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I did remove the rails just don't have an updated pic. Luckily this has a scope riding it for the forseable future. I'll figure something out, might just weld in a tear HK sight and buy another dust cover just incase. Muzzle break is on there permanently. So if I was going to change it up I would need to remove HK sight and weld ak sightsl back on... Somehow. Denton Tactical is not too far from me so I might give him a call for some ideas.

It's looking like the CSS rail is the only game in town for an aluminum handguard made for the Saiga .308. Do you know how much it weighs? Thanks! I had it and took it off. Its nice and made well but just overkill for what I needed. SGM has a 308 handguard with rails.

Update: using standard sight leaf, I adjusted elevation to line up with HK front sight post. Need to take it to the range and see how it shoots like that. I suspect it'll shoot high.

Ok, so I had work done to my already converted Saiga at Tac47 several years ago. They took forever to finish it but the end product was great. I spoke to them halfway through and they said installing a dustcover mounted HK diopter is iffy on a rifle. I thought, ok they convinced me to do this in the first place so... Whatever. What's done is done. A picture is located in this thread. http://forum.saiga-12.com/index.php?/topic/94727-shedding-weight-off-of-the-308/&do=findComment&comment=998696 The AK So now I have an HK front sight with an ak rear apeture, and they don't line u

175 can get you a solid fixed mag from Nikon, Burris or Redfield. I just picked up a fixed 3x for my AR. Cost me $200 including rings.

I don't even see a brand name or manufacturer name? What's your budget? I would stay away from this.

I'm currently looking for wither the SGM handguard or the OEM. I can't find mine! I've moved a couple times since the original conversion so it's either in a box somewhere or in a landfill. I'll see how it feels to take some weight off the front before switching out the stock for the lightweight ace stock

I've decided to order the ace skeleton stock and go either factory handguard or SGM poly handguard. That alone will take off almost 1 lbs. I walk around in the woods at my ranch with this and any weight off will help. Thanks for all the input fellas.

Sig P226 TACOPS 9mm

Jess, I like the FSC-30. I did not try any other brakes and I will not be able to because it's on there permanently. A permanent weld was necessary because I had the barrel cut down by Tac 47 and it needed to be just over legal length unless I wanted to go the SBR route. I love the rifle, just hate the weight on it. Maybe I need to go to the gym more often.

Good idea. I'll try that first.

After thinking that I'm completely satisfied with my 308... I find a new annoyance, the weight of this beast. I love romping around my ranch in the woods with the rifle, shooting rabbits, pigs, deer (in season)... but my setup right now is so freaking heavy. I'm sure if I just carried it around long enough it would feel lighter, but my handguard is a tank, and I'm thinking of switching to poly. Originally I had a TAPCO Intrafuse, but those look cheap and are cheap. My saiga has the handgaurd in the stock configuration, as I saw no need to convert it to an AK style. What I have on it an

I'll take $3k+ for mine but it has had extensive work done outside of a regular conversion... would also sell all my accessories including AImpoint and POSP with it. I don't see anyone putting up that kind of $$ unless people become crazy. $3,000 can buy a very nice rifle, not sure why people would spend that on an AK unless they just have. to. have. it.

Just put an RS REgulate and AKML on my saiga 308 yesterday. Looks great. Folding stock locks with it as well and the stock doesn't bang up against the mount, which is something I was not expecting. 1/3 cowitness. Lowest mount I've seen to date. Finally finished with this gun after years of tinkering and swapping out parts, cutting down barrel and adding muzzlebreak, going from plastic to wood to metal from crappy side mounts to forward mounts to TWS Gen II... finally no more money spent except on magazines and ammo. Angle looking down when stock is folded. It doesn't look li

It's just a top rail, not a replacement. I am going to try to get a small riser to get a 1/3 cowitness, but absolute cowitness is not possible with this rail.

No more $$ or work into this one, except for maybe an akml scope mount.... was not satisfied with my job so took it to tac 47 for muzzle break and hk sights as well as spray job since I scratched the hell out of it during the initial conversion.

Back from the dead again... An update to my post in here about the CSS rail, similar to ultimak. My T1 does not cowitness with my HK sight while it is mounted on the top rail as shown. The top of the HK sight is not cut out, or else it might co witness but as it stands right now the dot top part of the iron.... I'm ordering an AKML soon to achieve 1/3 and taking the top rail of the CSS rails system off to shed some weight. another look,

Little late on this... but..... If you are going variable, definitely buy US made. Even the cheaper Nikons, Bushnells, or Cabela scopes will have a good warranty. More moving parts = more possible problems. If you are getting a fixed power scope then you should be OK with POSP.

How long did you have your first Kobra until it died?

I had the black laminate timersmith stock and pistol grip on mine for a while. I don't really see the point of converting the handguard on the 308. I'm not an AK afficionado so it doesn't bother me. I did try putting the handguard on the 308 and low and behold it snapped like a twig, unfortunately I just don't think Timbersmith is very good quality compared to other wood furniture out there. Also places like CSS and Tac47 are making 308 specific handguards. I had their black tri-rail with the timbersmith and it looked cool, but the stock was extremely uncomfortable and it was difficult

Suprised no one has mentioned Aimpoint. I use a T1 on my gun in a scout setup. It doesn't get more simple and more rugged than the T1. If you aren't using a scout setup, which it seems you are not, then I'd look into the larger Aimpoint red dots. I don't have experience with those, so don't want to waste your time!!

I have the CSS tri rail with the top rail attachment foregrip. I haven't shot with it yet but it seems very solid.

Saiga is fine for hunting with what you are wanting to do. I have an aimpoint micro on mine just for hogs and deer 100 yards and under. Any further out I have my Remmington 700 30-06, and my FNAR. I'm confused by your comment about the FAL and the AR.

Don't think clone is the right word. It's Russian made. But the whole deal why the ak-47 was so revolutionary was that it was spitting out sustained automatic fire of a rifle round, not a sub-machine gun/pistol round. Avtomat Kalashnikova . I don't know Russian but I assume Avtomat MeAns automatic. So if it's not automatic, and doesn't have AK and isn't Russian built means it's nit an ak. Read the book that ca,e out a coouple years back about the AK. Good suff. I think it's called the gun? Could be mistaken.

I don't reccomend Timbersmith. They look nice, but I just took mine off. The wood feels "cheap", and the stock is so incredibly uncomfortable and did not fit my shoulder well. You really had to work to line up the sights. Plastic will be lighter than wood.