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Too bad man, seemed like good info to have. Money changes everything don't it?

John, I believe you are the smith who's pics I had seen on another forum. Some of the members there seemed to be kind of dismissive of the Idea that Tapco's may need to be milled down. Nice work! I have a friend with a Bridgeport if I ever need to complete such work. Do you support the hammer with sine bar, parallels or just scrap stock in the vise? I have fixed the issue with my Saiga with an Arsenal group but still all knowledge is good to have in case I do use a Tapco in a future build. Last thurs. a buddy and me went out and tested the new Arsenal SG-922 set up in my gun and we ran

Alright, I got the Arsenal SG-922 group via UPS fri. and upon first inspection it didn't seem all that different than aTapco G2 as Mike had thought but closer inspection shows a few slight but important differences and upon installing it the action was actually even smoother than the original factory transfer bar set up. The carrier group goes into the gun without resistance now and the hammer face is perfectly square to the firing pin now as well. The pull is indeed longer than a G2 which I wanted but isn't as gritty as I thought it would be and not too terribly long at that. With break-in

I'm in, thanks for the chance! Merry Christmas! 1789

I think Tromix hammers are just Tapcos with the standard Saiga mods completed and finished no extra hammer work done. Well, after playing with the Tapco group a little more I found that they are just a little too light for my taste especially since there seems to be a point during reset where the disconnect CAN release the hammer to a not so reset trigger hook and the hammer may follow and fire...not ideal really. So after talking to K-var, who told me that their Arsenal SG-922 group is indeed a Saiga 12 specific group designed from an original factory FCG to be a drop in replacement for

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 Thanks man, I think I've got the problem on the run, it seems that changing the face angle just a very slight bit m

northernsaiga, I think Will is right that the stock hammer would work better, but you would still be left with the G2's hook that engages the hammer higher in the action than the stock sear block and still have some dragging not to mention the possibility of incorrect engagement of uncommon parts that would require rather specific work to correct. and you'd lose a compliance part too. If there is no Saiga specific domestic made FCG on the market then you're kind of stuck making a generic work, I guess.

Thanks, Mike. I tried getting in touch with Mr. Selph as I had handled some sales samples of his work at GT Distributors prior and they seemed like nice builds and I was hoping he could help me out but as I stated above his shop was closed and vacant his phone shut off and no further info on website. For the cost of a $27 FCG though I may attempt it myself. Seems I would have to figure out the amount of material to take off while still allowing the carrier to cause disconnector engagement and figure out the included angle of the face while in contact with the firing pin minus that material

The hammer in mine sits high enough that I have to push down hard on the carrier to get it onto the rails when installing it in the receiver. When compared to the Saiga stock triggerless sear the Tapco triggers hooks seem to be higher (further from the pivot point) and the hammer a bit taller (boss to face) than the stock hammer with a different face angle. I still haven't found much here on correct profiles for S12 use but I did find a post by a smith on another forum that says that he mills about .050" off the face of G2 hammers then smooths and polished the face to "fix" dragging caused by

I think the images at K-var are just stock images of an AK group from their site I may call them though as It seems they've recently developed a great interest in Saiga shotguns. I guess I'll keep looking for info regarding hammer profiling. I tried to go by Selph Arms yesterday but shops closed, #'s disconnected and no further info on website. Is Mr. Selph MIA? The images I saw look like a standard AK FCG, and not the original Russian S12 FCG. IMHO, It is unlikely you will see any benefit from using the above mentioned FCG over a Tapco FCG with the prerequisite mods well documente

Hi, my first post here and looking for a little help. I am sure this has been addressed but I couldn't find much regarding it in a search so I am asking that you lend me a hand addressing it. I (with your help from lurking) have recently converted a S12 and the gun went from feeding anything to feeding nothing. The main problem seems to be that the Tapco Hammer sits very high and is dragging heavily on the bolt carrier and needs to be ground down and polished to cycle effectively. It also appears that the hammer is not resting squarely on the firing pin when disengaged but I am not sure if