simon_sw

After trying to remove the gas piston from the stock bolt carrier, I got fed up and decided to try and get a new bolt carrier, so I jumped to K-Var's site and bought a Bulgarian AK-74 one. Came installed with a bulgarian gas piston, but I already have enough US compliance parts on my non-pistol grip saiga. Went to the range, was only able to shoot 20rds before the range closed, but the AK-74 carrier is a nice cheap option ($20 from K-Var with Piston). Functioned fine and the only noticeable differences between the stock carrier and the AK-74 was the underside of the carrier that co

Thanks Fossten! I just wanted to confirm what I was thinking before I start grinding away at the face of the hammer. My safety lever actually does work to my suprise, I was expecting that it was going to be useless. As for the hammer,you know how the old carpenter saying goes, it's easier to remove material than to add material. I really wanted to avoid having to buy a new hammer, so I figured I would rather be safe than sorry. I agree about the Tapco being a great deal, esp from midway for 29.99. I picked up the retaining plate, the trigger group, and also a few part for my

Got the G2 kit, new axis pins, and the retaining plate on Saturday. Went to work on the Saiga on Sunday. Ground the hammer down in the front to clear the cross member in the receiver. Put the whole rifle back together, and now the problem I am having is that sometimes upon returning to battery, the charging handle/bolt seems to get hung up sometimes, not all the time. It will work fine a few times and then maybe one it'll kinda hang up. The hangup can be released by just pulling bolt back a little and it returns to battery. I checked the other thread that mentions the return to batte

Looks good Bill!! I'm converting a 21" bbl one as well. I thought maybe I could look for a RPK stock and try to make it look like a RPK since it already has a long barrel on it.

Attempted the conversion last night. Got most of it done, just waiting for the G2 and new trigger guard to come in as well as some other compliance parts. Took me over 3 hours to remove the stock componets. Here's a break down of what went on in those 3 hours. 1) First drill out the shoulder to the trigger axis pins. (35 minutes) Constantly checking to avoid drilling into receiver. 2) Punching out pins. (45 minutes). Took me longer to do this than drilling out the shoulder, because being the smart guy I thought I was, I didn't remove the shepherd's hook and other spring of