7N6Wolf

Yes, I have heard the quality of their Golanis is "hit and miss" at best. I do really want to get a Galil someday, but I am not fond of trusting Century when it comes to these things. I am not sure if I will ever have a Galil, as I am not going to fork out $2K+ for a genuine IMI pre-ban Galil. Why does lacquer or polymer coated steel cased ammo only allegedly do this to certain firearms? I have not had any issues with chambers getting gummed up with crap, and I have used quite a bit of this ammo in my AK's, SKS's, GLOCK's, Ruger Mini-14, and Springfield M1A.

I would also choose a Valmet if I could only have one AK (I have a strong preference for aperture sights). I just wish I could afford one of them.

That's blasphemy to the old-timers who insist prices will never go back down. Well, they're right, in some regard. Have you ever seen the scanned magazine articles some of the forum vets here have posted? Something like $200 for an S12 and like $160 for the x39 Saigas. Insanity! <---off to buy a DeLorean to go back in time and buy some up. Damn! And here I was kicking myself for not getting some of these back in 2007, where the .308 and Saiga-12's were selling for around $300. I am assuming that a Saiga 5.45 I ordered awhile ago is also in that batch (I ord

It looks like I have gotten lucky, given that the Twin Cities have not been hit by this.

If you payed attention to the ad, you would see that for $2100 you get the rifle and ACOG. ACOG alone is $1000. The rest $1100 is for rifle and is a good price for that conversion. I clearly made a mistake when I took someone else's word for the price instead of realizing that there was an expensive ACOG there, but personally, I still would not pay $1100 for a rifle like that when it does not offer huge advantages over the Saiga. Absolutely. For that money one can get a nice sub-moa LR308 Whoa. I have seen those LR308's, but I do not know much about them. I never knew on

I know about salts Im in the twin cities metro and I have to wash my car once a week. They didnt say, it was like a 4 min seg and they just said New Jersey. Tell me about it. It is a good thing I paid extra to get undercoating on my car when I bought it. Although this whole pickle juice thing does sound odd. Hell, the smell would probably just cause me to wash my car just as much as I do anyway with the road salt.

Indeed. These ones are reactionary, elitist filth that don't like the idea of there being any type of counterweight being in existence that could challenge whatever they try to pull off. I would not be surprised to see crypto-totalitarians in their ranks. If such people have any integrity, they can easily be persuaded with the facts. If not, they are puerile unsophisticates that don't know of any method other than that of dogmatism. These ones are spineless opportunists. I think this just shows that people with mental problems in various situations complic

I saw a whole case of them at a gun show I attended last weekend, but I have not been purchasing these things. Although it would probably be useful to have a few stashed in the car in case the car broke down and I got stranded. What is the shelf life on these things, typically speaking?

I do not own a Saiga 7.62 yet, but I have used the Yugoslavian 7.62X39mm ammo in my SAR-1 and SKS's, and I have never had a single issue with it. It cycles reliably every time. I would go as far to say that it is the best 7.62X39mm ammo I have ever used. You just have to wipe down every nook and cranny of the rifle with a water based solution (I use glass cleaner) prior to cleaning it as you normally would after using this corrosive ammo. That is the only real difference there.

Oddly, I have noticed that ProMags actually work well with my Mini-14 (it is one of the older, less accurate ones, though). Maybe I just find this a bit odd because I have had trouble with ProMag AK magazines. I have not fired one of the more accurate newer ones, but when it comes to my older Mini-14, I can't really shoot any better with it than I can with one of my SKS's, so that in itself says it is not the most accurate weapon out there. Unless it comes cheap, avoid an older Mini-14 (a Saiga .223 is probably a better deal than an older Mini-14, though) and get a new one.

If you payed attention to the ad, you would see that for $2100 you get the rifle and ACOG. ACOG alone is $1000. The rest $1100 is for rifle and is a good price for that conversion. I clearly made a mistake when I took someone else's word for the price instead of realizing that there was an expensive ACOG there, but personally, I still would not pay $1100 for a rifle like that when it does not offer huge advantages over the Saiga.

How would a converted Saiga 5.45 compare with an AK74 build such as the Bulgarian AK74s CAI sells? The Bulgarian AK-74's built and sold by CAI use out of spec, non-chrome lined barrels. I have heard that these rifles sometimes have issues with keyholing. The Saiga needs a conversion, but it has a proper spec barrel that is chrome lined and does not have such keyholing issues.

