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Just a follow up: It was the springs, the legs were slipping under and preventing the hammer from locking back. Thanks to everyone for the suggestions and advice.

Just thought I would share an image of a recent Saiga 12 I built. Enjoy!

The bayonet lug had to be ground off due to its presence being listed as a "non sporting". But I'm fairly certain the cleaning rod holder was left in pace. You can buy a replacement FSB with the lug, but you have to have a press to get the old one off, and its a PITA.

So I just finished a conversion on a 5.45x39 and went to test it at the range. Rifle chambered great, fired well, but when i went to pul the trigger again the rifle wasnt cocked. This behavior is consisted every time. Then some folks noticed gas escaping from the rear of the gas tube as it was fired. I did have ALOT of trouble insert the gas tube and getting the lever back into place. Eventually resorting to a hammer to lower the lever. Has anyone experienced this before? Is there an conventional fix? It doesnt seem like the gas tube is too long. Should I grind some material from t

It seems that the IZH-109s no longer come with a LRBHO....anyone know whats up with that?

Thanks for the reply... It seems that I need upper and lower mounting brackets to hold the foregrip in place.... I cant find them anywhere...anyone know who carries them? CSS only has the lower and they are out of stock.

Does anyone know the manufacturer of the K-Var stock set model AKBSL-K ? Just curious if they make their own or if its done by someone else...are they any good? will they melt? Thanks...

I did a search and couldnt find anything relevant. I have the izh-109 with the factory LRBHO and the factory mag seems to push the rounds forward enough to clear the LRBHO lever. However on my drum the rounds are not being oushed forward enough and the lever is pushed up after every round is fired. Do I bend the LRBHO towards the rear to clear the round or do I modify the drum to somehow push the round forward enough? Thanks

I have the Enidine on my S-12 with the Internal Receiver Plate and the Car Buffer Pig-Nose adapter. But instead of a CTR I'm running a VLTOR IMod Clubfoot. It certainly does help with recoil...but I never felt recoil was that bad to begin with.

Yeah I figured I'll test it next time by replacing the factory gas parts one at a time. First the puck, then the plug/adjuster. I polished the bolt, however I did not profile the hammer (Tromix G2), and I did install a quad rail, Chaos Titan.

The bolt did not go into battery all the way...maybe was about an inch from full battery.

So check this out... go my S12 - took it to the range to test it out...shot buck fine on setting 1 and cycled low brass on setting 2 pretty well...only 1 or 2 FTEs and a few FTFs out of about 100 rounds. Then I spend the next month and a half to painstakingly converted it into the beautiful shotgun it is today...so naturally I took it to the range... Once again it performed flawlessly on high brass....low brass it wouldnt cycle to save its life. I am currently using a Gunfixers gas plug and a Kingston Armory tappet. The setting was on 3 for the low brass... The only thing

You cant just make an American clone of the Saiga...you could make a totally new semi-auto shotgun, that provides a sporting purpose btw. But American made "Chi-com" copies violate IP laws against Izsmash, and they will sue.

Lets not get into Democrats vs Republicans...cant we just say those who want to restrict the 2nd Amendment? Each political party has their faults...so lets just leave it at that... Oh and the reply from the Congressman posted above essentially read..."Oh I hear you, but I'm not going to do anything about it...maybe we'll talk about that later."

Just a suggestion but you could also try an Enidine / Mesa Tactical Shock Stock.. they are ~$125 as well...then you could use whatever CAR stock you wanted.

Why cant NY and NJ just stick to their own states... I'm not sure if I can link this...couldnt find the rules on external linking, so if its a faux pas I'm sorry and feel free to delete... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/12/fiancee-of-giffords-victim-works-hill-gun-control_n_847929.html I REALLY hope the NRA is on this one.

Just thought I would post an update... I went back to Lowes, grabbed a 2mm cobalt drill bit and some cutting oil... Drilled it light and slow and it went through great...then redrilled using the #43 bit. Added alittle more oil then tapped the hole by hand.... Came out great...thanks for the advice guys,especially pauly...cheers

I would avoid the terms "this country is doomed!" kinda makes you seem like a tin foil hatter.... It would also be more persuasive to cite other examples of shotguns that are being denied for importation... ...I read somewhere that importers of Benelli M4s cant their paper work approved.

this tells me you don't know what you have. no such thing as a titanium drill bit. Use cobalt, slow speed, and drill/tap fluid as mentioned above. Or you could crank up the speed and harden the metal even more and fight yourself. Um..by Titanium I mean titanium coated....I would figure that would be obvious...sheez....nerd rage on me for not being 100% verbose in my post why dont you....

Ok so the trigger guard I picked up didnt have a safety stop. So instead of welding one on, I decide to try the drill a #43 hole and tap using 4-40.. However my titanium drill bit was no match for mutant Russian steel... ...what drill bit do I use to get through this stuff? I went to Lowes and they didnt have a cobalt #43 bit...they did have a 2mm bit I can use the 2mm cobalt to do a pilot hole then widen using the #43 titanium?

Al..Did you ever receive a shipping notice? Just wondering...

Ordered mine around Feb. 11...and I havent received notice yet...I'm sure Cameron is way busy, so I'm not worried.

Hrm...I'm in batch 2 but havent recieved a shipping notice yet....Argh!!!

The above poster is correct that the GCA of 68 is the issue....sort of. The NFA of 34 and the GCA of 68 (which modified the NFA of 34) are known as the Federal Firearms Laws Titles I & II codified as Chapter 44 of Title 18 of the U.S.C. The terminology of a destructive devices was stated in section 5845 - Definitions subsection F segment 2...quoted below "(2) any type of weapon by whatever name known which will, or which may be readily converted to, expel a projectile by the action of an explosive or other propellant, the barrel or barrels of which have a bore of more than one- h

Ok guys...the real issue here isn't the GCA of 1968 as mentioned above. Its really the NFA of 1934 that states any non-sporting firearm with a bore over 0.50 is classified as a destructive device. The "study", which contains no data, only opinion, is singling out items that are "non-sporting". Once a determination that those items are indeed non-sporting, any shotgun that possess those items, whether it be Saiga, Mossberg, Benelli, etc. would be classified as a DD, and subject to NFA regulation. I agree that keeping the NRA aware of our concerns is important. You represent