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A thousand rounds of 444 Marlin - that's plenty of commitment. Folks may not realize how big an investment that is. Wonderful to hear you found a setting with perfect cycling reliability. I'm eagerly awaiting the day you say it's ready.

Here are some option prices specific to this group buy, some long awaited: Buttstock options - Base price includes a VEPR-like thumbhole stock OR a separate P-grip and buttstock. Choose from any P-grip and buttstock styles in my catalog. Buttstock/grip upgrades include: Cheek rise - $10 Finger grooves - $5 for p-grip, $10 for t-hole or drag stock Upgrade from thumbhole to military dragunov style - $20 Custom heights and lengths - NO ADDITIONAL COST Shaped to fit a buyer supplied buttpad or plate under 1.75" wide - NO ADDITIONAL COST (some restrictions apply - typical screw mounted bu

Here's how I remove broken taps and bolts when the situation allows it: I take a dremel with metal cutting wheel. I carefully cut a slot in the bolt/tap to allow it to be turned with a screwdriver. Penetrating oil and patience are crucial ingredients. Now it's my turn for a true confession - my first Saiga bullet guide was a piece of pipe... PVC pipe to be exact. Sanded it down into the traditional shape. It was just supposed to be a stop-gap measure. I just shoved it in there in the space between the barrel and the trunion. Well whadaya know... the thing held there for years and

Problem witth the 460 and 500 S&W rounds in an AK - Chamber pressure. Do some bolt thrust calculations. The idea that handgun rounds are lower pressure than rifle rounds doesn't apply when combining the highest pressure revolver rounds with the lower pressure AK platform. I concur of the Beowulf, Marlin, and Socom rounds. The 500 and 460 S&W are so danged expensive that these rounds really aren't bad by comparison. The advantage of 460 S&W is an extremely powerful handgun round that allows trhe chambering of 45 colt and 454 casull as well. The 50 - well, I never real

Progress pics, some by request, some by impulse. Many other sets are in comparable stages of completion. These include: A cocobolo set with veprov handguard and military dragunov style buttstock Two jatoba sets with the S4 style handguard and target enhanced QPG buttstocks A red oak set with a Saiga rifle style handguard, AKM style buttstock (enlarged for Saiga factory buttplate), and grooved ergo style grip

Yours isn't in this picture, but is well underway. That layout shows about half of what's underway at the moment.

That's certainly a fair price. Hate to be a pain, but are take-off levergun barrels a possibility at all, say if it's buyer supplied? On the flip side, I'm sure a Tromix turned blank will give accuracy to be reckoned with.

Something I could go for is a less expensive option for rifled barrels than sabot slugs. Round ball maybe?

I sure do appreciate the PM space, thanks! Glad to see that's why my box registered a lower percentage of capacity - I was afraid it had dumped some messages.

Sub-$250 is right, sub-$150 is almost a certainty. As far as reliability goes, I wouldn't say "flawless" just yet, but I have cycled complete mags without a hiccup. Hopefully the latest improvement will make that the norm. Unfortunately I cannot accept customer's guns and perform this work. That would require an FFL. What I will offer, when time permits, is a DIY kit with instructions.

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The reason people don't think of 10ga, 20ga, and 410 ga for exotic loads is because... well... nobody makes exotic loads for them. In other words, I wouldn't pick the gauge first, I'd pick whichever combination was the best choice, and best usually means optimal, not the most extreme in one way or another. You do know that loading and selling ammo requires an ammunition FFL, right? If you didn't want to go that route, selling components to private handloaders would be a possibility.

IF you're willing to sign a form for private records saying that you legally purchased this firearm as a cover-my-neck measure (and I do the smae for you stating that I'm not prohibited from buying), then I'll take it for $300 FTF in western PA. Will be in touch on details later. Please advise if it's still available.

The buttstocsk are all the same except that the S-308 needs different inletting for the trigger. It is possible to be inletted for both. The only complete incompatibility is with the Saiga-100.

3 things that make this set a good buy. 1.) Lyptus wood, strong and straight in grain - I haven't been able to resupply that wood very well, and if I do it will be a noticeable upgrade price. 2.) That handguard style is discontinued. 3.) The set is available now. My current eta on incoming orders is September. After June 30, it will be January. Saiga factory stocks are also worth something. This is the package deal to get. You're looking at well over $300 worth of FBMG mags, a stock set approaching $200 in value, and the most expensive factory model of the Saiga-308. When fol

Erring on the side of caution would be to consider the Saiga to have 4 pieces in its FCG and the other semi-auto AKs to have 3. The only way the Saiga wouldn't have 4 is if one wasn't considered a listed part when it could be, or they were considered to still be connected when they aren't. The ATF letter stating that Saiga shotguns have 13 parts is not something I put a lot of faith in at all. I would consider them to have 15. That way when they change their mind I'm not in a bad position. My thought is to advertise caution, and if you're not being cautious then please don't adve

To expand a little further, short barreled shotguns aren't something you can walk into a gun store, pay a sticker price for, pay an instacheck fee, fill out a 4473, get checked over the phone, and leave with the same day. This is a whole different classification of firearm called an NFA firearm. THIS is the kind that is registered on a federal level, and the ATF and your local sherriff have to approve you to have it, vs having to find a reason not to approve you within 3 days.

More pics of more progress on three out of many stock sets underway. Not the prettiest, but hey, you have to dress the animal before serving it up.

That's teh config I would go for too, and I believe Tony previously said that would be fine.

I wouldn't screw with the caliber markings, but I assume you can always add more.

I only see red Xs for pics. As far as sears and AKs go, yes there's the full auto sear. Wiki clearly states that the sear can be integrated into a trigger, which is the case in the semi-auto mode of the AK, and semi-auto variants. So you can call it a trigger, call it a sear - it's two parts in one. Where things get complicated is when they break it into two different pieces, like on the Saiga design. The trigger and the item that lets go of the hammer when the trigger is pulled (also known as a sear) are functionally two different parts. What federal LE agencies think is any

Beautiful!

I think this shotgun predates the inertia driven Benelli design, that's kind of what I was getting at. While the current Benellis are a class of their own, this would be a shotgun to compare to Winchesters, Berettas, and the like.

I should have realized it was a joke when you mentioned Tromix and Hesse in the same sentence.

Sounds like a great deal. Being the predecessor of the Super 90 doesn't mean anything except that it was made first. I believe it's a gas operated semi-auto much like the HK Fabarm semi-autos. Anything with those names is worth something, and $200 is a great price.