Jump to content

bobotech

Member
  • Content Count

    176
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    2

Posts posted by bobotech

  1. I was last here about 2009.   After 2009, my late wife started going down hill and I had to take care of her full time and had to leave my job.  

    Money was super tight, ended up having to sell my 2 Saiga 12s around 2013 or so. 

    In 2015, my wife passed away.  Met my current wife after that and have since remarried.   I have started my career back up and am now back into the gun hobby.

    I knew that Saigas were long gone and that is tops of my regret guns to sell but honestly, when it came to surviving or not, i sold the guns.   I now have a great job and a wife who makes good money too so I'm back into the gun hobby. Not exactly the best of times to get back into it, but it is what it is.  

    I did keep my Saiga 308, that is still safely in my safe.  That one isn't going anywhere along with my custom built DSA Inch Fal.   Still regret selling my Saiga 12. 

    When I sold my Saiga 12, i kept my drum mags, only 3 but I had 3 md20s.  Well I went to my gun dealer this past wed and he had this Cheetah 12 that looked quite a lot like a Saiga 12 and i was intrigued but I just figured it would not work with the drums or whatever.  I found out that they do work with them so I accidently put the Cheetah 12 on layaway at my gun dealer.  459 dollars and I put down a couple hundred on it and 3 months to pay it off.  I think i was pretty lucky to find one of these things at the gun store these days.   

    I don't think I will find another saiga 12 for 459 dollars.  Those days are long gone. 

    But what does everyone here think of them?   I know I know, cheap Chinese clone but what else could I do? 

    I never sold my stock of 12guauge so I still have a few hundred rounds of 12gauge.   

    I'm just really curious of people's opinions of the cheap clone.  Honestly, the biggest difference I can tell appears to be the gas piston and bold.  They seem to be not quite a durable but i haven't held a saiga 12 in like 8-9 years.  

     

     

    • Like 1
  2. One nice thing about the 308 is the lack of the 4 holes in the rear of the receiver due to the odd trigger. Because of that, converting it back to proper factory is easier than the other Saigas in which you end up with those extra holes that need to be fillled.

     

    Once you add those 2 new pins and the linkages, you are going to get that crappy pull from the weird 7.62/223 triggers.

     

    The only way to go to make it right is to convert properly.

     

    Seems like you will go though just as much labor to put the 7.62/223 trigger group in as you would to convert over to a pistol grip.

     

    Seriously, reconsider.

  3. Man, you guys are so picky.

     

    Its a freaking AK, I am just going to convert the gun with a G2 trigger group, some cheap fixed stock (even the Tapco one), Tapco pistol grip, some bullet guide, and call it good.

     

    It will function fine for a lot cheaper than a 900 overall rifle.

     

    I paid about 250 for my rifle (it was 350 but I kept the 8x12 PSOP scope that was on it for my Saiga 308) and then the parts shouldn't add much more than 200 to the overall price.

     

    May not be the prettiest thing around but sure functional.

  4. I wouldnt... not for the .308... you can run .308 bullets down a .311 barrel... but I wouldnt go the other way with it...

     

     

    If I had them.. I would reload them for the X39 or the PSL... BOTH of which I DO reload for...

     

    want to sell em?? :lol:

     

     

    :smoke:

    I don't reload for my PSL or x39.

     

    How about 60+ shipping? I won't end up using them since I can't use them in my Saiga 308 or K31. There are about 420+ bullets in the box.

  5. To the OP, I know what you are talking about. I have 3 scopes. 2 are like the PSL mount and one is a standard AK style side mount.

     

    The 2 PSL mount style scopes will move forward with recoil. The AK munt which slides on from the rear will not move forward.

     

    You can go to Kalinka optics website and buy the proper AK style mounting bracket and replace the SVD/PSL style that your scope has now.

     

    I'm not talking about drilling out the rivets and replacing the actual side rail on the receiver of the gun, I'm talking about replacing the scope's mounting bracket which is removable and replaceable. Much easier than drilling out rivets and putting a different rail on.

  6. My dealer had 3 of those sitting in his misc parts shelf for over a year. They were for mini-14s and were buried under other stuff.

     

    I finally bought all 3 of them for 10 dollars a piece which is a big savings over the 35 a peice they normally are.

     

    Brought them home and used my propane torch and heated up the mounting arms and bent them to fit my Saiga 308 and my AR15. They work BEAUTIFULLY. I don't lose a single shell anymore. Funny seeing the brass rats (which I am one of) coming over to my table expecting to see me tossing 308 and 223 brass out and nothing comes a flying.

     

    Don't know how they would work for the S12 but I imagine they would be fine however I would consider modding it and cutting the bottom out and adding a net to give it more capacity.

  7. is his video.

     

    It really looks like that the safety lever on the passenger side of the gun (the big bar that you slide up and down) isn't all the way in the down spot.

     

    Make sure that the safety lever is ALL the way down as far as it can go.

     

    Edit: Nevermind. After rewatching the video, it looks like that the safety bar is all the way down properly.

  8. The pain-in-the-ass to load 75-rounder..

    Like this one: http://www.militarysupplies.biz/images/Mag...0Drum%20Mag.jpg

     

    lol Glad I bought one like I have instead of that damn thing you've linked. :lol: Is that the Romanian one?

     

    I paid...... $90 for this brand-new Chinese drum. I'm damn happy with my purchase, (and my FFL)! :smoke:

    I beat you even with a recent gunstore purchase.

     

    :)

     

    Less than a year ago, I went to one of my local gun stores. The one that usually overprices his stuff more than most.

     

    I saw a drum in the cabinet and it had a sticker of 79 dollars on it. I started to get excited thinking "oh, thats a decent price for a romy drum" (at the time Romy drums were around 99-110 dollar range). BUT it was a 75 rounder Chinese drum.

     

    I started shaking and couldn't pull out my wallet fast enough to pay for that baby.

     

    :)

  9. What is wrong with this thread? I keep seeing it being bumped to the top with recent posts by SOPMOD but there are always the same 8 posts with the latest one being from Apr 9th.

     

    Odd.

     

    Edit, never mind. I have no idea what was happening.

     

     

    It has a poll in it, every time someone votes it bumps back up.

    Ahhh!!!

     

    Everytime someone votes in a thread, god kills a kitten.

     

    Please think of the kittahs.

  10. Anyone know if a PSL flashhider and front site will fit the Saiga barrel?

     

    I have an extra real PSL flashhider and front site and would not mind using them on a future Saiganov build of my own.

×
×
  • Create New...