piwo

Holy hell that is frightening! I've had good luck with general white box PMC as well. Now I switched over to Winchester from Walmart. ;o) Seller Beloit is an old, established manufacturer and the price is reasonable. I was stunned by what happened and may have been a fluke, but not sure I'm going back to the well....

Not tried seller-beloit in 12 ga and glad to hear you had good luck in 9mm. After two cases from the same box ruptured while we were breaking in my daughters Kahr CW9, I wrote it off.

Not tried seller-beloit in 12 ga and glad to hear you had good luck in 9mm. After two cases from the same box ruptured while we were breaking in my daughters Kahr CW9, I wrote it off.

Your experience was pretty much what I had: actual conversion was pretty darn easy. I did have issues with mainspring slipping off (only did it during recoil, I should have just bent it when I converted). I was worried by some internals that were getting beat up during break in but a file and some suggestions here knocked those out as well. Congrats on a job well done!

Circumstances dictated that I would have to shoot today so I did so this afternoon. Saiga 12 ran flawlessly (using the factory spring). I never did get the JTE spring bent right where it would stay. I was shooting 1oz and 1 1/8 oz winchester birdshot. Also shot the snot out of a bunch of clay birds as well! Next stop: a camo paint job for hunting! I am very please with how it's handling with the new FCG and pistol grip. .............

I'll check both of those before I head out. My trigger was sticking ever so lightly on the forward most part of the trigger cutout. I had filed the trigger unit at that spot with a file to relieve it but finally removed the entire FCG, took it to a fine grinding stone and slowly removed enough material so it didn't bind. Tapco FCG had a "bur" or raised machine mark that was binding as well. It's clear now. As for the Hammer, I did remove a bit of material before I even shot it. I'm going to look harder at the BHO, and that DAMN SPRING...Going out Monday morning before the sun is overly oppress

Shot again today after my conversion and smoothing out some of the rough spots. This time I shot only low brass stuff and had no FTE's or failure to loads. However I did have mainspring issues where the trigger wouldn't rest without me clicking it forward. I bent that damn spring every which way but loose but couldn't get it to reliably function every time. It was darn hot without shade and I surrendered after an hour or so of messing with it. Going back out Monday for another go at it. Spent hulls were't marred up like the others so the tips paid off: much thanks! BTW: I was @ 70% hitti

Great pics, thanks for all the help and insight. I'm going to look at some other potential pinch spots having looked at your pics. An observation on my first picture. The rail that the carrier rides ends towards the chamber, and then the "extension" of that (for lack of knowing what it's called) has the first smashed edge. If you where they join, they are on different planes. I wonder if that's the way it's supposed to be, or if that's WHY it's smashed at the edge, and smashing the bolt head "fin" (picture 4). Interesting... Thanks fella's!

Ya, I referenced that in my first post: warranty is no more. I'm researching it, little here little there. Have file, will travel. Not concerned about the warranty, and it's precisely why I went ahead and started the project. My error was not doing a detailed inspection of the parts before I started: if for no reason other to have the benchmark known.

I filed a bit, but obviously not enough. The dremel should fix that. Thanks for reminding me. so many little fires to put out that one slipped by.....

I'd be interested in reading that........thanks!

Thanks for the information, and sage advice. Both the original hammer and the Tromix work with the Tromix FCG. I will experiment with the original before going to the "go forward" hammer. Thanks again. piwo

Hmmmmm, interesting. It is quite sharp to the touch. I don't know if it's the extractor's chipping away at the metal trying to get their "final" depth, or what. The edge of the bolt face chipping away at the shell "guide" is still disturbing. I'd love to see others that are similar, and still "ok"...... I'd liek to shoot it this weekend having made the conversion, but don't want to muck it up if I'd be doing harm........ thanks for your insights.....

This is a good representation. The shell on the left is where the marking agent "marked it" at the lower extractor recess. Some of the cuts are quite deep. I don't know if it was doing that before or not.

I have some questions on Hammer and firing pin relationships. If you put the carrier into the rifle without the bolt assembly and manually bring the hammer into the forward position, you will see how forward most travel of the hammer. Putting the bolt assembly in the carrier and repeating the same procedure shows you how much "over-travel" the hammer has with relationship to the firing pin even when fully pressed into the bolt. This means that the bolt stem is being "hammered" by the hammer with the "over-travel". Having moved the FCG forward this is pronounced. I have the tromix FCG and I th