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Folks, Go buy a Silver cleaning cloth and cut patches to fit your cleaning jag. That Lead will come out in a few pulls of the cleaning rod.

Here is one that's very popular--------> http://www.sniperhandle.com/

To each his own. 37mm Bird-Bangers are quite the scariest thing one can fire to use to get attention of any 2 or 4 legged critter.

Mine ran like a Mercedes right out of the box. Even low powered stuff. Tearing a gun apart before EVER shooting it is like buying a TV then tearing it down then whining that it has 1/4 Watt resistors instead of 1/2 Watt resistors. Many times manufacturers make changes to improve a product without telling you. I see it all the time. I'd at least have shot it first.

You TORE the gun apart before firing it? You DO know you porked your warranty, killed any baseline information and......well, most folks wouldn't have done that. I mean, WTF?

Did you actually SHOOT it yet?

Dinzag Arms can rent you a die and a thread alignment tool.

Centurion Buck and Ball.

One fellow drilled a hole through the magazine and inserted a pin with a pull ring. Load mag, push down top round and insert pin.

Rackety-Rack! Don't talk back!

It could be worse...like Maryland! Sales Tax on purchase (Even Internet) is 6%. Add $65.00-$75,00 transfer fee plus State Police fee. When Saigas were cheap mine cost over $600.00. A $629.00 AR-15 clone cost me over $800.00 after all the BS. And the FFL siezes any mag over 20 rounds. So you get a single shot AK after all that crap.

Best luck Mike!

Certainly Yugo Brass cased ammo is plenty good...and inexpensive for any 7.62 X 39 sighting in or any other shooting.

It's almost certainly Lead or other fouling. Get a Silver cleaning cloth and scrub it.

Buck and Ball.

Indeed we can help. Please give details. One question; did you read the Owner Guide? (I hope this isn't another TronJon)

Gentlefolks, 'Cold Blue' can be a durable and easily repaired finish but it must be done correctly. Strip the weapon down completely then degrease. Beadblast using a fine medium then degrease again. Keep your bare hands and fingers off the blasted finish. Blue the piece by dipping or applying the bluing acids with superfine steel wool. Wash it in COLD water. Blue it again a couple times if you wish after washing. Getting a NICE finish requres superfine steel wooling between or during washing. Worry not about a bit of surface rust. The last time you blue it wash it one last time and

Mine ran 100% out of the box on EVERYTHING. Still does.

It IS weak ammo. Crappy ammo can cause the bolt carrier to go back enough to eject shells but not far enough to set the hammer onto the disconnector. Don't use shitty ammo in a Saiga 12.

The BATFE simply cannot prove you 'assembled' a firearm from simple possession.

The Birchwood-Casey cloth is the same as Silver cleaning cloth found at any hardware, Dept. store or Notions Shop. It just costs 3 times as much.

Easy fix for Lead fouling. Clean with solvent as usual then wipe bore clean. Get a SILVER cleaning cloth at a Department store or Notions shop. Cut a couple of TIGHT fitting patches and clean the lead out. You will be suprised how easy it is to 'Get the Lead out'. Some 30 years ago I had a Colt Peacemaker clone that leaded like crazy. I tried everything from bronze and stainless brushes to a Lee 'Lead Puller' but NOTHING worked so easily as a Silver cleaning patch. Reuseable too. Pulls copper fouling too.

It's an AK and REQUIRES a MANLY breaking in. Do not think for a second it requires pussified inspection and Elmer Fudd hand wringing with the chicks from 'The Vue' wimpering and offering to change Miss Saiga's panty pad.

My 2001 Saiga 22" fires the first and second but not the third due to the magazine. And no, different mags do not help.

The Russians have a pad that is stackable and has hard inserts for length of pull adjustment. They came on the Saiga-12.com sidefolder but they are no longer listed nor could I find the pad or LOP hard inserts recently. Mac?