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. . . . All bikes are super fun. Even cruisers. Don't be a cafe snob! We all go down some day. touche'

all of this -- very sound advice.

thank you!

I would stay away from sport bikes as your first bike. Even the smaller displacement models can get you in a whole lot of trouble really fast. I'm not talking just about trouble with the LEOs either. Those darn things can get away from an inexperienced rider in the blink of an eye and bikes are not very forgiving in a crash. You may only get one chance. That said, I should preference the rest with this: I started riding in 1968 on a Honda 90 and worked my up in displacement every couple of years until I bought a 1976 BMW R75/6 in the fall of 1977. I then gave up biking due to financia

Since things are a bit slow in the 410 section I'm cross-posting this here. I am curious about the conversion kits/parts available. First off, I am very new to the Saiga shotgun world. I only got my 410 in Feb. 2014. That said, I'd like to hear opinions on the various conversions seen here (in the 410 section) as far as ease of installation and functionality. I'm simply hoping to get some education in order to make a more informed choice when buying and installing a kit. I really only have two requirements (wants): 1. adjustable stock (my wife and I both have pretty short arms), 2. comfor

I know things are a bit slow here in the 410 section, but I am curious about the conversion kits/parts available. First off, I am very new to the Saiga shotgun world. I only got my 410 in Feb. 2014. That said, I'd like to hear opinions on the various conversions seen here as far as ease of installation and functionality. I'm simply hoping to get some education in order to make a more informed choice when buying and installing a kit. I really only have two requirements (wants): 1. adjustable stock (my wife and I both have pretty short arms), 2. comfortable pistol grip. I don't need anythi

OK. I've now had chance to run about 60 rounds through the 15rnd magazines. I still cannot get them to feed shells into the chamber when filled to capacity. The first two to four need encouragement (and some cursing) to feed out of the magazines at the proper angle to enter the chamber smoothly. I have ruined about eight of the as they get deformed when jammed into the bottom edge of the chamber while coming out of the magazine either horizontal or even nose down a little. I'm continuing to tinker with it all for a while longer. Meanwhile, the high capacity magazines seem to work perfectly i

A good link for more information is: myhighplains.com // according to a currently on air broadcast, there should be multiple links to the event & relief effort.

Yeah, we only lost my utility trailer and the full cover hard top from my Jeep Scrambler. Across the street; every house on the eintire block burned to the ground. We took about three hundred pictures yesterday after a couple hours of cleanup. I'm planning to get those on Facebook tonight or tomorrow & will put a link here. Losses so far are estimated at 225 homes and 140 out buildings totally destroyed. If you want help those who lost literally everything, designate money for Fritch fire victims with the Red Cross or send donations to the Celebration Church, Fritch, Texas.

Actually got a report about 30 minutes after my edit saying house and shop are still standing. Hope a in person visit will confirm that.

Yeah. That was my first ever online video. I was a little nervous & working without a script. I noticed I made a slight mistake stating the rpm was 290. It was actually set at 390. Other than that, it all went pretty well. Unfortunately, it may have all been for naught as we were evacuated from our home last night due to wildfires only two blocks away. We may not know what's still standing for another day or two. Heck of a way to spend your 60th birthday eh?

Wow, I had no idea it took so long for a You Tube video to upload. Anyway here it is after about a 2.5 hour upload. The video is 5:16 and gives a pretty clear look at how I shortened the Federal shells to fit the Saiga magazine. If I had only a couple boxes of these I would not have bothered with this process, but I had 7 boxes and really don't have mind to shoot them all through my pump. That said, I spent a few dollars on the roll crimp tool and got to have some fun with one of my favorite hobbies -- being innovative. I have also used the same process to shorten the #4 game loads from Federa

OK. I got those Federal Handgun shells cut off to a length with about a 1/16" to spare inside the 15rnd magazines. I was first able to test them Friday afternoon and at first they did not want to feed out of the mag. into the chamber. These magazines are all plastic and I think because I had left the first one fully loaded and in my hot shop for several days, the rim of the first round had slightly imbedded in the magazine causing it to resist feeding out. I tinkered with that for a while with no luck then manually pulled 5 shells out and tried again. The first one needed a little bump assist

Yeah, I can see the RIOs are not worth much more effort than to use them up in my pump. If modifying the Federal handgun loads fails as well, they can also be used as is in the pump. If they work out, I'll modify most of them and keep a few for the pump; it'll fire & eject everything I put in it.

Hey all, I appreciate all the responses so far. I got the 410 back from my dealer earlier this week and took it out for a test fire. It does indeed, fire the Federal 3" with #4 buck shot (handgun loads) without a hitch from the factory magazine while it still has trouble with the RIO ammo. My dealer did some serious polishing on all moving parts as well as the beveled edge where the extractor engages the shell rim. His thoughts were that taking a little off there might allow the extractor to get a better grip on the rim. My big problem now is that the Federal 3" mags are too long for the 15rnd

A new twist in this Saiga saga. My dealer is still working on the 410 and says it is now working fine with the 4-shot OEM magazine and the Federal #4 buck shot as well as some Federal #4 game shot he tried in it. The next problem is that the #4 buckshot rounds will not fit properly in the extended 15-round magazines. He says they jam up after about the 4th round and the mag will not accept any more than that because of the length of the shells. I compared one of the Federal #4 buckshot rounds to a Federal #4 game shot round; sure enough the buckshot shell is about 1/8" longer than the game loa

The gun was new from Saiga last month. Has the two position adjustment on the end of the piston.

OK. I'm not doubting what anyone here has said; this IS my first auto-loading long gun other than a 22LR. Here's what is confusing to me. If the lesser powered shells are pulling on the brass at a "fast" rate and leaving the shells partially in the chamber while my old slow hands are pulling at a much slower rate and get a perfect ejection every time, how does the bolt moving "faster" with more powerful shells make the extraction pin work better? As far as these guns are concerned, I am a blank slate; educate me please.

The RIO is the only thing I have tried so far. When my dealer first heard of my problems, he immediately offered to try and correct it. I dropped the gun off at his shop yesterday morning and left him a box of the RIO along with 10 rounds of Federal Premium in #4 buckshot. I was hesitant to use the more expensive Federal ammo until I saw that the gun was working properly. I'll know better next time. I'm going to let him do his thing on polishing and deburring and give it another go. It will likely be next weekend before I get another chance at it as our weather is shaping up to be in the deep-

At this point, I have made no modifications. I wanted to see what the factory fresh version would do before spending any more $$ or time. I am hoping at some time, all of the advice here and from my dealer will have it working reliably enough to depend on it as a primary home defense weapon. Once reliability with factory configuration (and proper ammo) is established, I do plan to do a tactical conversion kit of some type. I will certainly be seeking advice here on that as well. Until such time the Saiga is working properly, I will continue to rely on the two pump shotguns (410 and a 2

I recently acquired a new 410 and on the first outing to test fire, found this: It didn't want to extract the spent shells from the chamber. It would only pull them out about a half inch, then the new round coming out of the magazines would jam against the round still in the chamber. Once I removed the magazine and got the jammed round out of the way, I could let the bolt slam shut and then easily eject the spent round by hand. Sometimes it had trouble getting new rounds into the chamber. I had to bump the bolt several times to feed a round all the way in. I was using RIO 3" magnum #4 g