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  2. ACE clamp on front sight

    in Saiga .308

    Posted · Edited by nalioth

    Please read my first response. I DID answer your question.

     

    You'll have to measure (mike is short for 'use a micrometer on it') your barrel and choose the gas block that has the corresponding ID. Krebs lists the internal measurements for the two sizes.

     

    If neither is right, you may have to a) turn your barrel down or B) shim it up or c) go with the clamp on style.

  5. WTK: How to remove pin for mag release

    in Tech Section

    Posted

    I have taken a few out. It is a SERIOUS pain in the ass to reinstall the lever. You'll need to make a slave pin to hold it together while you reinstall the pin. There are two styles of springs. One is a standard coil spring like you would find in a ball point pen, with a base plate on the other end. The other style is just like a standard AK-47 mag release spring. Both suck to reinstall.

     

    You will be seriously pissed off by the time you get that thing back together.

     

     

    Tony

    I've replaced a couple, and like he says, it aint real fun (unless you've got 3 hands).

  6. Opinions wanted on Russian folding stock vs ACE folding stock

    in Saiga-12

    Posted · Edited by nalioth

    Speculation... How would this work if you were doing a mod yourself. you have all proper parts

    to be installed, but have not completed the mod... Is the firearm you are working on then in violation??

    Sorry for the late response, I've been out of town on business.

     

    Until you fully assemble a working firearm, you are fine during a modification. Just make sure your magazine and its 3 countable parts do not put you over the 10 foreign parts limit when you insert it at the range / wherever.

  9. A Dragunov Style Stock for My .308

    in Saiga .308

    Posted · Edited by nalioth

    Why is that? (the twenty rounders that is). I thought that the moment they were made, 922r became active for all the .308s
    No, the FBMG mags are not imported/sold with or made by Saiga.

     

    The moment YOU insert a FBMG mag into YOUR Saiga, is the instant YOUR rifle falls under the 922r. You can order a dozen and have them in the safe, but until you 'insert' them ('assemble a firearm', according to the alphabet gang) you don't have any 922r issues. You and your buddy can be at the range with identical unmodified Saiga .308s. There can be dozens of FBMG 20 rounders in y'alls range bag. If you have a FBMG 20 rounder inserted and he has a stock Saiga 10 rounder, he has no 922r issues, and you do.

  13. New to Saiga rifles - Question about replacing trigger or other compli

    in Saiga 7.62 X 39

    Posted · Edited by nalioth

    Yea, im trying to be safe, rather than sorry. Ive seen people sell Saiga rifles, even on gunbroker.com, that include the 30 round mag with a brand new unmodified Saiga, so i just assumed the magazine was legal without modding the gun. I paid a little extra to get my Saiga with the skeletalized stock (right at $330), and i'm really wanting to add a high cap. mag, so i guess i'll have to replace some stuff... people say the US modified mags that fit unmodded Saiga's count as 3 parts. I guess i need to find a couple things to replace then, to stay compliant. I suppose replacing the grip and adding a rail or something would count as 2 more parts.

     

    Any recommendations for a couple of easy (and semi-cheap) parts to add, without going the pistol grip w/moved trigger route?

     

    Thanks for the input.

    Please make sure these mags aren't foreign mags that are modded to fit. "SureFire" Saiga mags are East German in origin and are not countable as US parts.

  14. Tapco G2 Trigger: Single hook vs Double hook

    in Saiga 7.62 X 39

    Posted

    The Saiga receivers are setup for the single hook.

    If you want to use a double, you need to cut a relief.

    You can also relieve the bottom of the trigger arm that has no corresponding slot in the receiver. Don't go overboard, just remove enough so that it releases the hammer and doesn't impinge on the receiver. A side benefit can be 'no/limited overtravel'

  15. Why no US Saiga 12?

    in Saiga-12

    Posted

    Nalioth: After searching on Yahoo for a bit, it seems that both are names for the same company. In case there's something I missed, I'm reffering to the company located in Las Vegas, NV. Reading their site doesn't give a good idea of how many parts they manufacture for themselves. :ded:
    Arsenal USA is in Houston, Texas (or was until recently) and is/was part of Global Trades. Arsenal Inc is in Las Vegas and K-Var (yes, that K-Var) is a sister company of theirs.

     

    Both companies imported Bulgarian AK factory workers and some equipment, and both companies start with factory new rifle parts imported from Eastern Europe. Which is why I was confused.

  17. A Dragunov Style Stock for My .308

    in Saiga .308

    Posted · Edited by nalioth

    The stock in the picture above is an actual Saiga stock, and they import them with those stocks on the rifles. If you change out your monte carlo for one of the above, I don't see any problems at all.

     

     

    Now when you use one of those fancy 20 round FBMG mags in it, that's where the 922r questions come in . . .

  18. Why no US Saiga 12?

    in Saiga-12

    Posted

    Yep. <looks around> We're definitely in America. lol You guys remind me near daily why I love this country.

     

    As for US made AK's: Arsenal. I think they imported an entire production plant, plus workers, from Bulgaria to the US. If their stuff isn't US made, that's a mistake on my part. They certainly charge enough for them to be though...

    which Arsenal are we talking about? Arsenal USA or Arsenal Inc?

  20. 4-Piece Bulgarian Krinkov flash-hider

    in Saiga Weapons - General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by nalioth

    It's not '4 pieces' you can take apart. It is used as both a flash hider and as a means to induce more back pressure in the short krink barrel.

     

    Why would you want a bayonet on a 10" barrel? No, the bayonet doesn't fit over a "4 piece flash hider".

     

    The '2 piece' Bulgarian AK74 brake starts out life as 2 pieces, but the one piece is pressed into the other piece, and so for all intents and purposes, it's 'one piece'.

  22. Why no US Saiga 12?

    in Saiga-12

    Posted

    All the "US Made" AKs you see are not made in the USA. They are made from imported parts, and use enough USA made parts to be considered "US Made". The smiths who do this work bought some of these imported parts kits for very little money. Century starts with low-cap imports, opens up the mag wells so you can use high cap milsurp mags, and adds enough US parts for the rifle to be considered "US Made"

     

    The majority of the expensive machining / casting work was done overseas on any "US Made" AK.

  24. can i use JB weld on my saiga?

    in Saiga-12

    Posted

    Just leave the danged ol' holes. More drainage.

     

    I use cap headed screws in the holes (like you use for screw building AKs). These have hex holes in the top, but those holes can be filled in with um JB Weld or similar product and made to look like a rivet head.

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