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I saw an article dated around 2003 on Saiga 12 talking about a BHO lever that would require a slot cut into the receiver. What became of this product? I have a Vepr in 7.62x39, and the Veprs and Saigas are about as close as you can get to siblings versus Romanian/Jordanian/German/Bulgarian AKs. I would like to install a last round bolt hold open that doesn't require custom mags/followers. Do you have any leads? Thanks in advance.

That's a nice micrometer you have there

I went ahead and enlarged the 8 holes to 1/4" - I haven't had a chance to go to the range yet to try it out.

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I haven't had a chance to hit the range with my modified gas tube (even larger vent holes) because its too damn cold and MI hunters crowd the lanes with their crappy loud bolt guns that can't hit the paper at 100yd.

Ah it's the Ultimak gas tube w/ vents!!

The Russian POSP I handled did NOT center with the bore... I went with a BP-02 and a BSA 4x32 scope. A 40mm will BARELY clear the rear iron sight.

Nope, it flies into the air. Worst case scenario is that you use BreakFree CLP to clean off the finish (safe for use on painted surfaces).

I did this a few months ago (around August), but here's the full story again: I kept my original Robinson/Molot gas tube intact because I have never seen a bare gas tube like that for sale on the net, so it'd be hard to replace. I further modified my Bulgarian gas tube by enlarging all 8 holes to 1/4" in diameter vs the stock 1/8". The first thing you will notice is that the piston is kept cleaner especially at the cup/dish where its usually caked with carbon. It should be only a slight ridge of carbon near the top. I did some reading on WHY they vented the gas tubes and appare

Siagalova: 800rd... single load only! I didnt want to baby it, but MI law prohibits more than 1rd in the mag at a time when shooting on state operated shooting areas. I get trigger slap only when the rifle starts to heat up and everything's working smoothly. I took a grinder with a blue aluminum oxide bit to the disconnector and trimmed some material. I didn't want to touch the trigger itself because that "raised" ridge is part of the hole that holds the disconnector spring. I hear the easy solution is to get a Tapco G2 or RSA FCG - but why is that the solution? Are their trigg

How is the balance with the M4 stock? Is it too light? I was thinking about doing that on my VEPR, but it's barrel heavy if you take the rear stock off... with the Robarms stock... the balance is at the part where you insert the magazine. I was thinking about getting an A2 buttstock with the 3.5 lb lead weight insert and moving the balance point to possibly the pistol grip area.

Yes what model year CVPIs are you using? The Hemi V8s look great on paper but they're not consistent in real life. There are some bugs to work out... but I think it's the Mercedes Multi-Displacement system in the Magnum that is screwing things up.

The M4 stock won't be much shorter (even when fully contracted) on a Saiga/AK/RPK especially with the adapter that adds some length to it.

What kind of CVPI do you have? is your dept going to the Wimpalas or the new Crapnum (supposedly the Hemi versions do 0-60 in like 8-9 seconds in real life, and run high 14/low 15s in the 1/4... while some do 13s in the 1/4....)? $975 is kinda pricey tho... I know a guy who's with a PD in NC that bought a Bushmaster M4 (thru a letter from his dept I guess) for about $600 and it came with 4 30rd LE mags and a gun case.

The AR10 is way overpriced IMHO. If you think $550 for a VEPR is too expensive... I don't see how $1500+ for a 0.308" version of an AR-15 is inexpensive. Yes I know the upper and lowers are supposed to be different. Tighter/match grade perhaps? Why didn't they do that with the AR-15 lower? It's all machined anyhow. Vendors nowadays act like CNC machining is a mystical voodoo bag of tricks where you NEED to spend a sh*tload of money to get something done right. I see this trend with car parts as well. $200+ for a stupid upper intake elbow that probably cost $10 in bar stock/cast materials and

Do any of your Saigas have trigger slap? If not, are you using a Tapco G2 or RSA adjustable trigger or another type of trigger system? My VEPR K in 7.62x39 is now giving me BAD trigger slap... I've only shot about 800 rd through the rifle. I decided to take a look at the FCG and what did I find? the US made disconnector resembles the Century disconnector - it's got that little wing that sticks out. The thing is, that wing isn't contacting anything - there are no scratch marks. There's a heavy contact point on the part where the "wing" meets the disconnector and slams into a rid

I believe Molot also makes a 16" 0.308 barrel... Robinson Armaments (importers of the Vepr rifles) claims there's no accuracy difference between the 20" and 16" 7.62x39 rifles at under 200 yd.

There's always the 20" VEPR II 0.308

hemophilic: you're not imagining things. Wolf 154gr SP is the most accurate Wolf ammo you can find. It shoots more consistently than the JHP or FMJ, however it's still not up to par with Barnaul FMJ/JHP/SP. Wolf 154gr SP is in the same accuracy "range" (that I devised) as the bulk of the domestic brass cased ammo including Winchester PSP/FMJ, Federal PSP/FMJ, and will outshoot the Remington crap. For performance/cost analysis, it becomes VERY hard to justify using any brass cased ammo when you can get Barnaul or Wolf 154gr SP. Wolf SP shoots very dirty (primer salts everywhere, lots of pow

Nice setup! What brand of bullets are you using? I would expect such fine performance from a 0.308 based AK (approximately 1 MOA). I may reconsider getting an AR15 and just look for another VEPR but in 0.308 :cool:

What ammo were you using? What rifle were you using (Barrel length, etc...)? Open sights/Scope? In MI, I have to use single loads only - meaning I hand chamber each round. It's a stupid state law that is enforced when shooting on state operated firing ranges ($5/day vs $300/year for membership dues at a private facility) The best I've been doing is 0.7" @ 100 yd using 7.62x39 Corbon 125gr JHP in my 16.5" barreled VEPR K with a 8-32x44 BSA scope. From your range and grouping, I'm guessing you have a 0.308 or 0.223 rifle, more likely the 0.308??? At 500yd and 600yd, 7.62x39 drops 1

My vision isn't the best so I'm not really into the crappy AK open sights. In a real combat situation, you MIGHT be standing, or crouching, or standing in the support position, or crouching in a supported position, or in the prone supported position, or in the prone unsupported position... etc... you get what I mean. The standing position is going to be the least accurate. You can stand and use objects for support (broken brick wall, piles of dead enemy soldiers, blown up cars, etc...) it doesnt have to be a bipod. 5" groups at 75yd with Wolf? Sounds about right. It's not very goo

I don't think the AR stock adapters will fit the VEPR receivers but I'm not sure about the std AK or Saiga receivers (they probably will work).

I'm using a 8-32x44 scope and shoot at 8x up to 16x. The key is to shoot in the prone supported position or the bench supported position. In the standing or crouching (unsupported) your accuracy drops dramatically. You cannot stabilize the rifle enough as you would in the prone supported position. I prefer the prone/bipod position but I shoot in the bench/bipod position and stabilize the buttstock of my VEPR. Basically the crosshair doesn't move at all when I shoot. If it does move, your groupings loosen up. Just my 2 cents Anyhow, nice shootin Tex!

The way I read MI laws was that SBRs are prohibited and if anything require additional paperwork and classification. The way the state law works is that if you have a rifle with a 16" barrel or longer, and a TOTAL overall length with the stock contracted/retracted/folded (basically in EVIL mode) of less than 26", it's a SBR. If your TOTAL overall length with the stock contracted/folded is more than 26", it's OK. My VEPR K has a 16.5" barrel and is probably more similar to your Saigas than an AK... and I did the measurements: With a folding stock, my VEPR K most likely will not ex