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Yes, they exist. I have one. It is a factory mag from overseas. It's not a frankenmag. jd1

How about making a shell catcher/stopper? A pvc frame with some netting to catch the hulls or at least knock them down in front of you. It would be cheap, portable and easy to break down. There are some commercially made ones that are essentially just that and are even made to catch the empties in a bucket or bag. jd1

Too late for you but you should have tried the Remington cheap stuff in the green and tan box. My S20 loves them. They're the Rem Game Loads at Commie Mart for 3.27. jd1

I love my S20! The manual had the settings on the gas plug backwards so I was having jams with the standard ammo on my first range trip but the magnum shells were working fine. I conferred with the saiga forums guru's and take the plug out and see that the 1 is for magnum and 2 is for standard. Buy more ammo, go shooting. This thing will shoot as fast as you can pull the trigger. Mine likes the Remington Game Load and Hi-velocity game loads, the green and tan box 8 and 7 1/2 cheap stuff, lo-brass on the 2 setting. It DOES NOT like the cheap Winchester white box with the red str

I checked and the 1 is for magnums and 2 is other. The cut-out was on the 2. Thanks for the help. jd1

Thanks guys. That was my next step, take out the plug and see which setting was which. I'll let you know how it turns out. I hope to shoot it again this week. Thanks for the quick reply. As a side note, I have an AK style stock on my Saiga, metal buttplate and all, and I have some good shoulder marks today. I had a good cheek weld and the shotgun tight into my shoulder but that buttplate is unforgiving, but it sure looks cool! Later, jd1

OK, I finally went out with some friends and shot my conversion today. I had some Rem HV All purpose 7/8 oz 8 shot. My manual says Pos 1 is non-magnum and 2 is Magnum. Having remembered that you can mess up your shotgun shooting magnums on the wrong setting, I followed the manual. With the All Purpose, it would shoot the first round and not eject, 2nd round, same thing. Sometimes it would feed the last 3 of a 5 round string and sometimes the last 2, sometimes all 5 were singles. I switched the setting to 2 for magnum per the manual and shot some 3" Max Dram 1 1/4 oz 5 shot Turkey loads (

You're more than welcome. I've not been on Saiga.com for a while but I found this post tonight. The nylon hole plugs are my one and only claim to fame and main contribution to the WECSOG curriculum. JD1

I'm still waiting for my royalty check!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! jd1

Check out this link http://www.rkengineeringco.com/eclip.htm Lowe's and Home Depot have them in their pieces and parts drawers in the fastener section. You'll need the 7/32 ones. It wouldn't hurt to get 2 packs of 2 in case one goes flying. I didn't lose one but came close. jd1

I like the 7/32 e-clip idea. I had used 1/4 and filed them down but the 7/32 is perfect. jd1

I'd have to look it up to be sure but you would need to convert pounds to US$. It is rusmilitary.com. Go to magazines. I believe he has more. They are 3" magazines not 2 3/4". Try this link http://www.rusmilitary.com/html/c-deact_magazines.htm jd1

Ordered on 2.2.05 and arrived today on 2.17.05. Looks great. It's a little tight locking in but I'm sure it will loosen up. And it's extra length makes it easy to lock it in. And to top it off, my K Var pkg arrived today as well with a Romanian forward swept pistol grip and upper handguard and 2, count em 2, Romanian front sight bases. jd1

Way to go Indy. Now it makes more sense to people. What's the saying, one picture is worth 1000 posts? Since this thread will be my forever claim to fame I must try to keep it alive as long as possible. jd1

Ok, go to Lowe's and look in the small parts trays for 3/16" hole plugs to fill in those holes at the rear of the receiver. You may need to slightly open up the holes but some they will pop right into. They look like rivets once installed. You can use this for all 4 if you use e-clips or the RSA shepards crook replacement. jd1

Just send me 25 cents every time you use the idea and we will call it royalty. jd1

Do a search for WAKAL. He milled, superglued and plastic welded 2 together. It's a little high tech for most of us but might be what you are looking for. He should be able to help you. There's also an extended .410 mag pic floating around with fiberglass reinforcement but I can't see to find it now. jd1

When you pull the trigger it is causing the hammer to ride up against the bolt carrier. The hammer is still captive, it just goes up enough to put tension on the bolt carrier. IIRC on my SAR3 I had to remove my cover and use a cleaning rod to push the hammer down to get it to release the bolt carrier. It's not a replacement for a hold open just how it works if you do it that way. jd1

The same thing happened with mine. One went in fine and the other took some work and I bunged up the front of it a little bit but it finally went in. I didn't want to get the drill out again. jd1

I thought you guys would be impressed. In my household I'm famous for browsing in Lowe's and Home Depot just to see what I can come up with. I've already seen my idea posted on gunsnet and I had to point out the fact that it was my idea. I'm telling you, this is going to take off and no one will remember lowly jd1. Indy Arms, I thought the same thing when I popped them in my 20 gauge. Crap! They were made for it! jd1

Well Rogi, what do you think? jd1

Unfortunately I don't have a digital camera but here is the complete description on the package I picked up at Lowe's. HILLMAN 3/16" Nylon Hole Plugs Black The UPC is 0 0823671665 8 There is a stand alone number 139446 then another numer H#881274 And they're made in the good old US of A. They are in the sliding drawers in the fastener section in the Hole Plug Drawer. Plug in the address below and look at the upper left hand picture. That is a nylon hole plug. I'm serious, it looks just like it's meant to be there. The finish matches my reciever. I looked at it again this morni

I did the conversion the day after I bought the gun and all the needed parts for my 20. I couldn't find a binding post at Home Depot so I left the rear holes open. The front 2 are empty and the back 2 show some of the stock through them. I went to LOWE's today at lunch and found a binding post and looked in their misc pieces and parts bins and found HILLMAN 3/16" Nylon Hole Plugs. I had measured the holes with my calipers at about .175". In my mental math I came up with 3/16" should be close enough. I got home tonight and one popped right in snugly. The other one needed some c

Why not have it choked to accept RemChokes? jd1