jgillaspy 24 Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 I have one of the newer Saigas in 7.62x39 w/ a flat trunnion. I noticed that the factory mag didn't have a little ball at the front as others I have heard discussed here. So I decided to try hand cycling ammo from a Hi-cap magazine. Lo and behold, it cycled w/ out any problems!!! Fancy that. . . Now, my question is, will I be disappointed when I get it to the range to test it? Or, since it cycles manually fine, I should be good to go? All comments greatly appreciated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Preacher 0 Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 I am not a Saiga expert, but I think you will. I have an older Saiga (1999) that take AK mags. Cycled fine by hand, but had troubles when fired. See: http://forum.saiga-12.com/index.php?showtopic=13641 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
87vert 4 Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 was this letting it fly shut or going slowly by hand? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jgillaspy 24 Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Letting it fly, grabbing the charging handle, slamming it back to eject the round and letting it fly again, several times. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
red_johnny 0 Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Sorry to bring this from the dead but I cant seem to find an answer to this question as I found the same except I have a round trunnion. Maybe I missed the bus here but I keep getting told to do searches and come up with 16 pages or half or non related stuff. IMO aint nothing wrong with asking a qestion. Espicially in a situation like that. Now I have done a few searches that answered my questions but some of them were not. Might be a good idea to post up a FAQ as a sticky?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gtnichols 51 Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 I remember on post, a guy just put a round head screw in the trunion and it worked fine with AK mags,... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
usmc_mwroseberry 0 Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 I just got done modding a few mags. Had a local weld shop throw down a tig weld in front the front of each mag. Just got done filing them and I'll let you know how they function. Not bad for 15 a mag and 10 for all three to get welded. Good luck, Merritt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AEnemaBay 3 Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 My Saiga .223 was the same way. It worked perfectly out of the box, so no magazine modding and it chambered perfectly every time without a bullet guide. Despite all of this I installed one anyway and it still worked perfectly, but now I have the peace of mind that IF something starts happening I know it won't be because of a lack of a bullet guide. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Teaser 0 Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 I have a new Saiga 7.62 and it works fine without the bullet guide. No problems at all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
red_johnny 0 Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Good info about the weld on the mags. I guess what I really want to know is why is the bullet guide needed if it seems that it works without one? I am sure there is a reason maybe a misfeed every so many rounds or something? I am going to the range tomorrow and I would like to shoot 2 30 round mags with 20 rounds in each and see how it functions. I got to zero in my reflex sight anyway. I will report back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
red_johnny 0 Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Good info about the weld on the mags. I guess what I really want to know is why is the bullet guide needed if it seems that it works without one? I am sure there is a reason maybe a misfeed every so many rounds or something? I am going to the range tomorrow and I would like to shoot 2 30 round mags with 20 rounds in each and see how it functions. I got to zero in my reflex sight anyway. I will report back. Blew through the rounds with no issues. Not one stoppage or misfeed. I did notice that the rounds expended from the 30 rd clips did have a small dent about half way down on the casing. Very small dent I can get pictures if you all are interested. So far it seems that a bullet guide is only needed if you dont want slightly dented casings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
acercanto 6 Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 That dent should be the "AK dent". It's from the case hitting the charging handle on it's way out. Acer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
red_johnny 0 Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 That dent should be the "AK dent". It's from the case hitting the charging handle on it's way out. Acer Oh...damn my bad. I did not know about that, this was my first time fireing the thing so I assumed that dent was from that. Sorry guys, so I guess there is no downfall that I could find so far. Thanks for that bit of info acer! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uzitiger 193 Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 I just got done modding a few mags. Had a local weld shop throw down a tig weld in front the front of each mag. Just got done filing them and I'll let you know how they function. Not bad for 15 a mag and 10 for all three to get welded. Good luck, Merritt This is what I had done to a few magazines and they work flawlessly like the factory mags. I later added a feed ramp which allowed for both Saiga and AK magazines. It fed well for a while but now I have some jams with the plastic magazines. I used a Yugo mag and it fed well and left the bolt open after the last shot. It's too bad the Saiga BHO doesn't lock from the Yugo follower after the last shot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
22_Shooter 1,560 Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 The cases get dented from hitting the edge of the dust cover when it's extracted. You can see it in this video. There's no dust cover on it, but you get the idea. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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