[My new saiga has.]

back when I did my conversion, a dremel worked fine for cutting off the FSB

[5.45 ammo available (as of 2 Feb 13)]

sportsmans guide last month, 2160 rounds for $300. http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=817565

maybe it will come back who knows.

my back order says june 2013.

[for those who bought from the 45rnd mag group buy...]

like the others, package with metal parts made it into the country... the mag bodies never made it out of ukrposhtas hands. no word from FT. and he was quick with emails before, not now.

[Question on muzzle brake]

First consult the flowchart Because you are a PRK Resident:

http://www.calguns.net/caawid/flowchart.pdf

I dont think your angled front grip is legal without a bullet button.

Next Use The 922r Calculator to determine 922r status of Saiga:

http://jobson.us/922r/

[for those who bought from the 45rnd mag group buy...]

ya on new stuff, but these are definitely pre-1994 so its ok to have them.

 

I think date of importation might come into play.

 

Note that AIM surplus has these same mags @ $68 a pop, and they won't sell to ban states.

 

they also dont sell a lot of things to ban states that they legally can

[for those who bought from the 45rnd mag group buy...]

still waiting for my order... :[

 

shipped 8/29 or 8/30 maybe this Saturday then?

[Ultimak gas tube on Saiga 5.45]

I had one for quite a while. I had no functional problems with it at all, but found it to be too much trouble to clean after shooting corrosive surplus ammo. For convenience sake, I'd rather have a removable gas tube. For .223 or 7.62x39, I might have a different opinion.

 

Hmm.. thanks. I hadn't considered the trouble of cleaning it. I can certainly see that as being an issue for me.. shooting up loads of cheap 7n6 is why I bought a 5.45 in the first place.

 

Not excited about the idea of losing the rear sight for a beryl type rail either. Definately don't want a railed up forearm.. prefer wood furniture.

 

I guess that leaves a side rail mount..

 

I have the UTG side rail option right now and its not too bad. However you don't really get a cheek weld at all on the rifle. I bought Jim's ultimak rail and am going to mount my primary arms micro dot gen 7.

[Where did all the ak74 mags go?]

The Polish polymer mags are not built as strong as the Russian or Bugarian mags, they lack the same steel reinforcements - which is why I don't own any. I only use Russian and Bulgarian AK-74 mags.

 

says who?

[Where did all the ak74 mags go?]

like others have said, we bought them all. it was probably because of that cheap CAI ak74 that came with 2 or 3 bulgy mags.

you can still find polish 5.45 mags which are said to be compatible with all 74 pattern rifles

 

tapco mags arent too bad and are about the same price as a bulgarian.

[WTS: Ultimak (M1-B)]

paid

[WTS: Ultimak (M1-B)]

il take it

[Correct Rear Sight leaf for the 5.45]

Should the 5.45 have an 800 meter rear sight or a 1000 meter rear sight?

 

1km

[45rd RPK mags group buy]

He told me he would be shipping Thursday.

[5.45 gasblock Frontsight base combo]

that is for compact rifles like the AK107 or aks-74u, i dont think it will fit your saiga because the gas system is different on those rifles.

[The 5.45x39 picture thread]

Its from the bulgarian AK stock set from copesdistributing

 

5.45 in progress

whats that handgaurd

[45rd RPK mags group buy]

i'm in for 1 mag if youre willing to ship it as a 'rebuilt kit'

[Russian Izhmash Plum AK74 30rd or something else?]

would you mind sharing where you get $15 izzy mags?

 

Local board has 12 of them for $15 ea. Those the best buy for the ones listed?

 

I would say so

 

i have 2 russian plum 30rnd mags and both of them are trickier to seat in the rifle than the bulgarian circle 21 30 rnd mag or factory mags that i own, however they are cooler looking.

i would buy both the russian mags and bulgarian to see which works better for you.

[Has anyone used this sight on 5.45?]

get the primary arms micro red dot instead. great red dot for the money.

[The 5.45x39 picture thread]

final configuration of my saiga for now

[The 5.45x39 picture thread]

aimpoint compM4 for fun.

 

very very dirty rifle after a couple hundred rounds, the shiny thing is my chamberflag (spent brass)

[Best FCG Retainer and BG for the $$]

the tapco retainer worked fine in my saiga 5.45 but the krebs style retainer seems more secure. my 5.45 has a round trunnion and there is no bullet guide for the 5.45 round trunnion on CSS.

[Will I need a 5.45 bullet guide]

i had 1 failure in feeding with my Bulgarian mag out of 100 rounds, so i think yes a bullet guide is needed.

[The 5.45x39 picture thread]

EEWWWW bullet button

 

and a 10/30 magazine

looks good though, right?

i am still having trouble with the lower handguard pivoting up and down, the nut on the handguard retainer isnt small enough to fit for me to make it go tighter.

[The 5.45x39 picture thread]

[brand new saiga already has rust :O]

any more rusty ones out there? anyone get a shiny new one?

 

its just the gas tube... already discarded that for a bulgy tube.