cscharlie 107 Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 Someone posted on this board a while back his estimation of how many rounds the Saiga .308 would hold up for based upon the 7.62x39mm standing up to 40,000 rounds. Though I've fired several, I've only put 250 through any one. Some of you good folks are way ahead of me hear. How many ya up to! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
busy_squirrel 1 Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 700-900 rds. I got it Jan. or Feb. of '07 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
acercanto 6 Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 I'm another small fry, I've only put 203 rounds through mine that I bought very lightly used at a gun show, so I don't exactly know how many the previous owner put through it, but it can't have been many. My $.01 worth, Acer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
buckandaquarterquarterstaff 5 Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 Someone posted on this board a while back his estimation of how many rounds the Saiga .308 would hold up for based upon the 7.62x39mm standing up to 40,000 rounds. Though I've fired several, I've only put 250 through any one. Some of you good folks are way ahead of me hear. How many ya up to! I have one that has about 3000 rounds thru it. It's as tight as the other two that have 500-1500 or so. I don't keep count, but can estimate based on the number of 1000 round M2 ball orders that I place. I'm on my 5th order since acquiring the first saiga. I shoot a few m2's through my bolt guns, but not much. Personally, I think you'd shoot out the barrel before encountering any other problems that you wouldn't call maintenance (extractors, firing pins, etc) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fossten 1 Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 Personally, I think you'd blow out your shoulder before you shoot out the barrel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
reoiv 1 Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 Got it in April and have put at least 300 to 400 rounds through it. I would suspect it will hold up like any other AKs out there so many many thousands of rounds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cscharlie 107 Posted October 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 I was digging through old posts in an attempt to find the one I was refering to. I don't see it now. He/she said they are an engineer of some kind, and seem to talk the talk. I'm thinking they predicted that stress from the .308 round would cause the reciever to fail at what I considered a rather low round count, something like 4000.? Even if they were just blowin wind up our butts, it's still cool to see how much love people are showing their S.308 . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G O B 3,516 Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 I don't see them wearing out for many thousands of rounds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Genocide 0 Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 I have about 1200 through mine, nothing abnormal about the rifle at all, looks just like it did when i shot the first 200. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gdk 0 Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 1500 plus since upgrading it with new fcg, threaded barrel and muzzle brake. Like a Timex, takes a lick'in and keeps on Tick'in. The only difference between now and when I bought it, South African ammo was $24/battle pk. now its around $60-$90/pk. . Ouch!@ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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