Koi910 6 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Ive seen on several post regarding the AK-47/SAIGA LOWER HANDGUARD RETAINER The retainer does require fitting to use on your rife. Many people have used this on their conversions and filed the barrel of their rifle in order to make this fit. I however did not want to file a niche into the barrel of my rifle in order to put on a 23$ piece so I Used my dremel to file the center of the 8-32 thread steel cap screw well not the actual screw i purchased a similar screw at the home depot for 98 cent for 2. Then painted it with the rifle scratch pen heres before... and after.... the black 1 is the modified screw Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hutchsaiga 93 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 (edited) Have to see how it holds up. I know In most applications I've experienced(non firearm related) grinding bolts like that normally leads to them breaking. But see how it goes. Edited January 17, 2012 by hutchsaiga Quote Link to post Share on other sites
imarangemaster 315 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 The problem with doing it your way is that under recoil, it WILL slip forward. It is actually modeled after the TAPCO Galil retainer for Saiga. The slippinf forward caused them to discontinue the Galil saiga set up. The notch in the barrel for the bolt to go through holds it in place. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrThunder88 912 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 When I did my Norinco Hunter project, I used the Tapco Galil-style handguard for Saigas. Since the barrel was wider than a standard 7.62x39mm Saiga's, I had to cut the notch on top. I also drilled and tapped the sides of the retainer for set screws just to be sure. It's doing very well so far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GregM1 241 Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 i broke 3 screws trying that method. they continually slipped forward and i would retighten them. break after break. put the retainer on the barrel, mark the spot and slowly cut to fit. try to reinsert a new screw until it makes it through. the normal ak barrel has that notch for proper designed retainers anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Porklops 5 Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 i agree with imarangemaster, the hand gaurd retainer will walk forward under recoil without a groove or something to lock it in place. If not? bonus!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leadchucker 12 Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 (edited) I didn't like the one from Brownell's for all the reasons mentioned. I got the one from Saiga AK instead. It's about as close to original as you can get, and it does stay put. It even has the bracket for the sling. You have to file the cutout into the barrel, which wasn't too difficult. There is a good video on it here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv0yG1UkyfU Edited January 28, 2012 by leadchucker Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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