rifles don't come with side rail mounts.

It all depends on how far you want to take the "roll your own"! With an extensive list like that going for an authentic style conversion, it sounds like the Arsenal SGL is probably a better buy. Most Saiga owners are just going after the most basic of conversions for a total of about $450-475. +1 If this is the exact rifle you want, might as well just buy it. I don't think you will save much doing it yourself, and it would be a good bit of work. Some people really enjoy it, but it will take alot of time and effort to get it done for less money.

+1 for a great review. Look forward to hearing more after you have had a chance to really put it through its paces....

I have been looking a tritium front sights, but they all seem to be wide, and have less ability to adjust elivation (360 degree turns). I would like a thinner front or wider rear as it is, for daylight longer range use. Been thinking about using paint that glows when charged with light, painting the ears of the FSA and leaving my rifle next to a small wall outlet style night light. It has become my "go to" house gun, which sits beside my bed at night, so I figure i could just make a little shroud to block the night light and leave the gun sitting where the glow paint will be charged by th

The only reason I can think of not to restore the gun would be if I lived in California. A sporter Saiga is a great rifle for the money, but when you change the geometry back to AK style it becomes shorter, faster handling and easier to manipulate rifle. For me a pistol grip makes for a better straight rearward trigger pull, while allowing easier manipulation of the safety lever and better leverage for holding the gun while changing mags, or working the action. You get all of these benefits with better, inexpensive mags and better trigger group. If you restore it, it seems like a c

I was wondering if any members have painted the front sight, or protective "ears" for better use in low light. I have been practicing using the "caveman eotech" method of using the front sight ears for aiming in short range shooting. I find it works well to get fast, resonably accurate hits at across the room distance. It gets a bit harder for me to do in bad light, (I don't have a flash hider yet...this makes it worse) so I am thinking about at least painting the front sight assembly ears to contrast better. I know the best option would be to run a red dot and led light on good mounts

These... http://store.carolin...Magazine/Detail ....don't know much about them, they have last round bolt hold open...I don't think I would like that. I would rather have the russian factory mags for $4 more to use as primary. http://www.mississip...zine-p-148.html I have never used the surefire, but I have used my factory 10 alot, and in weather like -10 below zero and never had one problem. I trust it. Edit for question: are you going to leave the gun in stock configuration, or restore it 922r compliant? If you do a 922r you can alter the factory mags a bit to be higher capacity,

Thanks Dude....... If it keeps the muzzle down and reduces flash well, I don't know why they are not more widely spoken of on the forums? I had only addressed the question toward doodi1 because it seemed like he may have been able to shoot the krebs along with a phantom or vortex to compare. He did seem to recommend the vortex over the krebs. I could see that some may overlook the krebs due to low price....must not work as good as a $$$ right?...on the other hand you usually get what you pay for.

While I'm sure I don't qualify as an old AK expert, I would point you toward Paul Gomez and Gabe Suarez as two people who fit that bill better than most. Look at what they are using, recomending and teaching. See how this fits into what you are trying to accomplish. Also if you can, try to get out and shoot in the dark, on the move and from different shooting positions...your rifle will tell you some things about it self. A static, well lit, square range with lots of rules, is not a great place to get to know your AK.

Do you find that the Krebs keeps the muzzle rise down at all, compared to designs that vent gass in all directions equally? Is it noticeable in rapid fire?

Thanks for the review. Had never heard of this product. +1 for the heads up. I am thinking along the same lines as you: need to reduce flash but don't want to increase muzzle blast. If it actually reduces muzzle rise, I would give up a "bit more" of flash over the phantom, or phoenix. Also would be nice if it didn't kick up as much dust from prone. Also cheaper. I was shooting my saiga from prone, in a snowbank the other night and the fireball was unacceptable. I cut my shroud back 9/16'' and have no threads...(pipe cutter with cutting oil worked very well)...I think i'm going to

I am curious as to what other parts he uses and if/how he modfies them to work with the saiga hammer. I know you would lose a compliance part, but I think he used a us handguard to work around this. When I get some extra time I will try to find out. As I said, my gun runs great, just not as smooth when working the action. I think I will get a different handguard some day, so I may play around with the factory hammer in the future. Good luck with your S12 man

I have a 762x39 that seems to drag alot also..tapco g2 single hook...it always runs, but feels different than when it was stock. I had read this on another forum and this thread made me think of it. Took a while but I found the post from the other forum. I think this was from Will who owns Red Jacket Firearms, reguarding a series of rifles he was doing. ---------------------------------- "Old fcg holes are filled with std steel rivet's , not plastic . Bullet guide is Bulgy mil spec , held in w/ s/s screw and nut . And , Thanks For a rifle that was built based on a price poi

Some Saiga's have a "step" in the chamber to put a ring in the spent case. I would try to talk to the vendor to get one without this. Also some have barrels that have threads under the front sight base "shroud" in 7.62x39. If you search the forum you might be able to get an idea about the idicators of the of these features, and ask the vendor to look at getting a rifle that has some of these traits.....don't know if it will work, but couldn't hurt to try. Mine has a stepped chamber and no threads ....but i still love how it shoots

Awsome.....I don't know much about Krinkov muzzle breaks, but I wish I had the skill and equipment to just whip that up in a couple hours of spare time.