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Just a quick update for anyone interested:
Everything's going fine for current orders except that everything's taking much longer than expected. This is due to stocks themselves taking longer to make as well as many interruptions in my schedule. The stocks themselves are coming along smoothly, just slowly.
In order to prevent such a backlog in the future, I'm suspending taking new orders until 2008. In this time I will be finishing custom orders due or overdue, (none were originally estimated to be done later than September), and in whatever time is left I will be working on some ready-made furniture. Hopefully the availability of ready-made furniture and some time to clear out the current custom orders will bring lead times to something I don't have to constantly apologize for. I've developed enough designs and used enough woods that I'm starting to get an idea of what is popular enough to stock... provided I have time to make it.
Feedback I've gotten is that many people think my prices are far lower than they would expect, at which I'm honored. There are only three ways in which prices will be raised in the near future.
1. Base prices will be raised a total of $10 per set, but the first level of wood upgrade will be incorporated into the new base price. So if you're getting a maple or mahogany set, both woods that I'm finding very agreeable in manufacturing ease and resulting quality, nothing will change.
2. Some options are being repriced, mainly wood choices.
3. Some of my ready-made items will be loaded with options and priced accordingly.
I thought that I could fit in expedited orders by taking them individually for a fee, but with only 24 hours in a day and 7 days in a week, and the belief that expediting fees don't justify bumping other orders back, that's just not feasible (all expediting fees have been credited back towards the purchase price). So those willing to pay extra for something done sooner will hopefully be served with option-loaded ready-made sets. Custom orders may begin to have a substantially longer lead time estimated from the start. I've tried to be careful and say that an estimated delivery time is just an estimate, but when I'm almost always wrong something has to change.
Also, in order to avoid taking up forum bandwidth, and since I finally learned to use my E-mail list feature, I'm going to start an E-mail list to which people can subscribe. So if you want updates on how things are going, what's new, answers to FAQs, and such, please send an E-mail to my screenname at hotmail with the subject "BR Subscribe Me". I will probably not read the text. Just a warning that there may be moderately sized attachments sent via this E-mail list.
Other assorted bits of news:
I'm wrapping up my use of walnut and spanish cedar wood. While I consider their strength acceptable for gunstocks, I don't feel that the resulting quality is worth the price of the wood and work. Many other excellent woods are available, and I frequently try out new ones.
My most popular woods seem to be red oak, honduran mahogany, and jatoba.
I have no clue if I will ever get the mag adaptors ready for sale. I'm at full capacity doing furniture orders and that's something I'm sticking with as long as people want it. But aside from time, there's nothing preventing me from making the adaptors.
I can currently model furniture for any stamped AK in the US with the exception of Krinkovs, VEPRs and angle-cut AKMs. The exceptions could be made using buyer supplied dimensions and some final fitting required.
Items for future development include one piece AKM and Saiga style handguards for AMD rifles and pistols.
All grip styles can now have the option of a medium width ferrule.
I'm seriously considering BobAsh's suggestion of "Fidoglass" as a novelty that would actually be pretty practical.
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If that thing is open bolt, that price tag is way too high for any significant quantities of production. I don't see how it serves any purpose better than a drum fed S-12.
The whole cookoff thing shouldn't be an issue in a detachable mag shotgun due to its capacity. Cookoff or just shell deformation is what you run into spewing 30rd after 30rd mag or firing belts. 10 or 20rd mags of shotgun shells that take as long to load as the AA-12 or Saiga, with the reduced velocity of shotgun shells (which relates somewhat to the heat produced), just can't be fired that fast.
If someone wants shotgun firepower greater than the highly reliable and versatile Saiga, a LMG or even a HMG fed by a belt or hopper is the way to go.
I have a hard time believing a Saiga couldn't be accessorized or modified to match all the real life benefits of the AA-12. If boreline is an issue, raised buttstock and sites should solve that. If it has lower felf recoil than an S-12, throw on some weight and/or some advanced recoil absorbing butt devices.
I have a feeling that if an LE dept wanted to compare the AA-12 to the S-12 and gave Tromix the same budget, he could beat the AA in every way and have the change left to take the whole department out to dinner.
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Beautiful! I'm trying to take in all the creeks in western PA, and there are a lot of instances when the good water appears only briefly.
One lesson I learned - do the rapids at the beginning of the 17 mile trip, not the end. I ended up with inadequate strength to avoid capsizing. And that was on class 2. I need to get back into shape.
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These should have all been out a month ago, but they're closing in now.
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The S-12 has the best reliability and the most common and affordable shells.
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A reliable autoloader is more reliable than any manual operated arm, because the operator is human. Also, he is dead wrong that cycling a bolt action loses no time re-aiming. You need to be finished reloading in order to reaim, and your reloading action puts the rifle farther off target than the recoil of the shot, especially if it's a low recoil rifle with an intermediate cartridge.
