Ed Anderson

Took my Saiga 20 gauge Kushnapup conversion out to the range a couple of weeks ago. The gun in the conversion functioned perfectedly. Having the bolt-hold-back notch in the safety lever really helped in switching mags - no need to shove hard enough to force the first round down into the mag as the bolt is out of the way. It became clear that I needed some way of sighting the shotgun other than the iron sights. I am right handed, but lost vision in my right eye and you can NOT get the left eye down to the sight line. What to do? The solution turned out to be a 38mm red dot sight combined wi

Thanks GunFun, Jody I purchased a red dot sight with an extended mount which I hope may solve the problem - or may just have to learn to shoot the long gun left handed - but, just don't like ejected casings crossing my line of sight. I also installed a recoil buffer (plastic) that is suppose to prevent metal fatique from the bolt slamming back - not certain how valid the claim is but the price was cheap. I have not shot any slugs and only three #3 buckshot on the #2 setting, but will try it on the #1 setting and see if any problems develop with insufficient gas to power the b

Good report! I am brand new to the forum and have found all the tips and advise valuable. I also took my Saiga 20 gauge out to a firing range in Monore, NC to give it a go. I shot 20 rounds of 7/8 birdshoot low brass and 3 rounds of #3 buck shot. All performed flawlessly with a gas setting of #2. It took a couple of tries to learn how to seat a fully loaded 10 round magazine into the gun. My only problem was this is my first shooting of a long gun since I lost sight in my right (dominant eye) - So trying to get my left eye down on the stock to use the sights was impossible, going to

I am new to the forum and want to thank, Indy -Weapons Guru for his series on the Kushnapup conversion. Using that information, I just finished the conversion of my Saiga 20 gauge to the bullpup configuration. The assembly manual I received only came with odd-numbered pages, no even numbered pages - which I still don't know whether just a printing SNAFU or was truly missing half the assembly instructions - but, it didn't matter with your photos and comments. The only thing I noticed as a potential problem is the short leg of the gas adjustment plunger,it just barely (like maybe 1/64")

Hi Folks, I am new to the forum and recenty acquired my first Saiga - a 20 guage and decided I wanted the notched safety lever for bolt hold back. But rather than notch the stock safety lever I purchased a KREBS Mark VI-S lever with the bolt hold back notch. The information on how to replace the stock safety lever on the SAIGA 12 makes it seem simply, but with the Saiga 20 you know or will find, you can not rotate the safety lever vertically to align it with the notches in the receiver for removal. The lever's internal protrusion hits the disconnector assembly and no matter how you sta

I recenty acquired my first Saiga - a 20 guage and decided I wanted the notched safety lever for bolt hold back. But rather than notch the stock safety lever I purchased a KREBS Mark VI-S lever with the bolt hold back notch. The information on how to replace the stock safety lever on the SAIGA 12 makes it seem simply, but with the Saiga 20 you will find you can not rotate the safety lever vertically to align it with the notches in the receiver for removal. The lever's protrusion hits the disconnector assembly and no matter how you stage the trigger or hammer position - I (and a number o