I was not aware of that, but at $900.00, I probably will not go with one. I would most likely get a Saiga .308 instead if i were to go that route. I seriously doubt there would be any major differences in accuracy and I could use what I saved for magazines and ammunition. $2100.00? I like AK style rifles, but I don't think I would ever pay that much for one of them. At $2100.00 for such a .308 rifle, you may as well get a match grade M1A/M14 or save up for a bit longer and get a .308 Dragunov (Chinese NDM-86).

That M57 definitely looks nice, and after reading some of this, I cannot wait to test out my TT-33 tomorrow. My TT-33 pistol isn't Yugoslavian like yours (mine is a Polish TTC), but I feel that it will prove to be a very interesting, affordable weapon. I also have a can of Polish 7.62X25mm ammo as well. I guess I also got lucky, given that there weren't copious amounts of cosmoline on my TTC. Corrosive primer salts are water soluble, so some water based solution will neutralize them. I field strip the weapon, wipe surface oil, grease and dirt off with some dry patches, and th

Ugh. What a pile of shit. I may as well forget about trying to get a Saiga-12 if this crap passes. Will they even actually make a grace period, or will they simply take them away? Didn't they confiscate a bunch of Yugoslavian M76's with the original receivers some time ago for a similar asinine reason? I have already had a terrible week. I don't need this garbage to top it off.

I guess I am a different person; I recognize that the SVD is a rare and unique rifle, but I am simply not willing to spend that kind of money for such an experience. I hope that is the case. I am assuming that the SVD does not have the pencil barrel like the PSL does. Yes, I knew that it was a ban nipping them in the bud that caused them to be so expensive (I have heard that only 100 Russian SVD's made it here before the ban took effect). I guess I am biased with my relatively low income ($37K per year), and given how tight I am with my money, I would want to get the mos

The price factor is the issue for me. I have heard good things about the NDM-86's chambered in 7.62X51mm (I have read that they will easily surpass a rack grade M14/M1A or a 7.62X54R SVD when it comes to accuracy), but the prices are simply too high for me. Of course, if it were not for these nonsensical import bans, SVD's would probably be close to the price range of PSL's. A genuine Russian SVD is out of the question for me, as they sell as high as $12K due to their rarity over here in the USA. I am assuming that the SVD does not have a pencil barrel like the PSL. I don't know

I would probably go down this route if I decided to get a PPS-43. I saw one of these with the welded stock at a local gun shop not too long ago. I think the PPS-43 looks strange with a 16 inch barrel, so I think SBR is the way to go with one of these guns.

I am still thinking about this. Mine feeds flawlessly from AK-74 magazines without a bullet guide, but I will remain open to the idea of installing one, as I have not fired my Saiga 5.45 extensively yet (I have only put 150 rounds through it thus far). My Saiga 5.45 was made in 2009 and appears to have a flat trunnion.

I am not sure if I will bother going for a full restoration when I decide to convert my 5.45. I have fired it in its factory configuration, and the muzzle climb and recoil are not issues at all. Maybe I am a bit biased, given that I have been firing my M1A for quite some time, but I think I would be able to live without a muzzle brake on a 5.45 rifle. That rifle does have an interesting look with the Magpul butt-stock and the wood handguards.

I have a Saiga 5.45 on order, and I have been waiting for a month on it. They shop said I could be expected to wait a couple of months, as their distributors are currently out of stock. I decided to get another Saiga 5.45 by ordering one from an internet site and doing an FFL transfer. If 7.62 Saiga rifles are now getting hard to find in some areas, I would highly recommend checking out some various internet sites (Atlantic Firearms, Centerfire Systems, etc.) to see if they have any of these rifles in stock. The FFL transfer fee is a small price to pay for getting one of these rifles in

I have not experienced any light primer strikes with my Saiga 5.45 (or any AK platform I own). Admittedly, it is the only Saiga I currently have, but it has not had any issues. I feed 7N6 surplus ammo through this Saiga.

You know, if that first class cretin takes you advice and realizes that NY state did grandfather "high" capacity magazines, he is going to proceed to write a new article claiming that the law grandfathering in such magazines did WTC.

You know, I recently got my CCW permit and I have been carrying my Gen 4 GLOCK 19 to various places, including busy grocery stories (they don't have signs posted saying they prohibit guns on the premises). And in spite of this, I have not had the urge to start shooting people. Sure, I only have factory 15 round magazines, but that gun is so easy to conceal and bring into areas full of men, women, and children. I also got an "evil, compact assault weapon" the day I purchased my G19: a Draco. It is extremely loud and has a nasty "high capacity, 30 round clip that was intended solely for s