imacbo 0 Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 ok im a noob and i was wondering if someone can explain why you need a bullet guide? What does it do? how does it make hi cap mags work? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CheepJerokee 0 Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 Check out Dinzag's website. Great guides and a good explain....if you do better looking at pictures that reading,. like I do!. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
22_Shooter 1,560 Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 The magazines that come with Saigas have a little "lip" in the front of the mag (compare it to a regular steel AK mag, side by side). So when using the AK mags, that don't have that "lip", the bullet guide replaces the job. It pushes the round upwards a little, to feed it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chris in va 0 Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 For future education purposes, here's a picture comparison between the Hungarian AK mag on the left and a MasterMolder on the right. It's simply higher up. Factory 10rd mags are similar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TackDriver 1 Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 Without it, the bullet would slam into the trunnion or the front of the chamber intermittantly. Some saiga's actually feed without them SOMETIMES. But that's hit or miss, and with SHTF guns, "sometimes" doesn't work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
markshoreline 0 Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 Without it, the bullet would slam into the trunnion or the front of the chamber intermittantly. Some saiga's actually feed without them SOMETIMES. But that's hit or miss, and with SHTF guns, "sometimes" doesn't work. My Saiga is a brand new 16 inch basic sporter that I got for 300 a couple of months ago. I bought 3 pro mags and later picked up 4 master molders. I looked into a bullet guide but decided to wait until I had a chance to tweak the mags a bit. I used a factory 10 round as a guide, took some measurements with a caliper and filed the pro mags and master molders until they would snap into the gun. Mostly, they just needed a trim under the little bump in the rear that is held by the mag release- no more than 15-20 little strokes each. Took it out yesterday and every mag loaded every round perfectly. When I first tried the pro mags they were hard to insert and jammed every several rounds, and always on the last one. All this without a bullet guide, so I'm not going to bother with it after all. What's weird, is the front lip on the factory, the pros and the masters are all different heights and shapes. Go figure... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chris in va 0 Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Careful using those mags you got. They make the rifle non-922 compliant. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
imacbo 0 Posted June 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 I see what you guys are talking about on the mags so i ordered a bullet guide from dinzag hopefully it will be coming soon and easy to put in Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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