thunderstruck

Has anyone replaced those stupid loud muzzle brakes with something more useful, like a long flash suppressor? God forbid you ever have to fire one of those things without hearing protection.

They are necessary if you have a POS out-of-spec AK like mine, where the bolt carrier often "jumps" out of the receiver rails. Otherwise, don't bother.

How much length are you guys having to remove from the tail? I just got my puck yesterday and had to remove so much material, the CSS puck ended up just a c-hair longer than the stock puck. I'm using an MD Arms gas plug, is this really supposed to be normal?

If the wobble is mainly just vertical, place a shim inside the receiver where lower part of the stock fits in. A fender washer worked well for me.

FFS, when will this dead horse be allowed to rest?

Worth noting that with US-made magazines, you are only one part away from compliance anyways. Gas puck or muzzle device for instance...

Blue light scatters far more readily than red and green, makes a shitty color for a dot sight if you ask me.

I had a Leapers RDS some time ago, looked very similar to the Tasco RDS, probably sourced from the same Chinese company. Lasted no more than 500 rounds before the reticule would only work on one setting. Spend a little more for the Primary Arms Micro Dot or Bushnell TRS-25

http://forum.saiga-1...ger-guard-kits/ Same thing as the AK-Builder guard, except from a supporting vendor.

That's what happens when the rifles sit on the shelves for a long time and the store doesn't maintain them. I've seen that happen on all kinds of AK variants, not just IO rifles.

My Saiga 12 hanging out with my AK

Try the original springs every 100 rounds or so... At first my S12 would only run Winchester and Federal low-brass with the CSS spring. After about >300 rounds, it now runs both flawlessly with the original spring. I don't want to piss on your parade, but I wouldn't consider it fixed if you have to change the springs if you want to run high-brass or magnums.

That's what I was afraid of. Most of the pics I found made it look very light/yellow, I was hoping that it was just the lighting or camera. Oh well, I guess if I wanted to be brave I could shoot some paint to it.

Does anyone have this furniture on their Saiga, or even seen it on a rifle? I've been thinking about replacing the clubfoot stock on my IO rifle with this K-Var stock. I'm trying to find out how well it matches with a Hogue desert tan grip, but apparently this furniture isn't too popular because I can't find many pictures of it on a rifle at all. I have thought about the Tapco FDE stock which matches "barely close enough" for me, but I'm not convinced that it is any sturdier than my IO stock.

From what I can find on the net, they've always seemed to be hit-or-miss. I managed to get a hands-on look at a few more IO rifles about nine months after I bought mine in May '11. Didn't really get to go over them with a magnifying glass, but two looked like they were decent builds. One was completely fucked up, worse than mine. Canted gas block, rust, poor riveting, etc. I get the feeling that some of IO's employees are only there to punch a timeclock. Glad you got a good one.

Glad you could find some humor here, because my experience with I.O. certainly wasn't funny. I actually like the stocks I.O. uses on their AKs, it's the only piece of original furniture that has managed to remain on my AK so far. However, it doesn't compare to a good quality polymer stock like K-Var for example. The receiver fit was pretty sloppy, large burrs were left over from manufacturing, the glued-in rubber butt piece came loose after about three mags, the sling loop isn't welded together... Agreed. IO at least a good job on the magwell . Every mag I have tried has fit gre

I think most of Inter Ordnance's offerings take the cake here. Here's how my I.O. *used* to look: Don't have any up-to-date pics, but the only I.O. furniture that remained on my rifle is the buttstock. I've strangely taken a liking to it.

Same here.

I realize this is an old thread, but I could write-up a detailed review of my I.O. AK47-C if anyone is interested. The gist of it: It was a completely unreliable POS with many issues when I first got it. Dealt with shitty customer service for about six weeks while I ended up fixing the damn thing myself. Fortunately it's now a deadly reliable and accurate shooter. Still, I would recommend everyone stay far away from them.

That's what I was thinking. The AK-Builder trigger guard is a great setup.

To each his own I guess. Is it just difficult during installation, or are people having problems with theirs coming out of the grooves during use?

[offtopic] Was it one of their 32-round mags? I have one that caused me a lot of trouble with my otherwise 100% reliable P95DC. Swapped the ProMag follower with a follower from a factory Ruger 10-round mag. Both mags run flawlessly now. [/offtopic] Why not? When a manufacturer includes a substandard part made by another company in their product, why shouldn't the aforementioned manufacturer receive some of the blame? They released the faulty product to consumers after all, unknowingly or knowingly. If knowingly, they definitely deserve the blame. If unknowingly, then I hope a good com

Want to point out that there is nothing wrong with using a shepherd's crook. I actually prefer them over retaining plates, e-clips, etc. because a good one will not allow the pins to rotate in the receiver.

I have one that came with my I.O. rifle. I can see some distortion in the feed lips on mine but so far it has been 100% reliable. Then again, I don't use it very often.

Why should you care what they think? You tube commenters were actually used as a baseline for how to scientifically quantify stupidity. (see stupidfilter.org) Hope you don't belleve that I take those morons seriously. It doesn't make it any less annyoing though.