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I actually have an idea to convert a Saiga 308 to 30-06, basically using the space gained by my G3 mag conversion on mags like the original Saiga 308. After the ban sunset, drastically modified BAR mags may be an option. But my 308 conversion to Hi-cap would have to go well first, as well as my 444 conversion should the specs check out, if not then I'm doing a WASR-10 low cap to 35 Remington. I'd want to make the mag length extension and rebarreling work before doing both at once.

I actually have an idea to convert a Saiga 308 to 30-06, basically using the space gained by my G3 mag conversion on mags like the original Saiga 308. After the ban sunset, drastically modified BAR mags may be an option. But my 308 conversion to Hi-cap would have to go well first.

If that is a VEPR you have there, it is a whole different issue to convert. But kudos on the job, it looks awesome. Modification to the trunion is why I and many others won't do it to a Saiga. The Trunion is a high stress part. Not something you want to machine away. Concerning feed ramps, my adaptor includes one. If more of a ramp is required, I will include one designed for this conversion.

Not all Hesse/Vulcans are complete trash, just too many to take the gamble. I seriously hear far more bad about them than good, and I mean on orders of magnitude. I would second the recommendation of doing your own Saiga conversion. This is why: Center is converted Saiga 7.62x39mm, left is yet-to-be converted Saiga 223, and right is Saiga 308 in the midst of a drastic conversion.

I love how people miss important details. 1. NEW FRIGGING BARREL. No banana peel burst issues here. The issue is bolt and trunion lockup. 2. The bolt appears to be the same strength as 7.62x39mm bolts. If it is, that is greatly overdesigned for the 410 (chooses interchangeability and ease in manufacturing over light weight) and properly designed for the 444 Marlin.

This question is frequently asked, but for the sake of good firearm business and your own health and safety, it is good that you asked this. Vulcan is known for making very very poor quality firearms, and I'm not talking crude and simple; I mean shotty, crooked, flimsy, and unreliable. Examples include AR-15 barrels without gas ports, pinned brakes with pins obstructing the bore, and some really stupid manufacturing methods, such as welding an AK receiver to the trunion, and piling up weld material for a feedramp. While most companies offer generally good products with low error rates

I have never seen such a natural, effortlessly beautiful combination of parts from four different companies as my very own Saiga conversion.

I looked at the ACE offering and my design is quite different. While ACE's front site attaches to the upper half of the gas block, my design fits around both. ACE's has a front site loop, while mine will have straight vertical ears around the front site post. It will be intended to match an AR-15 style rear site mounted on a receiver cover. Also, ACE's is designed and dimensioned for the AKM, while all my current accessory designs focus on the Saiga rifles. While there will be plenty of AKM pre-banifying parts when the ban dies, parts for the Saiga/AK-100 will be harder to find and that's

G3 mag conversion is moving more slowly than expected. I have thus far been using carbon steel, which has been hell to machine so far, due to the structural role of this adaptor due to the necessary removal of the cross post in order not to touch the trunion. I'm leaning towards using aluminum, and now have a system in mind to provide the same support through more efficient means (no brainer stuff really, just a matter of figuring out how to fit it in there.) If you guys don't mind the end result being 1.75" wide instead of 1.5", I think that's where I'll go with this. Costs will probab

Bvamp... Um, a new barrel means a new gas port size. No welding necessary, just drill the hole only as big as necessary. 444 Marlin has the same rim diameter as 44 Rem Mag, 45 Colt, and thus 410 shotgun. But the 444 Marlin is NOT a pistol caliber. It's a big bore big game levergun hunting caliber. A semi-auto big bore is something I think is a great yet highly ignored possibility in gun design, with the exception of the 50 Beowulf and 458 SOCOM Monster.

I did the exact same thing with a Carriage bolt through the rear hole in the grip and the trigger hole in the receiver. Great minds think alike it seems.

I'm not familiar with the one from ACE, so I'll have to check them out. I'm trying to figure out which bayonet would be best to make the lugs for, so input would be appreciated.

If you've completed your conversion to P-grip and hi-cap (and if so congratulations, I've done the same with great results), see if you don't like the aesthetics of the original handguard. I assembled mine with a K-var synthetic buttstock, Tapco SAW grip, and Polish synthetic mag, and the combination is perfect. Plastics from three different countries (Russia, US, Poland) and four different companies all matched perfectly. If you must have an original style lower handguard, I believe you would need to remove the gas block (though I've never done such a thing or even owned a standard AKM)

I was planning on offering a front site that mounted to the gas block and included a bayonet mount (since Saigas have no such thing and won't even after the ban dies). Anyone interested? I believe it would be a tight fit and secured by a screw behind the block. Anyone interested in a version with a Picatinny rail over the barrel for a flashlight or laser?

The 444 will absolutely have more pressure than a 410. I calculated the bolt force due to chamber pressure to be slightly lower on the 444 Marlin than the 7.62x39mm. So the big question is whether the 410 bolt is built as strong as the 7.62x39mm? Visual inspection suggests so, but I don't own one, and my only reason for buying one would be to do this conversion.

Krebs Custom Guns offers take-off furniture from their Saigas. You can get a wood set for I believe $45.

Dremel work would just be a touch on each side of the mag. Nothing on the trunion. My goal from the beginning was not to touch the trunion, as others have done with M14 mag conversions. I'll update as the production progresses and I have more to show.

Only mod on the G3 mags is to Dremel a small recess to clear the trunion rivets.

The bullpup config would be legal after September 13.

The law against it will expire in September. Wait till then. The 308 version is feasible and legal to do now. Have fun, and stay safe and legal.

Due to the incredible interest in hi-cap mags for Saiga 308s, and a good do-it-yourself market, I plan to offer a kit for you to convert your Saiga 308s to take mildly modified (will work in original) extremely inexpensive G3 mags. This will include an adaptor, mounting hardware, instructions, and one converted mag to use as a guide for future ones, and will require about as much skill as a Saiga 223 Conversion to P-grip and hi-cap, though a bit more work on that level of skill. The adaptors will be machined out of solid barstock and will also strengthen the receiver. Unlike every other

Stay tuned, G3 mag adaptors for Saiga 308s are in the future, more details in another post and as development progresses.

First, your Saiga must be converted to pistol grip configuration using requisite US made parts. Might as well make it take hi-caps too. Note the different models for a collapsible and fixed stock. The fixed one would be legal to install now with the adaptor, the collapsible one will be legal if the AWB expires in September.

Suppose perhaps a Saiga 308's wood could be adapted?

My former Saiga 20 needed to be broken in. It also tended to jam if not shouldered firmly.