skinnygun 0 Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 I have a Saiga 7,62x39 on order will it shoot USA ammo or are the primers to soft? Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jtoddellis 2 Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 It will shoot just about anything you feed it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hoop762 0 Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 I have a Saiga 7,62x39 on order will it shoot USA ammo or are the primers to soft? Thanks i have used a lot of US made x39 ammo. mostly winchester and remington. I have never had a problem with any of it like jtoddellis said, they will eat almost anything you put in there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skinnygun 0 Posted March 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Thanks, I hope not to use the USA made 7x39 but the guy who I buy from had only 4 boxs left and I let a young guy have 2 when he asked if there was any left.I still have couple hundred rds of Wolf ammo hidden away. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gaddis 1,689 Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Anyone know if the Saiga 7.62x39's have SLFP's? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IndyArms 10,186 Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Anyone know if the Saiga 7.62x39's have SLFP's? Umm.... Whats an SLFP?!?!? ( You will tell, and I will probably slap my head and say "DUH") Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gaddis 1,689 Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Anyone know if the Saiga 7.62x39's have SLFP's? Umm.... Whats an SLFP?!?!? ( You will tell, and I will probably slap my head and say "DUH") Spring Loaded Firing Pins (I hope I used the correct terminology here ). There's a big brouhaha over on the Arsenal forums about how some of older American manufactured 7.62x39 ammo made with softer primers might not be all that safe to shoot in Arsenal brand AK 7.62 rifles because they supposedly don't have SLFP's in them. Good news is that most of the American ammo manufacturers have swiched over to the harder to ignite primers now. I was just curious to know if the Saiga 7.62's came standard with SLFP's already installed in them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hoop762 0 Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 my 762x39 (2004) does not have a SLFP, however my S-12 (2001) does Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheGunHustler 3 Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 my s 223 has a slfp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uzitiger 193 Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 With 7.62x39 ammo going thru the roof we might have to shoot US made ammo or end up having to reload to shoot our Saigas. Our other choice is mil-surp corrosive ammo made in Yugoslavia, Hungary or Romania. I've shot Remington and in my Saiga and I purchased Boxer primed Olympic ammo from Greece. Once my formerly low cost ammo runs out, I may have to use the US made ammo unless the Russians start shipping ammo again. The 7.62x39 round was made by many countries which could be improted to alleviate the Russian ammo shortage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IndyArms 10,186 Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Read my post about "olympic takes one in the ass"... it works... just be careful... sideways primers, etc... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shotgun_lobotomy 0 Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 my sks will start slamfireing soon as it gets at all dirty with US made ammo so i stay far away from it, even tho its kindo kool when it lets loose a burts its dangerous and i dont wanna mess around Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AKMaster 0 Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 The only problem I've had is that my Saiga doesn't like to shoot JHP, sometimes it misfeeds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rangerruck 0 Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 my saigas in 223 and 76239 have slfps. and typically , i think the russia and european stuff is more acc, has to do with bore size, bullet diameter, as opposed to american bullet diameter for this round. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lollygagger 1 Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 (edited) With 7.62x39 ammo going thru the roof we might have to shoot US made ammo or end up having to reload to shoot our Saigas. The case neck "swell" designed into the chambers of many 7.62x39mm saiga rifles to "mark" fired cases is not going to help reloadability. This feature pretty well trashes the otherwise nice reloadable american made boxer primed ammo. Lollygagger Edited April 10, 2006 by lollygagger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IndyArms 10,186 Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 You might be suprised what a full length sizing die can work out... with softer brass, it may not be a lost cause... OBVIOUSLY you wont be reloading steel... so no worries there... If you are ALREADY RELOADING 7.62X39 cases... stick one in... and just make sure its WELL LUBED... I bet it will size the lip right out... might need some extra elbow grease... but could work... If not... well, then... nothing ventured... nothing gained... At least you tried and know for sure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lollygagger 1 Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 (edited) You might be suprised what a full length sizing die can work out... with softer brass, it may not be a lost cause... OBVIOUSLY you wont be reloading steel... so no worries there... If you are ALREADY RELOADING 7.62X39 cases... stick one in... and just make sure its WELL LUBED... I bet it will size the lip right out... might need some extra elbow grease... but could work... If not... well, then... nothing ventured... nothing gained... At least you tried and know for sure. Considered that possibility...guess if times were hard enough, it would be a approach. I would expect that the likelyhood of a neck seperation of the case upon firing would be a bit more than usual. Maybe if you annealed the neck, it would help. Lollygagger (honestly, if it did get that bad...I'd not punish my brass in such a chamber) Edited April 11, 2006 by lollygagger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SaigaShooter 0 Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Read my post about "olympic takes one in the ass"... it works... just be careful... sideways primers, etc... Olympic is the only ammo i will never again feed my Saiga. Too many hangfires, and one round was so hot that it locked the bolt carrier all the way back, i really had to smack it hard so it would go forward to chamber the next round. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skinnygun 0 Posted April 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 I shot a box of 7,62x39mm (Win or Rem lost box) out of my Saiga without a problem so no worrys , was able to get 500 rds Wolf so I am ok with ammo for now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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