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  1. I bought my saiga as a close range hunting rifle and wouldn't think of hunting with junk ammo. I guess you don't wan't to reload range loads when you can buy surplus or silver bear for $7 or less to plink with, or is there another reason not to load for it? I know lots of guys won't reload for autos, but i full length size and trim and have no trouble. Also I have found some benchrest guys that will give me the brass they are done with, because I'm going to loose most of what I hunt with I don;t care if it only has a loading or so left I don't need basic reloading advice ( I load 1000'
  2. Those of you reloading for saiga .308, what velocity are you getting and what is your load? 16" barreled guns I'm loading 165 gr hornady SST's pushing them with 46 grains of IMR 4064, CCI 200, in PPU brass. Velocity is 2600 Velocity doesn't change much at all if I use other commercial brass, even .243 brass I resized. +or- 30fps Military Brass is 100fps+ For Comparison, factroy federal 150gr sp chronys at 2400fps factory pmc 149gr FMJ chronys at 2450 My gun groups 3 inch at 100 yards, open sights, resting against a pole. WOuld probably do much better in a sled. Sam
  3. I do lots of reloading and shooting. I shoot through a chronograph most of the time. This info isn;t saiga specific, but applies: The short barreld guns are just as accurate as long barreled guns at 100-200 yards, but when you want to reach out 500-600 yards you need a longer barrel to get the velocity for a flatter trajectory. Realistically a 16" saiga probably looses 250 or so fps from a 20" saiga, at 500 yards 250fps at the muzzle is a little over a foot more drop. Also on a chronograph the longer barreled rifles give more consistent velocity, I donno why, but they do. That said with ca
  4. I will try to get some pics later, my phone isn't sending email for some reason right now? From what I can tell the gun has never been shot. How can I tell if something has been changed to make it compliant? I wonder if the shop owner put the larger magazine on it for more appeal or he sold the magazine off of it and replaced it with the larger one? Sam
  5. Hello all, I just bought a saiga .308 16"barrel. I plan to use it for pig hunting. I have some questions regarding Ammo, Can I use .308 WIN reload data or do I need to use .308 service rifle data What loads have yall had success with for hunting? Also, mine came with a 25 rnd magazine, it says made in USA, is it legal? I wouldn't think a new gun would come in illegal form, but I guess it could. I'm sure I will have more questions later, Sam
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