SOPMOD 254 Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 There was a post on barfcom about converting M14 mags to work in a Saiga 308 complete with measurements and rudimentary technical drawings and now it is gone just in time for me to need it.I recently acquired another S308 and a crate of 25rd CMI M14 mags and it's time to get busy but rather than reinvent the wheel I thought I would look up that post again and it is no more.I want to mill out a few bars of front and rear mag tabs for the M14 to Saiga conversion and start producing steel mags in bulk while I still can. Can you guys help a brother out and look through your saved data and see if you have any of that info tucked away in your hard drives? Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yellowcarbon 4 Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 I don't know about the technical details, but I do remember it was time consuming to do. Tromix did a few, but stopped doing them because the were $65-75 each. When the FBMG & Surefire mags came out, it killed the retail market. The key is to comfort the Saiga to take unmodified M-14 (or FAL or DPMS or AR-10) mags. Now that would sell like hotcakes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SOPMOD 254 Posted November 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 I don't know about the technical details, but I do remember it was time consuming to do. Tromix did a few, but stopped doing them because the were $65-75 each. When the FBMG & Surefire mags came out, it killed the retail market. The key is to comfort the Saiga to take unmodified M-14 (or FAL or DPMS or AR-10) mags. Now that would sell like hotcakes. I'm not making them to sell but to Hoard! I have a table top mill and a crate of M14 mags and I don't want to mill the 3rd lug out of my trunnion so hopefully somebody save the info from the post on barfcom. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Superhawk138 202 Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 My Google-fu came up with this. But the images are no longer working. Hope it helps a bit http://www.gunsnet.net/forums/archive/inde...p/t-288092.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SOPMOD 254 Posted November 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 My Google-fu came up with this. But the images are no longer working. Hope it helps a bit http://www.gunsnet.net/forums/archive/inde...p/t-288092.html I saw that post earlier but I certainly appreciate the effort.There was a comlete post with rudimentary drawings and measurments on barfcom but it has since evaporated as well. The search continues Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ArcFault 4 Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 I talked about it a bit here: http://forum.saiga-12.com/index.php?showtopic=26146&hl= There are some pics in there that should be helpful, but the links are no longer useful. I think that the originator of that post you speak of is a member here, Rockhard, I think. You could try PMing him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeinoD 0 Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 try looking it up on http://www.archive.org/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
segasaiga 0 Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Here it is, but the pic links are dead http://forum.saiga-12.com/index.php?showto...mags+conversion Quote Link to post Share on other sites
finlander 3 Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 This is quite crude 5 round M-14 mag conversion I did some time ago. Just eyeballed the front and rear mag catches on place using the original mag as reference. Feeds OK when cycling the action by hand but when shooting I get fail to feed with approx. one in ten shots. The bolt also hits the follower when the mag is empty. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
U.S. Pratorean 1,234 Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Redstick did conversions a few years back and I got a bunch of mags for the .308 he made but he stopped because it was too much of a PITA and the FBMG mags were readily available then and more reliable. I think Tromix came to the same conclusion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mtjccmotel 12 Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 (edited) Here is the stuff I was able to find, when I was looking into this. Hopefully these will help! OOPS! I just releazed you found that info... M14_mag_conv.pdf M_14_308_upgrade.pdf Edited January 2, 2009 by Noob308 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAMAGE855 0 Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 I tried a simular conversion with G3 mags and M14 mags for my S100 .308 the m-14 mags would not feed for nothing the G3 worked about 80% of the time never could get it figuered out the feed lips on the mags dont match to what is needed for the Saiga rifles. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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