The advantages of a bolt action 30-06 are that it packs more range and inherent accuracy in a rifle not much heavier or larger than an AK. The bolt action saves space and weight over an autoloader in the same cartridge. The Saiga in 30-06 is quite a monstrosity in size (which I happen to like very much) over a bolt action and over other AKs. Being light allows it to be aimed easily and quickly.
Militaries switched to autoloaders and then full automatics for a reason. The whole point of the military assault rifle was to cover the widest range of uses, which soldiers could and did face.
And this statement "Such confrontations are unlikely in any actual civil conflict. Raiders don't bunch up." is nonsense. The existence of motor vehicles would certainly mean raiders would be in close proximity. He's assuming that all raiders would be tactical experts, but unless the raiders go by his rulebook, you'd be well served with an autoloading rifle to cover both scenarios.
He's making the same mistake Zumbo did - trying to advocate something by making enemies, which will ultimately weaken his position in response to his actions. What he should have done instead is emphasized the merits of a bolt action 30-06 as a homeland defense rifle and shown that one is not poorly armed if that's all they have - better to be well trained with one gun than poorly trained with many. Well trained with many guns is better still, however.
I too have thought that a smooth bolt action 30-06 is far underrated as a primary homeland defense rifle. I also believe that sometimes people do buy rapid fire guns as an ego trip. But to say that's true of rapid-fire gun owners as a whole and to denounce rapid fire guns in all uses shows nothing but ignorance. The same ignorance showed by Zumbo when he blew his career.
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Tokageko was great to deal with making a customized stock set. Excellent communication and payment, especially relating to the details of the furniture set.
A great member to do business with who cares very much for the Saiga community.
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Louielouie likewise was an excellent fellow to deal with. Understands the cooperation needed for a specialty item, which is what most Saiga accessories really are. Great with timing and communication too.
Would gladly deal with again and recommend to anyone else.
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The 20mm is most likely a DD. Tromix has a license related to NFA weapons. You and I don't.
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If wood will work, gimme a holler.
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The NRA is backing a pretty nasty expansion of the NICS that can allow the psychological community to sh-t list anyone they want.
I'm not going to support them unless they withdraw their support from it. Most people don't really know what's in it but the NRA of all people should. This isn't a nitpicky issue like the WGA had against federal CCW - this is something that could easily disarm anyone whom anyone with a medical license decided to diagnose a certain way.
A diagnosis is a judgement call, far short of a conviction or even a court order. Diagnoses are made to effectively treat the most people, not to control their lives for the future.
Under this law, anyone diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder, most importantly veterans, would be barred from owning a gun. And anyone could talk to a guy who's been through the hell of war and consider him to be stressed by it after the fact - I sure would be. It isn't stress that makes people go berzerk, it's how they handle it.
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$100k.
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My view on guns as investments:
YES they are if your intention is to keep them. Getting money back from them is questionable. But if they are decent firearms and you can get them at a competitive price, you'll be glad you did when the sticker prices go up and you find the smae gun costing as much used as you paid for new.
The I've learned to stick with - only buy guns you're willing to keep forever, even if at some point you choose to let some go for whatever reason. And pay what it's worth to YOU, not what someone else thinks it's worth. That may mean paying going price when no one else thinks it's worth it. Or it may mean passing up on every opportunity because it's just not worth it to you at the price they cost.
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I know this is extremely hard to believe, but the S-100 receiver in 30-06 is the same length as a regular AKM receiver.
I think you may be onto something with replacing the receiver instead of rewelding. Only problem is you would have to machine out the mag well, and No a PSL receiver wouldn't be any easier to change the magwell on.
My thought would be to use a Nodak Spud Yugo or RPK receiver with the trunion bulges, since the S-100 has one.
Or maybe I need to take a look at mine again.
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Factory furniture is beech from the examples I've seen. I used to be able to buy beech wood but it's not available anymore. A lose-lose deal if you ask me.
I think harder than matching the wood would be matching the finish the Russians use. This seriously isn't a shameless plug, but consider buying a complete matching wood set made for the P-grip config and then selling your complete matching factory set as a whole. They bring in a decent amount of money, making the wood stocked S-308 a very good deal from the factory.
That being said, knock yourself out on making your own grip. It's a fun and rewarding project that allows you the ultimate customization.
No shameless plug taken on my end. I appreciate the input. I've actually got some beech that's about twenty-five years old. The only problem is that it's only about a single quarter thick, and I hate to try to laminate it given that it will need a mounting bolt. Was from my grandfather's small furniture repair shop.
I've considered the furniture you sell, but I didn't think you were taking any more orders. The lyptus set that was for sale several months ago with the rifle and mags looked like it would've turned out well.
Thanks again for the reply.
I go on and off taking more orders. Right now I'm stacked pretty high, but can always talk. It sometimes takes while to nail down all the details.
If you want to try to laminate some wood you have, make sure the surface is perfectly flat. I would suggest Gorilla glue or a competitor. Sounds like it would make a great one-time project, even though the work would be a bit much for regular production.
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Ironwood has standard patterns at good prices and readily available.
