KiowaScout

Thank y'all for the diagnosis, I think it's accurate. I got the wife last night with the AK shotgun desire, and couldn't believe her positive response. I had to dog on my ol Rem 870, but I'm sure it doesn't mind too much. Now I just gotta decide which 12 to get and go visit that sub-forum. Now I've already got TWO projects, and I haven't even began to plan covering my stupid loss on the other Saiga 7.62 I sold. In the exasperated words of Charlie Brown, "Oh, Good grief..... "

Ha, survival match striker is perfect and that's what it's going to remain as. Actually, I'm an ALSE dude with the Army so I know that I'm actually going to try it. liberty-r-death- Thanks for the info on the threading and the bullpup lead. I'll have to check on that. I've got to be careful; I've been on this forum for hours and it's already beginning to warp my budget considerably with all of the cool pictures and ideas out there. I'm starting with a $270 Saiga and I'm going to end up spending probably close to a grand on it, then I found the VEPR or Saiga 12 dilema, then I found

Thanks guys. I'm not one to freak out at cosmetic blemishes or missing paint and scratches. *Most of my guns are tools to me. That's also why I didn't get assed up, but am curious, about a giant rectangle of marring above the trigger & behind the safety lever. It's very organized destruction which I at first mistook for velcro or something and then realized that the receiver has been ground in three neat lines to form a rectangle. So, I guess my question is, why? I saw another Saiga, converted, with the same thing? (I'd post a pic but haven't figured that process out yet) As far

Gents, I have to confess that I've looked at this site for years and am a member of many other forums, but just realized last night that for whatever reason I hadn't joined this one. So, I guess this serves as my 'newbie' intro post! Anyhow, I was hanging out with my dog, watching the media talk about the world ending and all while enjoying being on leave and decided that it was time to go to the gun shop. Apparently, I heard the siren's call from a Saiga .223 on their hidden used rack. I've got a few AK's, even just sold a nice converted Saiga in 7.62 to a buddy chastising me for ownin