Question from a new guy

[Two Guns 0]

I have a Saiga 410 shotgun and that is why I joined this forum today.But I just had a newbe question.What do people mean when they say they have a Saiga Conversion?

[bobsolla 7]

it means restoring it to the original military spec setup it was designed to have.it includes everything from the buttstock,pistol grip,moving the trigger group forward(trigger,sear,disconnect,and springs),installing a bullet guide to accept ak mags,adding a muzzle brake,changing gas tube,front sight block,and even the rest of the furniture!hope this helps!there are many conversations to look up on this site ,with pictures!

[Two Guns 0]

Thanks for the reply.It helps a bunch.

[corbin 621]

Welcome to the forum.

[oliverb 4]

Just to be clear, the shotguns don't get bullet guides during conversion.

 

Converted my 410 and the conversion does make it a better, easier handling, more balanced gun. I did a Surefire lower hand guard, Surefire 10 rnd mag, trigger group mod, ergo pistol grip, vertical front grip and K-Var AK butt stock. I installed a flashlight on the side rail of the hand guard, a scope mount on the receiver side mount rail and an inexpensive (Brunton-has held up well) red dot scope. Looks great, functions well. IMHO, a great varmint gun and close range home defense shotgun loaded with a couple rnds of shotshells backed up with rnds of slugs. The shotshells won't go through several walls endangering others and the slugs are equal to a 357 magnum bullet.

Edited May 5, 2010 by oliverb