Mine are custom made to buyer's specs and have multi-month lead times.
Another key ingredient to an AK-74 style front end is the hardware to accomodate the shorter handguards. You can either press off the gas block and front site and install a regular retainer, or for a no-gunsmithing solution see Dinzag for a clamp-on lower retainer.
The rear end conversion to P-grip goes without saying. If you're not sure what that is, see threads on doing that conversion. It's extremely popular.
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These sets are all honduran mahogany. Not all are done.
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Would probably not be cost effective, but if a 10 or 15rd drum were more compact than the 20rd, it would have a redeeming advantage, and not just in restricted areas.
I'm someone who looks for redeeming advantages of neutered configurations. Taking up less space is the only real advantage of a lower capacity mag.
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Factory furniture is beech from the examples I've seen. I used to be able to buy beech wood but it's not available anymore. A lose-lose deal if you ask me.
I think harder than matching the wood would be matching the finish the Russians use. This seriously isn't a shameless plug, but consider buying a complete matching wood set made for the P-grip config and then selling your complete matching factory set as a whole. They bring in a decent amount of money, making the wood stocked S-308 a very good deal from the factory.
That being said, knock yourself out on making your own grip. It's a fun and rewarding project that allows you the ultimate customization.
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With X39 AK mags being all interchangeable, to me it makes the most sense to convert the gun once and be able to use any unmodified military mag. That also requires you to change out enough parts so that the mag can be 100% imported.
My recommended conversion is extremely typical, but there's a reason - it's so dang popular because the result is just plain nice.
The simplest and most standard conversion involves a black synthetic fixed buttstock, presumably from K-var, and a black synthetic grip, presumably a SAW grip from Tapco. With these US made items plus a US made trigger group, you are doing what I consider the most efficient conversion - making your conversion parts and compliance parts one and the same. You can then use any foreign mag.
This is what I consider the core, basic, standard, typical, optimal, straightforward, good-old (ironic that it's old now) conversion. It may be tempting to want to bypass this to something more advanced, but my opinion is that this config is the way to go for your first conversion. I'd save tang-cutting or rear-trunion-swapping folding stock conversions for a future project, even if it uses the same rifle. Same with gas-block-pressing and installing an AK type handguard retainer - a good future project.
Now if by "pimping" you're thinking more about outfitting and upgrading than converting, I have one modest suggestion - if you don't want to do the p-grip conversion, make the most of the so-called "sporter" config. It has advantages too. I'm not a fan of p-gripping an unconverted Saiga. Either do the conversion and get the most out of the military config, or utilize the advantages of the classic stock configuration used on military and civilian rifles alike until the second half of the 20th century.
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What??? He only has ONE gun safe?
Those guns safes capacity is drastically overrated. A regular 14 gun safe will maybe fit 12 on a good day, and good luck getting one out of the back corner without knocking over everything in front of it. And you can't organize them based on how often you use them, but based on how they fit perfectly.
I'm a pretty mild gun nut, and I'm in the market for a third safe. They're not all that expensive if you consider the value of what's inside. And about 15% of the collection belongs to my wife.
Oh, and I balance the cheekbook.
Better duck to avoid the flying vegetables...
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Owning them should never be illegal anywhere.
Where to use them and during what hours should be the jurisdiction of local governments.
They should be allowed on private property or designated park property only. Not in public roads. Some kids threw some horrendous thing next to my new car a couple years back. I was scared to death of the neighborhood fireworks activities where unsupervised small children were throwing them everywhere. But I had an enjoyable and safe fireworks event at a friend's farm, clear of public roads and a half mile away from other houses.
Like guns, keeping them as property should not be infringed. How you use them in relation to ther people is what we have laws for. I'll stand for a person's right to own fireworks and use them in accordance with the law on his own land. But no one has the right to throw a volcano of multi-thousand degree magnesium sparks anywhere that flows onto my property.
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I have a bunch of Saiga buttstocks without buttplates that would be good choices for cutting up to make these. PM me if interested. I could even do a rough cutout to save on shipping.
Apart from being willing to share surplus material, I have zero interest in making such an item. Be sure to keep track of US parts compliance.
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That rifle is a sex machine! Definatly the best looking unconverted .308 I've seen yet. The lengthened handguard kind of reminds me of the rifles in the original Planet of the Apes. Thats the cool thing about Saigas, people never seem to stop puting their own spin on them. Good work, to be certain.
Sexy I've heard, but this would be the first time I've ever heard a rifle referred to as a sex machine. While I wouldn't mix guns with sex, I'll take that as a compliment.
I'll probably be trying out a future version that goes all the way to the front site, in what I think they'd call the "International" or "Mannlicher" style or something like that. Ruger offers a number of guns with a really FULL length stock.
Trigger group for Unconverted Saiga
in Saiga 7.62 X 39
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You either convert the gun for an unconverted FCG, or convert the FCG for an unconverted gun.
Dinzag and I both offer the latter service. I'm backlogged through the end of the year though.