bushpilot47

The ports on my 4 port are .063 it runs well. The ports on my 3 port are .079. Lat time I had the gas block off if drilled 1 of them to .089

CIA Saiga 12? folding / removable sights with a longer radius than the gas tube and without 3 pounds of unnecessary rails would be cool. Not a whole lot of choices for sights out there The Krebs have a longer sight radius than original sights. About 8 inches longer.

I just noticed my sight is a little crooked or I got the gas block canted the last time I had it off. I'll have to check that out!

The Krebs Combat Sights look something like this. Or.............this.

What I did was clean the service. Then took a tooth pick and some Testors Gloss White model enamel and put a small about on each indent "+ .. . -" and let it dry overnight. Then placed a piece of fine sandpaper on a nice flat surface and sanded the face until the "+ .. . _" were showing. Wipe sanding dust off as you go and sand slowly. Then I sprayed some clear over it after masking off everything but the circular face. The clear spray I had was matte finish. Gloss would have been better. Now to let you know what I wish I would have known. The black finish on the v-plug is very thin. Do no

Probably nothing new to most folks here but I wanted to post it anyway. It seems to me it is a lot easier to see with the white piant.

Well the paint is finished and I am totally pissed off at myself. I primered the gun before I painted it. I have no knowledge of gun finishing but priming in my opinion was a huge mistake. I applied one kind of paint over another and the primer and it is just to thick. It chips really easily. I will be repainting in the fall. I need to get it to a place and have it media blasted. I will decide what material to use at a later time. Perhaps the duracoat Mitch was talking about. I read up on duracoat and it seems like a good product. Any suggestions out there on finish. The gun looks OK now but

Well the rail is removed and gun painted. I can say with certainty I am not happy with what I did with the paint. I listened to someone on this forum who said the primed their gun when they painted it and it came out soooo much better than his friends did. Priming was stupid. I can see myself redoing the finish in the future. It chips really easy.

Somethings are just done for the challenge involved. I was never going to use this rail so I thought, "I wonder if I have what it takes to remove this thing. Sure would make painting that side easier. And since it's all apart, why not remove the gas block and drill just one of the three ports." So that's what I did and it's been fun. Not work at all. Fun, yeah that's right. Keep telling yourself that. Fun, fun fun.

Duracoat, an airbrush and some hobbyist skill sound like a great start. I am not familiar with the duracoat other than hearing the name on this forum. I painted mine yesterday with the Dupli-Color 1634. I wasn't totally happy with the hardness of the paint even after baking it. It would have most likely been fine but I had a can of Brownells Teflon/Moly Oven Cure Gun Finish and decided to use it. The striped S-12 just fit in my over. My wife is a gem. She didn't complain at all about the smell of the parts curing. I didn't do the Teflon/Moly in the first place because the directions "for best

Well, she's painted up real purdy now. Will put her together tomorrow if the paint is dry enough and post a picture or two.

Well, I got side rail removed this morning. It did make me a bit nervous but seems like all is going well. I drilled out the front and middle and drilled the rear just enough to remove the rail. Then I kind of reaccessed the holes a little for the welds. That was not necessary but what the hell. I made backing plates for the welds and now I am in the smoothing process. The rear trunnion rivet remains in place and is welded so I hope I never break it. Love this damn gun. Picture of removed rivets with holes. Holes welded up! I have ground them as smooth as I could and am waiting for t

Thanks for the information. Interesting. Hated reading more 922r crap though.

I found the thread I was looking for.

I have my S-12 all torn down and the "velcro" pretty much smoothed out. I want to remove the side optics rail (I think that's what it is). I saw a post on this forum a while back but can find it now. Can anyone link me up to it. Seems to me you just drill out the front two rivets and weld the holes. The rear rivet get reused or replaced. I think to salvage the rear rivet you would just grind the head off and punch it back or out to remove the rail then shorten it up and re-peen the end of it. Am I on the right track here. Thank Arlan