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Not to put down German Shepherds 'cause they're great, but here's some other BIG, CAPABLE working dogs. Any of these breeds will produce Schutzhund-capable dogs with real stopping power. Rottweiler Belgian Malinois Giant Schnauzer Argentine Dogo Fila Brasileiro Irish Wolfhound Kuvasz Dobermann Pinscher Ovcharka

What about a .410 front sight block (available through the Saiga-12.com store) and add a tritium post?

Good to know. Thanks Makc!

I haven't seen the gen 1 mags for sale in ages. Weren't they recalled? You could probably contact AGP and find out if you can exchange them for gen 2's.

Thanks, but I'll pass.

Good idea, and a big +1 for Shepherds. They're great dogs. I've actually started this fella on some Schutzhund training. He's just a mutt (probably Lab/Pit), but has a super attitude and a great nose.

+1 on motion sensor lights. As for dogs for protection, they're only as useful as their training. Do you have the time and motivation to train one to be a good working dog? Also, think about what type of dog you want: 1 - Alarm: any dog, any size as long as it's alert and loud when it counts. 2 - Deterrence: everything an alarm dog does, plus enough energy and size to make an intruder think twice. 3 - Stop: a dog with all the training for alarm and deterrence, plus the ability to stop an intruder cold. This is uncommon outside of military and LE working dogs. Also, do you wa

+1 The 'magnet test' is mostly to satisfy insurance underwriters and lawyers. Outdoor ranges in wildfire areas sometimes ban steel because it can strike sparks.

The grain on that looks awsome, what is the origin? Ironwood Designs maple, with Laurel Mountain Forge 'honey maple' stain and Permalyn finish, and Polytech metal hardware. My Type-56 almost-replica. Needs to lose the flash hider and have a full hood over the front sight, but otherwise pretty close

There is no such thing as a Romanian Dragunov. Those PSL rifles have Kalashnikov actions, same as a Saiga. The only real Dragunovs were imported years ago: Russian Tigrs, a very few SVD's, and Norinco NDM-86's.

Having tried both, I prefer the XD. H&K's are quality pistols but I don't care for their ergonomics (plus H&K is legendary for their piss-poor customer service). OP, do you really WANT either pistol? If you don't, then don't trade. Keep your shotgun and trade it for something that suits you. Buckandaquarterquarterstaff is right. You can get a reliable .45 for cheaper than what your shotgun is worth.

The best tool for buttstrokes is probably a non-folding, non-telescoping wooden stock with a steel buttplate.

+1 Best idea I've heard yet. I may try that one sometime. Not really. When something goes bump in the night, 1. Make sure you've got your "special" magazine inserted. 2. Pull the pin. 3. Rack the bolt. 4. Selector from safe to fire. 5. Rock and roll. Or you could leave your bolt locked open with a notched selector (or factory BHO, but that adds an extra step for the safety). Leave any magazine you want in the gun. 1. Selector from safe to fire, releasing bolt. 2. Rock and roll. How many magazines do you own? Do you really want to drill holes in all of them, or are you

WHAT? Sounds like a candidate for thereifixedit.com, or more likely failblog.org.

Wolf won't hurt anything but the egos of gun snobs. It's not match quality, and it it's dirty, but you have to clean anyway. Just don't use it for accuracy. High round count run-n-gun type matches, Wolf is fine.

Makes good sense to me too. I'm actually surprised that you had honored warranties on jacked up, poorly converted guns in the past. If you know what you're doing, break out the dremel, but make sure the gun's not a lemon beforehand!

That's what really matters. Besides, you can always claim the good shooting is thanks to your own skills, rather than the gun

Not sure about Saigas in particular, but many factory test targets are nothing more than function tests. A worker clamps the gun (or even just the barreled action) in a vise, loads it up, and yanks the trigger a few times.

Agreed. The optics are ridiculously high.

I'm not impressed with their limited 3 year "we'll decide if we want to fix it or not" warranty. Kelly from www.ttellc.net says he saw 3 out of 4 POF-USA rifles fail to make it through a high round count shooting match.

Right, no need to get into a theology debate. It's just funny that Ahmedinejad, the leader of a supposedly very fundamentalist theocracy, seems to have issues with his own faith. More likely, he's just stirring shit up and doesn't care about Mahdi.

Thanks for the update Cobra. Looks like you've been kicking that cancer's ass pretty good! Here's hoping for a full remission and many rewarding, healthy years to come!

Anything but ProMag! I've got both AGP and Surefire and like the Surefires a little bit more, but the AGP's are not bad... not by a long stretch.

Aerospace type pop rivets really are much stronger than regular pop rivets. Both have 2 advantages over regular rivets: they work in blind holes, and you don't have to peen anything or beat with a hammer. Your Saiga receiver can handle getting whacked, and there's access on the inside for an anvil to pound against. Regular rivets will work just fine.