zipgun 0 Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 Does Saiga offer a 5 round hunting mag for their 308? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
klangblades 0 Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 I have seen some saiga's advertised as coming with a 5 rnd mag. Haven't seen one so either it's something new or those dealers can't count. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tombstone 0 Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 I have seen some saiga's advertised as coming with a 5 rnd mag. Haven't seen one so either it's something new or those dealers can't count. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have been looking for some for over a year! So far, no luck. I do believe that most of those advertisers don't have a clue what a Saiga magazine will hold. My original magazine has a "8" engraved on it, but the rifle will jam if I try to put 8 in it. Apparently, for my Saiga the first round needs to be on the right side to chamber properly. I tried putting dowels in it to reduce that capacity to 5, but that sucked. After the last shot it would jam on the dowel. There must be an easier solution. I need to get cracking because hunting season is around the corner. I was thinking about putting a large piece of heat shrink tubing on the follower. Maybe this might work? Any help would be much appreciated! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IndyArms 10,186 Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 Try a thin wooden or thick plastic disk... you will need to figure out the diameter... but you want to insert in inside the spring, between the follower and the floorplate... to that as the spring compresses it stays between the spring coils, and as the shells feed and it loosens, it is free to rotate with no edges to catch on the spring... give that a whirl..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tombstone 0 Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 I'll try that! (Damn! Nice Picture! ) Try a thin wooden or thick plastic disk... you will need to figure out the diameter... but you want to insert in inside the spring, between the follower and the floorplate... to that as the spring compresses it stays between the spring coils, and as the shells feed and it loosens, it is free to rotate with no edges to catch on the spring... give that a whirl..... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IndyArms 10,186 Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 Good luck with it... if ya get a working deal going... post some dimensions for others that may wish to do similar for hunting scenarios... and... (Damn! Nice Picture! ) I bet I know what YOU would like to see on "YOUR tombstone" ROFL!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TWGLADF 0 Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 i made a few for my shotgun mags. sure it would work with rifle mags with a few alterations. only took a couple minutes to make a few of em. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TWGLADF 0 Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 they were made from a sign stake bought from walmart. it's 1 1/8 inch wide and 7/32 inch thick and about 24 inches long. the thickness is perfect for fitting between the coils of the spring. you'll have to shape it to fit the floorplate and the follower but the one pictured is right on for the shotgun mags. it's best to fit them to each individual mag as i found that ones i made for one mag fit differently on other mags. the ones i made slip down onto the floorplate snuggly and don't move under recoil. the narrow slot on the bottom stops the plug from leaning side to side and interfering with the spring. there's tons of ways to do it. just have to crank up the ole grey matter! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TWGLADF 0 Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 i recently found a site that has saiga 100 mags in all 3 rifle calibers. they are 4 round. maybe they will work in original saigas also. that solves your legal hunting mag problems! check the general disscussion forum for the site info. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G O B 3,516 Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Link,Lancelot. G O B Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TWGLADF 0 Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 thegunsource.com it's been discovered that they don't actually have them in stock, but they are up on their site. it figures Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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