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  4. First time conversion

    in Saiga-12

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    I only have three ports. Not sure if I can get a fourth one in the shadow of the gas block. The three are pretty well spaced out. Sorry the pictures are not that good. Might be able to get one at the bottom and make a diamond but then I'm kinda worried about the piece of barrel in the middle being weakened and breaking.

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  7. First time conversion

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    Definitely pull the block, check the ports, reprofile and polish internals. Then shoot it and see what you got before you spend unnecessary money.

    I agree, I wouldn't send anything in to get polished until you get the gas ports right and just polish off the paint on the rails, hammer and bolt carrier yourself. You'll end up spending about $150 to send it off for a shiny polish job and likely wait 1-3 months for your parts back...

     

    What size drill bit fits tightest into your ports?

    I was able to get a 5/64" bit in all three holes.

  13. First time conversion

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    Finally got the right size punches. Got the top pin out but the bottom one is being very stubborn! Already bent the new 3/32 punch into a banana. Tried using the end of some saw files that I had but turned them into fish hooks also. Any ideas on getting it loose? I'm going to put some penetrating oil on it and see if it loosens it up. But as for right now I'm stuck.

  15. First time conversion

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    Thanks for the help so far guys! I should have some new punches in on Monday or Tuesday. I'm going to tear everything down on it to clean and prep for dura coating so I'm going to tune everything I can. I want this to be the smoothest running saiga I can make it. Been told by to many shotgunners how horrible the saiga is and I want to blow them all away next time I see a few of them with how well the gun runs.

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  16. First time conversion

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    Ok ports are good had a little bit of carbon build up in them but was able to remove with a bent paper clip.

    You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink...

    Ha! I'm waiting on some new punches to get here and I will be pulling it all apart completely for inspection. Punches I have are a little big and made for heavy equipment!

  20. First time conversion

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    Posted · Edited by FIreBug-FBG

    Ok been on the forum for a while, and have had my saiga for almost two years. Finally doing my conversion! I know lots of people have posted about theirselves doing the conversion but I just wanted to post mine up as well and maybe get any extra words of advice or things y'all would do different.

    Ok when I got the shotgun it had a tapco stock on it it would FTE every third or fourth round shooting on the number 2 setting with Walmart number 6's. Shooting on setting number 1 with high brass 00 it FTE about every fifth or sixth round. So with that being said I'm sending my bolt and carrier to have polished and re-profiled. I'm also going to put in a SRT when I do the conversion. I've also looked at my gas ports they seem to be clear and are three of them. I have been thinking about getting a different puck and gas plug. Looking at MD v plug and goguns twister pucks. If anyone has anything better I'd love to hear about it. I'll post pictures of the shotgun torn down as soon as I can upload from camera. Also thinking about cerakote or during a duracote in FDE to the whole set up.

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