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That's what I have on my Saiga 12: Works great.

I know. Now that I have the WANT, and the cash, I can't get one, damnit.

I have the Burris Fastfire on several of my guns, but I went with the Bushnell on my Saiga: Works great, puts the slugs right where I want them.

Since this pic was taken on Saturday, I have added tan rail covers, and reworked the rear sling attachment. I'll get a new pic up soon.

That is an awesome build. Very well done.

I should have listened to you! I fired several magazines of buck and slugs from my newly converted S-12, and that Tapco stock puts a beating on the shoulder. I am 90% done with the build. All that is left is the Chaos extended quadrail, mounting the optic, and a little bit of Alumahyde to carry the "coyote tan" across the gun.

My freshly converted Saiga did the same thing at the range when I first started shooting it. I gave another 1/4 turn to the Autoplug, and it stopped.

I finally tested mine post conversion, and the Winchester 15 round packs of slugs and buck both functioned flawlessly, and worked great in my MD-20.

Congrats!

When the Saiga runs dry, transition to handgun and solve the problem. Then get the SGM 10 rounders and more buckshot ammo.

My gun as Overgassed. Best choice was the Autoplug.

I just finished my Conversion a few weeks ago, and it went pretty easy. The Videos on CSS were the most helpful. Watch them 3-4x before getting out the tools.

I just placed an order with him. I'll see what happens.

As soon as my CHAOS rail gets shipped out, I will remove the factory adjustable bead to install it, and clamp on a red-dot. However, for wingshooting, and backup, I would like to have a bead up front again. Has anyone ever seen or made a rail mount bead for a Saiga 12?

Thanks for the info on the gas plug. That will definitely be swapped out for an Autoplug or V-Plug soon. Seems strange that I am going to purposely try to make a gun start jamming.

I took my new, unconverted Saiga out on Saturday for some testing with various rounds I had laying about. I'll post the vid later, but here is my concern: It ran 100% flawlessly on every round. With the stock gas port set on #1, it fed, fired and ejected every shell I had laying around. 10 year old Federal and Winchester #7, buckshot, slugs, a 3" steel shot magnum or two... it ate everything. I even loaded one 5 round mag with a 3" Magnum, a slug, buckshot, Win #7.5 and Federal #7.5. It fired them all from top to bottom with no hangups as fast as I could work the trigger. So, now

I bet the Dublin AK systems left hand ratchet charging handle could be adapted to the Saiga: http://www.dublinaksystems.com/

Finally had a few hours to shake down the S-12. I had to shoot indoors due to: a) the rain b ) it is an hour drive to the nearest outdoor range So, since it's indoor, and the targets get close at long range... they don't let shotguns shoot anything other than slugs. Since I needed to function test and make sure it worked at all, I had to run a sizable amount of slugs through it. Fifteen Rounds of slugs. You ever get that feeling, "This is going to hurt..."? I was expecting to have a MASSIVE flinch in short order. So I pump off the first 5 rounds with

I had my St3evens 311 SxS 20ga. go belly up on one of the tubes at my last outing with it. Seems like one of the pin springs decided to go belly up on me. Even a double trigger double barrel can fail. Any gun can fail. That's why we train with failure drills!

Thanks for the input. Good point on the Tapco stock- I have not felt/ used one before. I just really like FOLDING stocks over collapsible ones. Plus, I really think that CAR stocks on non-AR pattern guns are... well, strange. I'll check the Tromix stock. Good news, though! I just pulled my gas plug, and I can clearly see THREE ports! I was so worried I was going to get a Vodka special. Granted, I could still have issues, but at least I don't have THAT one.

Thanks guys. I plan on getting it to the range in the next few days just to check function before starting to swap out parts. I'll pull the gas valve tonight and see if I have any ports or not. I'll start assembling parts and stuff for the conversion over the next few days. Going to go with (probably) the: CSS Conversion Kit #3: http://store.carolinashooterssupply.com/servlet/-strse-441/SAIGA-12-CONVERSION-KIT/Detail (Coyote with Ergo Upgrade) Tromix bolt on Charging handle: http://store.carolinashooterssupply.com/servlet/-strse-266/Tromix-Saiga-Ak47-extended/Detail CSS Vented Fo

My new Saiga is finally home, and starting to find it's place in the gun safe. Nothing special with this one yet- just a standard 19" 12Ga Saiga..... Oh, except this part: Yep. My Out the door price was under $600. Now the shopping and converting begins. First thing: Conversion kit!

Search is kind of hard to do if you have no idea what the part/ malfunction/ problem/ etc... is called. Be kind to newbies. BTW, I am a newbie on this forum- been lurking for a while, my Saiga 12 will be off layaway soon, and am a mod on another big name shooting sports board. This is something that bothers me is when newbies are slammed because they came to a board to get knowledge from the experts. They may not even know enough to know HOW to ask the question. Be nice to newbies. They are the future of the sport.

As a fairly new user to the Saiga forums, this is one of the things that bothers me as well. Even if the search function worked, what if a new user has no idea what a specific malfunction, part, procedure or term is called? They post a question and get slammed to "RTFM n00b!". Way to welcome new members and possibly new shooters to the sport. With all the positive press that shooting and Saiga 12s are getting these days we need to remember that we are all ambassadors of the shooting sports. Be nice, and post a link if it is a question that has been answered.