Bolt hanging up after Saiga Conversion...HELP!

[sherm2954 0]

Did conversion this weekend. Went well...but....

Bolt seems to hang up if I pull back charging handle and ease it forward (like when I want to catch it on BHO)...is it hanging on hammer? Does hammer need to be beveled like on original? If I charge it and release it, it slams home and strips round just fine...only hangs when I ease it forward...

Thanks!

 

 

 

 

 

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD...SOMEONE POINT ME TO A LINK ON ADDING PHOTOS!!!! I JUST CAN'T SEEM TO DO IT! STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS...PLEASE!!!!!1

Edited December 10, 2009 by sherm2954

[Spartacus 1,619]

>>only hangs when I ease it forward...

 

Don't do that.

 

Click the insert image button and you'll see what the code needs to look like.

 

 

[nalioth 405]

Quite.

 

Kalashnikovs are not meant to be babied. Pull the charging handle all the way to the rear, and let it loose.

 

 

This is a common issue (happens every time a new FCG is used), the new fire control group will need to be broken in. You can do this by running a few hundred rounds through it.

 

 

 

BUT, it doesn't manifest unless you baby it. . .

[sherm2954 0]

Quite.

 

Kalashnikovs are not meant to be babied. Pull the charging handle all the way to the rear, and let it loose.

 

 

This is a common issue (happens every time a new FCG is used), the new fire control group will need to be broken in. You can do this by running a few hundred rounds through it.

 

 

 

BUT, it doesn't manifest unless you baby it. . .

 

thanks...very reassuring answer! I'm extremely happy with the conversion...piece of cake, and I'm no gunsmith! Where do I post info on conversions to try to tell people who haven't taken the plunge that they have nothing to worry about???? thanks again for the info!