kernoonus 0 Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Hey guys. So I was at my local gun shop and I was asking one of the guys if they could order a Saiga .308. He caution about an issue of the bolt in the .308 rubbing on the case of the next round to be loaded. According to him, they had to size everything up from x39 to x51. When they did that, there wasn't quite enough room. 1. Is this true? Has anyone actually experienced this? 2. Does it matter? I don't do any reloading (yet), so I don't gather my brass. I assume if this caused feeding and/or ejecting issues, there would be a lot of talk and I haven't heard any. 3. If this is true and it is an issue, is there a fix? 4. Did a search (on Google as well), but didn't see anything. Sorry if this has been posted. 5. Sorry for improper parts terminology. Still have some things to learn. Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
csspecs 1,987 Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 The problem was unfinished third lugs rubbing hard against the cases. I have not heard of it terribly recently. The fix is lightly smoothing the corner of the third lug with some emery paper or leather. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
funkytrain 4 Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Hey guys. So I was at my local gun shop and I was asking one of the guys if they could order a Saiga .308. He caution about an issue of the bolt in the .308 rubbing on the case of the next round to be loaded. According to him, they had to size everything up from x39 to x51. When they did that, there wasn't quite enough room. 1. Is this true? Has anyone actually experienced this? 2. Does it matter? I don't do any reloading (yet), so I don't gather my brass. I assume if this caused feeding and/or ejecting issues, there would be a lot of talk and I haven't heard any. 3. If this is true and it is an issue, is there a fix? 4. Did a search (on Google as well), but didn't see anything. Sorry if this has been posted. 5. Sorry for improper parts terminology. Still have some things to learn. Thanks! 1. Yes 2 . Only matters if u are reloading 3. Not serious issue , like ccspecs said file and polish rough edges on 3rd lug also some after market mags have to much spring pressure when fully loaded in my 25rd mags I only load 20 (surefire) I fully load the 20rd fbmg/uinita mag and 20 in a 24rd promag . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kernoonus 0 Posted December 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 Sweet! Sounds like there a Saiga .308 in my future. Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DoubleTapDrew 4 Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Mine was doing it bad enough to cause the bolt to not retract past the mag. Pauly fixed it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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