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Ugh, I knew I should have checked before ordering. That said, I too can confirm that the handguard will not fit the 308. I also had to slightly modify the wedge block on the stock to clear the screw for the trigger guard. Other than that, all is well and the black stock matches the stock handguard pretty well. This with the MOE grip allowed me to shave 6/10 of a pound off my previous setup using the ATI Dragunov stock. Total empty weight with a 1-6x30 on an MWI side rail is 10.4 pounds.

I managed a couple of MOA 3 shot groups with a newly purchased unconverted 16" 308 today. It was done using a Trijicon 3-9x40 with the BAC reticle mounted on an MI side rail with Warne rings. I had it benched on a lead sled - this was the first time I ever used one and it still takes a fair amount of concentration to keep everything consistent. My worst groups opened up to about 2" and this was using German MILSURP ammo. I'm pretty content with it as it is and have it sighted 2" high at 100 yards.

Another difference I saw between the stock hammer and the Tapco was that the stock hammer is clearly made to be used with a single hook whereas the Tapco looks like it can be used with a double hook. The "wing" on the unused side (the side with no hook, next to the BHO) of the Tapco hammer is what was pushing my hammer spring off the trigger. It wouldn't do it while hand cycling the action but if you press down really hard on the hammer, you'll see it push spring off. The clockwise twist of the spring arm allows the spring to be fully clear of the hammer. I suppose one could also grind down th

I replaced the adjustable sight rib with the Ultimak rail. Attached to it are a spare mini-red dot sight I had and an offset rail that I put there to mount a light.

So here's a little snippet of the results...http://youtu.be/pTRKURurj00. I went through twenty slugs and twenty-five rounds of low-brass 7 1/2 shot without a single issue. Now to get some more stick mags, a butt-stock with riser, and a lot more practice on Saiga-12 manual of arms. Thanks for the tips - that spring arm twist fix should be stickied IMHO.

Still tinkering and observing...I don't think it would have functioned correctly. This time I put more pressure on the hammer as I was holding the trigger back. As I did this, the hammer pushed the spring out of place which then caused the trigger to not reset. After adding the clockwise twist Tony recommended, it seemed to be doing better.

Okay, I've got the bend in it now. I don't have a lot of confidence in it as the bends at the end where it rests on the trigger - that area is pretty small with very little to rest on the trigger. I did notice that as the hammer goes back, the spring winds up enough that you can see it shortening. I am assuming that if the bend in the arm is insufficient or incorrect, that as the arm shortens, it will slip off inward. Next step...range testing...

Thanks! Well, it would appear that the spring arm next to the BHO did indeed slide inward. I just checked it after coming back from the range. This is only happening when firing and the reset problem was happening with both hammer springs. Everything else as suggested above checks out fine.

I've got an S-12 I converted myself using a TAPCO fire control group. The initial cycling issues seem to have managed to work themselves out cycling 1 oz loads reliably with the stock return spring and adjustable plug. I cannot, however seem to be able to figure out why the trigger will not reset properly. To date, I have tried the following to no effect: Notched the BHO for its spring - it has not fallen off as far as I can tell. Swapped between the stock and JTE hammer springs. Both stay in place as far as I can tell. Swapped original and TAPCO hammers. Swapped shepherds crook for ret

Today went a lot better. I had 1 of 20 FTE using S&B 00 buck although I did get a few trigger pulls not resetting. Both spring arms were on and put the bend in as well and still had some recurrences of the reset issue. We'll see how it goes after the new parts get installed this week.

24" Saiga 12 with following: TAPCO FCG JTE Performance Power Hammer main spring CSS trigger guard KVAR NATO length stock KVAR forearm TAPCO SAW grip Inbound Items: MD ARMS 5 position V-PLUG CSS performance recoil spring CSS performance puc Spent about two hours on the conversion yesterday and took it out for the first time today. New FCG felt great. Federal Game Shok #6 did not work out so well with 24/25 FTE. Checked ports (both okay) and I will be trying again soon with different load and again after new parts are installed.