justchil

I realize this is old old old... but why aren't these in stock anywhere? I just found one in a video and it looks exactly like what I'm wanting.... but none are to be found... anywhere

I will have this gun completely apart at least 2 more times. I'm going to duracoat it once I have it how I want and it has a few hundred shells through it. Hopefully I can get the gf to document some of the work... Maybe it will be useful to someone else in the future. Right now I haven't really accomplished anything with the barrel other than adding a couple inches with the brake making it even longer I did change to a Houge grip (awesome), switched from a sheperds crook to a retaining plate, installed a chaos quad rail w/hk sights. I also polished the bolt, rails, etc to a mirror

This is the standard time vs. money debate that often haunts us all! In my current tool collection, if I wanted to hack a barrel down I would snag my 4.5" angle grinder w/cutoff wheel, square up my eyecometer, and be prepared to file until my square said I was golden. Maybe not the best method, but about $100 worth of tools. I love having excuses for new tools My wallet doesn't always agree though lol I put the barrel back in the receiver today and pieced together the gun. I'm going to do the barrel cut myself as soon as the threading dies are in stock at CSS. I have a miter s

Well I just heard from the barrel shop. The guy is saying he can't duplicate the thread pitch that's on the barrel or doesn't think he can. I kind of have any understanding of what that means but don't understand why it would be a problem. I just assumed with the correct die it makes the correct threads? I already have the thread alignment tool so I'll just buy the threading die and do it myself. I'm just going to ask if he will cut and crown the barrel to my designed length. I found this thread: http://forum.saiga-12.com/index.php?/topic/75992-chop-crown-and-rethread-a-saiga-12-ba

Looks like I'll be pressing it in. I won't have threads as the muzzle will be welded on Thank you though.

Thanks for the thread. I only removed material from wear spots and just enough to smooth out things a bit. Not completely done yet but it's looking pretty nice. Still working on the receiver and carrier while the guns apart.

Bigchris: I'm not going to chop the barrel or anything... I have a great local shop that makes barrels so they will be doing that for me. sapper: They are going to thread it just like it was... but they will also weld the brake on so I won't have access to the threads. I'm trying to keep this as legal as possible just in case. I still need to look up that method to see what exactly it is. I was just kind of hoping i could put a piece of nylon or soft metal on the end of the muzzle and tap it back into place lol. If they are willing to do it for me I'll probably just do that.

10-4. I don't have a press at home yet but this sounds like a good excuse to get one The barrel will have a Tromix Mini-monster "permanently" attached... would that prevent me from doing the all-thread rod method if I would go that route? I'm not familiar with it involves but I can search around. Bigchris: Anything specific you're wanting to see? I will have the barrel cut and muzzle attached late next week or early the following week. In the meantime I can pick up a press and some square stock and whatever tools I'll need.... but it's going to be probably 2 weeks maybe slightl

You just saved me tons of time and headache. I was so worried about removing the barrel so that I can have the local barrel shop chop muzzle and pin my barrel. I did this in a smaller vise with rubber jaws so it took more than a couple taps but it did come out pretty easily. I'm assuming you didn't use a press.. just curious how hard it was to get your barrel in and what method you used?

Ok all is well... thanks for putting up with me lol. I guess sometimes u just have to step back and have a beer

I just expected it to fit right up Now I'm having problems figuring how how to get the gun apart with the retaining plate in place.... I can't just drive out the pins like I could before. I only have the 2 pins and no access to the other side of the safety. If I can get the darn thing apart again I'll be happy to modify the plate to work. So I guess one thing is going well... the retaining plate is retaining the pins lol. So well I can't figure out how to get them out lol

Yeah I'm an idiot. I should have purchased: Overall this has been a pain... but I'm learning at least lol. Didn't even refresh before posting... Looks like it's dremel time.

I'm new to this gun and was just finishing my conversion and ran into what I believe is a major problem. It was a total PITA getting the CSS axis pin retaining plate installed to start with... found some tips on this forum which helped me get it in. It took some effort to get it over the "rail" the carrier slides on but I managed to finally do it.... Well I'm ready to install the bolt carrier and I can't get it to go on. I look and the top of the axis retaining plate is so close to the "rail" the carrier slides on there is no way the carrier is even going to go on without brute force