22_Shooter 1,560 Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Looks great Ranger! How do you like that Ergo grip? Thanks al lot!! I'm pretty happy with how it came out. Actually, I like the grip a lot. It is nicely contoured to fit my hand, and not just a round piece of plastic. Like any good Hillbilly, I took it out on the deck last night and fired off a couple of rounds down the hill into my pond. It didn't blow up, so I must have done everything right!!! Now I'm looking for another 7.62 to put some nice russian wood furniture on............. yeah, I'm pretty sure I got the bug now.... Cool, thanks for the info. For my next conversion, I either want the Ergo Grip, or a Saw grip, I can't decide. +1 on the wood furniture. I was the same way after my first conversion, I wanted wood for the next one. I still might go with wood, who knows. I change my mind 100 times a day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gemmons 23 Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 Ok, here's mine just converted with the stuff from the 3rd group buy. I like it!! Looks great rangerdavid. What scope is that ? Nice looking rifle. theDuke Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyrvidar 0 Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 (edited) 7.62x39 Saiga... Full conversion. I wanted to build a modern AK at a good price as my personal beater rifle. Some PK-A action 2 days before I finished the gun in the above pictures... Shoots damn good... got a few more touch ups to do but my full conversion is more or less completed. I'll probably wrap some paracord around the romy folder... for some cheek support. $300 rifle + $250 in parts + a week of on and off labor... = a gun I would of paid $750+ for. Edited May 14, 2008 by Tyrvidar Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Squib 0 Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 Nice rifle tyrvidar...cute kids too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Squib 0 Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 hi my name is christina i am new to this page .I have a new found love for shooting.I have a kel tec sub 40 rifle and my saiga 7.62 that i converted . Well let's see some pics of the converted Saiga Christina...and welcome to the site. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moxie1c 3 Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 Im with rangerdavid on this one. Just finished up my build from the group buy. Still need to put in a bullet guide and in time the barrel will get threaded.... Oh yeah, she's Dimpled X'ed and Y'ed More pics to come on Sunday after the weekend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rangerdavid 6 Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 Ok, here's mine just converted with the stuff from the 3rd group buy. I like it!! Looks great rangerdavid. What scope is that ? Nice looking rifle. theDuke Hay Duke, and thanks. The scope is a NCStar Mark III tactical. Nice price on Ebay for around $130.00. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scor5150pio 0 Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 (edited) I can't believe I sweated doing this conversion for 3 months! The last straw was the non-conversion stock and pistol grip. They look like shit. I finally decided to sack-up and convert. I can't believe how easy it turned out to be. I'm pretty far from being a gunsmith. If I can do this in less than 3 hours, I imagine anyone should be able to pull it off! TAPCO single hook G-2 FCG TAPCO M4 6Position stock TAPCO SAIGA Galil Vented Forend Grip TAPCO Original AK Pistol Grip DINZAG Hole Plugs DINZAG Disconnector Spring DINZAG AK Retaining Plate (a MUST have) I also left out the factory BHO and copied DINZAGs BHO cutout in the selector lever. It works GREAT! (sorry Dude) Well now I guess it's time to start planning the conversion of my S-20! Also have to figure out how to sneak a new S-12 into the house without the old lady finding out...lol Luckily Evil Black Rifles all look the same to her. BIGGOT!! Edited May 19, 2008 by scor5150pio Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wlnt 2 Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 (edited) I tried to get a really decent photo of my rifle. I ended up with these 3 photos, but will probably redo them when I get help with my camera. I contacted Matt at IronWood Designs for my stock set and he made one from walnut for me. Matt is always covered up, but hates to keep people waiting so it took me a couple of weeks to understand that when he says a "few days" to ship, it usually means "a few weeks". He did a great job for me, and even did a FREE upper handguard for me, after I cracked my first one twice while putting it on the gas tube. Matt does is A+ work, is very resonable on price BUT like almost all good things, you must be willing to wait. I decided to go for the dark Russian stock look, instead of the brighter red. I picked these 3 photos to show the colors and texture of the wood. This is my second (but not last) conversion. The wood is dark walnut but I wanted to give it some "Russian Plum" color so I used one coat of Red Mahogany (MinWax) oil stain to give it the tint of purple. It shows more in the buttstock, and why I don't know. One thing about wood and that is no 2 pieces ever take the stain the same, even if they are from the same tree. After the one coat of stain I followed up with 4-7 coats of hand rubbed polyurethane varnish. I had never hand rubbed a varnish before, and so I was amazed at how the varnish rubs in leaving a rock hard finish. I like it. It really makes your arm muscles sting. louielouie p.s. I have a walnut pistol grip to go with it, but I am not done with it yet. If you really want to see some beautiful grain walnut just open the last photo as large as you can. It should fill your screen. Edited May 19, 2008 by louielouie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terrace_mountain 0 Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 looks great, louielouie! