DLT 1,646 Posted August 6, 2009 Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 I'm excited! She really is nice looking and lightweight. Balance is perfect. Workmanship appears to be spot on. Hell, I even like the circle 10 mag she came with. Maybe I won't bother with steel mags after all. Everything is extremely tight. I had a little trouble removing the dust cover to inspect her insides. When compared to my other Saigas, this rifle appears to have parts that are a little cleaner (smoother) and of a slightly tighter tolerance. The bullet guide surprised me though. She protrudes outwards towards the mag. I didn't have a chance to cycle any rounds, but based on the 25 meter target that came with her, I'd say she fired everything without any problems. I'll try and take some pics tonight and post them (if I can figure out how, never done it.). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DLT 1,646 Posted August 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 Broker her down again during lunch and noticed one thing that immediately got my attention. No firing pin spring. Is this a hungover Russian on Monday morning mistake, or are the 7.62 x 39's not built with one? I've always admired the fact that both my 223 and 308 Saigas have firing pin springs as an added safety measure. I'm very surprised not to see them on the 7.62 x 39. Could you guys check your rifles for fp springs/no springs. I wonder if it's possible to install one like I did on my SKS? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigsal 757 Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Broker her down again during lunch and noticed one thing that immediately got my attention. No firing pin spring. Is this a hungover Russian on Monday morning mistake, or are the 7.62 x 39's not built with one? I've always admired the fact that both my 223 and 308 Saigas have firing pin springs as an added safety measure. I'm very surprised not to see them on the 7.62 x 39. Could you guys check your rifles for fp springs/no springs. I wonder if it's possible to install one like I did on my SKS? Id ask stuff like this in the 7.62x39 section of the forum. The SGL-20 is a saiga after all. By the way on the SGL20 SGL21 and the new SGL31 the firing pin is floating. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DLT 1,646 Posted August 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Yeah, I've done some checking and they are all floating. That's fine. They seem to be a very light and low inertia pin, so I'm not worried about slam fires. Not only that, I always clean my rifles after I get back from the range, so crud in the pin should not be a problem either. I'm very happy with this rifle. Gotta go now, got a father-in law in the hospital that I got to go see. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DLT 1,646 Posted August 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Got an e-mail back from Arsenal regarding the firing pin spring (or lack of). They say that none of the Saiga 7.62 x 39 rifles are built with an FP spring. So that settles that. No big deal as mentioned before. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DLT 1,646 Posted August 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 Finally took a picture of my SGL20 with my S223 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DLT 1,646 Posted August 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt292/b...n1/100_4341.jpg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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