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Everything posted by wagdog
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Man! That must be it. Yeah this is the ammo with the red sealer. Thanks for the tip on leaving the piston black. I wipe the piston off with a paper towel, but that doesn't usually get it completely shiny (which I'm not worried about). I don't do anything else to it. You just get the loose unburnt powder/carbon deposits and call it good? I wasn't taking a brush to the piston or anything. I just got the piston and piston arm doused with solvent and let it sit, then I wiped it. The top of the piston was still dark but the arm was shiny since the powder came off easier.
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Nothing wrong with an SKS either. Atlantic Firearms just had some for 299.99 and I waited too long. I remember when I was in high school you could get an SKS for about 80 bucks. I thought they must have been junk for that price. Sure wish I would have bought one then...
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Man! That must be it. Yeah this is the ammo with the red sealer. Thanks for the tip on leaving the piston black.
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I've got a YARQ. I put a few rounds though my 5.45 this past Saturday afternoon. I didn't get to clean it until maybe two or three hours after shooting. I didn't think it would be a big deal since I live in the desert. However, when I removed the gas tube, I noticed a fine red powder sitting on top of the paint. I had to laugh a little because I had recently had a conversation with a buddy about corrosive primers. I told him I wasn't too worried because of where I lived, low humidity, etc, etc. Well the stuff dang near just fell out of the tube but I went a head and rinsed it with some water a
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Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice. Thanks for sharing the pics.
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Cool! Thanks yall. I need to order a brake and I'll hook all this up per the instructions posted. I just knew I had lost something...I guess it was only my mind.
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After shooting a few hundred rounds and cleaning up my 5.45, I noticed a pin sticking out on the front sight block. Instead of pushing it back into place, I pulled it out. The retaining pin and spring came out as a result. I grabbed these as they rolled around on my floor: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15984945/IMG_20120130_213135.jpg I have a feeling I am missing something. I went to put it all back in but I realized that the thread protector is still in place and I can't seem to get the pin and spring back in with the protector in place. Now it looks like this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/159849
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I use the bore snake for 22 caliber and it works fine. I think it says it is for 22, 223, and 5.56 on the packaging.
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What is thew easiest way to get the thread protector off
wagdog replied to wtjosaas's topic in Saiga 5.45
That makes sense. I kept the parts just in case and now I am glad I did. So you don't weld or locktite the brake on? -
What is thew easiest way to get the thread protector off
wagdog replied to wtjosaas's topic in Saiga 5.45
I got mine from atlantic as well but mine has 4 small tack welds holding the protector on. Question for.those reading this thread. Is that little retaining pin necessary after you remove the thread protector and install a brake? I removed that pin and spring and then realized I couldnt.get it back on because my thread protector is still on. -
Put a couple hundred rounds of milsurp ammo through my saiga yesterday. It functioned great. I can't get over the lack of recoil! It took me forever to clean all the carbon buildup afterwards though. Also, the gas piston had quite a bit of wobble. Is that normal? I could see the threads on it too. Not all of them. Just the first one. Kinda freaked me out but I am a newbie to the AK platform
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Best 9mm HP for self defense...
wagdog replied to swells08's topic in General Discussion - Any topic is welcome here!!!
I use Hydrashoks for 9mm, .40, and .45 as well. A buddy of mine did a simple experiment with wet phonebooks and used Speer Gold Dot, Federal Hydrashok, and Golden Sabre. Seems like he had another brand or two but I can't recall them now. All worked fine but he found the same to be true of the Hydrashoks: they didn't fragment much if at all. -
What is thew easiest way to get the thread protector off
wagdog replied to wtjosaas's topic in Saiga 5.45
Mine has 4 small welds holding it on. I'm worried about damaging the threads. Should I try to grind the welds down flatter or just cut through them? -
Thanks for the info yall and especially for the reminder about 922r. This is a great forum.
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What is thew easiest way to get the thread protector off
wagdog replied to wtjosaas's topic in Saiga 5.45
Nice. Can't wait to see it! -
What is thew easiest way to get the thread protector off
wagdog replied to wtjosaas's topic in Saiga 5.45
Did you get the thread protector off? -
Will an unconverted saiga 5.45 accept a military surplus AK74 magazine?
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Finally picked mine up today. Mine has the same build date. Let me know when you figure out how to get the thread protector off!
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Man that red looks nice!
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What does your screenname mean?
wagdog replied to BobAsh's topic in General Discussion - Any topic is welcome here!!!
Mine is just a nickname I have had for as long as I can remember... -
I'll take that as a no. :-)
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I know what you mean about getting budget approval. Mine should be showing up at one of my local FFLs Friday. Can't wait to run some rounds through it!
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This might belong in a separate thread but do yall have any favorite online dealers for surplus mags?
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Cool thanks for the info. I've never used Gunzilla but it looks like a decent product and I want to give it a whirl now (especially since it mentions cleaning corrosive stuff). You are right about living in the desert. I brought out an old ruger .25-06 when I moved from East Texas to Utah and it had some bad surface rust on the underside of the barrel. I didn't have time to take care of it properly (and I was being lazy) so I cleaned it as best I could and put some CLP on it. About a year or more later, I remembered about the dang rust problem and got it out of storage. I knew it would be a pi
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What do you use to dry out the water? Dry patches? I'm trying to develop a regimen that I can get into the habit of following after shooting any corrosive ammo with my mosins and (soon to get here I hope!) saiga 5.45.