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lol Only part of it is the rifle, the rest is the shooter. Lots of stuff to learn in the quest for accuracy. Yeah right, from a lead sled the best either can do with that ammo on average is 3MOA pushing 4. That takes the shooter out of it. Either can with developed hand loads shoot that well, but come on. What you are saying is these two rifles shoot better than many modern bolt action rifles with high end commercial brass ammo. Again I want to know where to get me some of those. The groups pictured aren't extra-ordinary. My S.308 groups are consistent with other

Nice, I like the primitive Slovak looking compensator. I've got a similar one one my .223. They're ugly but work. Looks like you are using the comp to cover the 16" legal barrel.

Will the Galil hand guard fit a standard stamped AK receiver?

I didn't find any significant difference in accuracy between the Saiga hand guard and a traditional AK hand guard. No AK74 and AKM gas tubes are not exactly the same. The Saiga gas tube has spring for tension like the AK74 tube. The AKM tube does not. The AKM tube is also thicker at the gas block end. The AKM tube can be filed and profiled to fit. I have AKM tubes on two Saigas and they perform great. But they don't fit out of the box. AK47 tubes I have no idea, have never seen one.

I go to several estate gun auctions per year, and the items over the long term which always draw high bids are Colt pistols and revolvers followed by S&W revolvers. Quality long guns seem to hold value but don't draw the high bids. Foreign and combloc stuff never pulls high bidders, but never goes for a discount either. Shorter term there might be money to be made on the "assault rifle" play, who knows you could end up with a safe full of pre-ban gold or worthless contraband. I wish I had bought a dozen Izhmash Tigrs back in the 80's for $450. I'd be selling them at $5K each today.

SAR3 mag is more for show time than go time. They're pretty but don't work, like my ex wife. I bought the MI mount and 1-4.5x optic for my Saiga .308 but the set up works great with the Beryl stock. 5 shots at 50m at 4.5x largest deviation 1 inch. I didn't bring a range scope and couldn't see the hits beyond 50m to get a zero.

Remove the plastic. Hang the metal up over a catch pan and hit with a heat gun. Most the oil will run off as it becomes more viscous with heat. The majority of the rest can be wiped off. Then you should be able to clean regularly. Don't set yourself on fire heating the oil. Having gone through a bad divorce I would of traded an oily Saiga for $200 I could blow on lap dances and tequila shots in a heart beat. One less piece of property to "divide" and $200 the ex doesn't know about.

The Saiga comes with a synthetic Monte Carlo stock.

The stock .308 trigger doesn't have the wishbone linkage system. It has a long trigger that directly releases the hammer just like a regular AK trigger. The problem with this trigger is that it requires an annoying upward pull. That and it isn't very crisp. So the stock trigger really needs to be mated with a monte carlo style stock to allow for that upward trigger pull. The trigger assembly on the Saiga .308 is what makes it so easy to convert. Looking at the design of the trigger you can't help but conclude that Izhmash engineers designed the stock trigger to go in the trash can, and no

Say what??? No more Saiga rifles will be imported. The "SAIGA" brand is done and gone with the bankruptcy. Kalishnakov Concern is going to be the replacement, but who knows if and when we will ever see them. The Russian Federation has a trade agreement which provides that they can import "Saiga." It doesn't say sporter Kalashnikovs. So whatever imports it will be called "Saiga." Unless they plan to only import Vepr which is also on the list but that is a Molot product.

I had a chance to take these two to the range. The S.308 has 1.5 - 4.5x optic. I was using Barnaul .308 steel case. The Mosin Nagant has 3-9x optic. All shots were made at 4x. I was using Bulgarian surplus x54. Range was 100 yards. I have targets with barrel hot and cold for each. Cold the S.308 average shot spread for 5 shots was 1.2 MOA with the largest spread being 2.0 MOA. The MN was about the same with an average shot spread of 1.2 MOA with the largest spread being 2 MOA. The S.308 shot slightly tighter with 5 shots basically in 3 holes. Hot the S.308 opened up with an av

Not sure what you mean: Sort of accurate? Is that right? No I mean sub 3MOA which is going to limit it to man sized targets at about 500 yards. Which is a longer shot than I'm capable of anyway. Izhmash use to post on their website that the rifle was capable of 5 shot groups of 40mm at 100m. If so that would stretch the range out to man sized targets at 880 yards, taking full advantage of the .308 cartridge. I agree that mine will make that kind of group cold, but the 22" gets some whip after it is heated. I recall another report that was posted which claimed 60mm 5 shot groups a

Russian, Bulgarian, East German, Polish (AKM not Tantal) , and Romanian will fit a Saiga but some filing and fitting may be needed. Yugo, Hungarian, Czech will not. Your link is to a Yugo set. Just go to Kvar and get a standard US made poly hand guard. You will also need a gas tube and upper and lower retaining springs and a lower retaining bracket.

An 8 1/2 inch stock paired with a PSO/POSP optic in prone position really forces you pull your head back to get proper eye relief. Can you do it? Yea. Is it something you're going to want to be on the ground doing for awhile. No. But individual mileage might vary, for some else there may be no problem.