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wlnt 2 Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 looks great, louielouie! Usually I am a very humble person, but in this case, I couldn't agree you more. louielouie Seriously, Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wlnt 2 Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 (edited) terrace_mountain, I like your paint or coating or? Is it DuraCoat? What shade is it? Did you do it yourself? Nice overall look. louielouie Edited May 19, 2008 by louielouie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shellshock1918 1 Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Ok, here's mine just converted with the stuff from the 3rd group buy. I like it!! Holy crap! Nice job! Is that a side folding stock or just a skeleton stock? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terrace_mountain 0 Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 terrace_mountain, I like your paint or coating or? Is it DuraCoat? What shade is it? Did you do it yourself? Nice overall look. louielouie Thanks, I went for the AK-100/Bulgarian style. Simple, classic, and sexy. As for paint, the only painting I did was a few coats with grill/oven spray on the bottom of the reciever after swabbing it down with some rubbing alcohol. The rest is stock from IZHMASH. My rifle was NIB and looked pretty decent to begin with. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rangerdavid 6 Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Ok, here's mine just converted with the stuff from the 3rd group buy. I like it!! Holy crap! Nice job! Is that a side folding stock or just a skeleton stock? hay neighbor, it's the ACE non-folding stock. Met you're roomate at the gun club..... later :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gemmons 23 Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Here is mine for now. I will be at some point threading the barrel and adding a FH and i need to get some optics on it, but here it is for now: Tapco folding stock, Tapco SAW pistol grip, Dinzag's G2 FCG, vertical fore grip, and Master Molder mags. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shellshock1918 1 Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Ok, here's mine just converted with the stuff from the 3rd group buy. I like it!! Holy crap! Nice job! Is that a side folding stock or just a skeleton stock? hay neighbor, it's the ACE non-folding stock. Met you're roomate at the gun club..... later :-) Yea he mentioned that a few weeks ago. We'll have to meet up there sometime and do some shooting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
babj615 0 Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 My first Saiga...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rangerdavid 6 Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 My first Saiga...... Hay, nice rifle! and welcome to the forum. is that a 223 or 308 cal?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Agias 0 Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 My first Saiga...... Hay, nice rifle! and welcome to the forum. is that a 223 or 308 cal?? Judging by the mag it looks like a 7.62. Which kinda makes sense in the 7.62 picture topic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Superhawk138 202 Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 Updated pic of my 7.62x39 with Mako handguards next to my .223 I purchased this past thursday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mak0 0 Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 My Saiga 7.62 next to my Maadi ARM: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taurussvt 0 Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Here's the latest incarnation of my rifle with newly purchased wood furniture from saber045 on gunsamerica. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mstranglr 9 Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Hey Taurussvt, Is that a Rommy-G handguard with the forward grip cut off? Most unique. Does the hump get in the way? What kind of gismo is that holding the cleaning rod to the FSB? Looks cool. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taurussvt 0 Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 I think that the stock set may in fact be an old Romy G set. I bought it off a guy on guns america but it had no mention of origin. That bump in the front that looks like it originally had a forward grip coming out of it actually feels pretty good. I thought I wasn't gonna be happy with the thing but when I tried it out last night it just felt really natural, kind of like the bump filled my palm of my hand and allowed me to get a better grip on the thing. Now as far as that gismo that is holding my cleaning rod goes, it's a bulgarian front sight block from K-var. I wanted to hang the cleaning rod on my gun but would not be able to do it if the FSB had a bayonet lug or if it was threaded because I live in a shit hole of a state. I checked out K-vars site and they have these sight blocks for I believe $9.00 and the only thing they have on them is a loop for the cleaning rod to go through. They have the correct pin spacing and ID for the saiga 7.62 barrel too. http://www.k-var.com/shop/product.php?prod...=290&page=1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bmrisko 0 Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 I just finished this 7.62 up a couple minutes ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rskins 0 Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 nice job bmrisko, right along the same lines as where I wanted to go. skins Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kirock7 0 Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Hi guys! First post... and first Saiga (7.62x39). This baby is my new "project" rifle. I can't wait to research it, study it and modify it. To what end I don't know yet... but I just know it's gonna be a blast! Ha! Firing this puppy this weekend proved to me that my SKS loves are wonderful... but this rifle is sweeter! And they all use the same ammo! Here's my new toy: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rangerdavid 6 Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 dude, Welcome!!! that's how I felt when I first got my Saiga. Then I converted, and Damn!!! If you can believe it, its even better...... Enjoy!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CheepJerokee 0 Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Yep.........These rifle are like the Chinese drive through in "Dude, Wheres My Car.............I Modified this........And then........and then.......and then......... Welcome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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