rtlltj 0 Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 (edited) I was looking at my fired casings and noticed there's a ridge on the spent cartridges. This is Golden Tiger and it's been functioning flawlessly 300 rounds so far. Just curious if this is normal for fired casings. Edited November 3, 2008 by rtlltj Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikein 0 Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 I was looking at my fired casings and noticed there's a ridge on the spent cartridges. This is Golden Tiger and it's been functioning flawlessly 300 rounds so far. Just curious if this is normal for fired casings. It's the normal "signature" of the Saiga. If you reload, the neck will straighten out when you resize. The dents in the cartridge case cannot be fixed by full length resizing, so be careful if you reload. Those dents can become points at which the case can fail when subjected to the pressures of firing the reloaded cases. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evildog 20 Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Some of the other guys on here can give you a reason why it's doing that but it looks to me like it's not seating right in the barrel. I've shot lots of golden tiger in my buddy's ak's and have never seen that. Maybe a head spacing problem? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nalioth 405 Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Some of the other guys on here can give you a reason why it's doing that but it looks to me like it's not seating right in the barrel. I've shot lots of golden tiger in my buddy's ak's and have never seen that. Maybe a head spacing problem? 7.62x39 Saigas are designed to exhibit this ring. This tells the Russian police that the round was fired by a Saiga and not an ex-military Kalashnikov. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rtlltj 0 Posted November 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Some of the other guys on here can give you a reason why it's doing that but it looks to me like it's not seating right in the barrel. I've shot lots of golden tiger in my buddy's ak's and have never seen that. Maybe a head spacing problem? 7.62x39 Saigas are designed to exhibit this ring. This tells the Russian police that the round was fired by a Saiga and not an ex-military Kalashnikov. Ah ok, I thought the sharp dent on the body of the casing was how you knew it was a saiga vs an AK. Now that I know this is normal I gotta find out how they make it so saigas do this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evildog 20 Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Some of the other guys on here can give you a reason why it's doing that but it looks to me like it's not seating right in the barrel. I've shot lots of golden tiger in my buddy's ak's and have never seen that. Maybe a head spacing problem? 7.62x39 Saigas are designed to exhibit this ring. This tells the Russian police that the round was fired by a Saiga and not an ex-military Kalashnikov. See i told you somebody would know. Pretty smart of the ruskies to do that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IndyArms 10,186 Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Please check the STICKIED THREAD at the FRONT OF THE X39 page titled... WAIT FOR IT..... CASE NECK SWELLING PICS Lots of good stuff in there... ROOKIE! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rtlltj 0 Posted November 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Please check the STICKIED THREAD at the FRONT OF THE X39 page titled... WAIT FOR IT..... CASE NECK SWELLING PICS Lots of good stuff in there... ROOKIE! LOL yea I was just reading that thread and thought ooops "there's a sticky I missed". Thanks for replying anyway guys. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scoutjoe 276 Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 LOL yea I was just reading that thread and thought ooops "there's a sticky I missed". Thanks for replying anyway guys. It's ok, we haven't beaten newbies in awhile around here Flippin shit at them though....well... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gtnichols 51 Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 (edited) Yeah, that's what my Saiga M does too. +Plus the big dent in the middle,..... sometimes depends on the ammo,.. Uhmm,.. SCOUT JOE,... It seems like you have used that 12 gauge Flamethrower Ammo before,... with gasoline,.... on a giant pile of "o" pine Brush!!! Kinda close to the hose don't ya think??? don't you wish they worked in the drum??? Edited November 3, 2008 by Gas Giant Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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