Brian M1 50 Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 I noticed today that my safety BARELY engages (but does). It lets the trigger hook move until only about 1/16-1/8" of it is holding on to the hammer. I have a Tapco G2 single hook (unmodified/no bho) FCG. Is this normal or safe? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RED333 1,025 Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 Not safe, there is a thread some where about this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fallschirmjager667 729 Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 what kind of gun, 308? is it the factory hammer and safety Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brian M1 50 Posted June 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 (edited) what kind of gun, 308? is it the factory hammer and safety It's a 223 conversion, with full G2 FCG (unmodified, as I had no intention to reuse the bho). Stock Saiga safety. Edited June 17, 2012 by Brian M1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brian M1 50 Posted June 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 (edited) My camera does not focus well close, but here is a pic of what I'm talking about. The trigger "hook" barely engages the hammer when on "safe". This is with triggerd pulled, while on "Safe". It barely catches (camera is misleading, it probably catches between 1/16 - 1/8th"). I have tried bumping buttstock on the ground and it does not seem to fire (let go). Is this little of contact common for AK's? Edited June 18, 2012 by Brian M1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RED333 1,025 Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 Yep, you are gona need to add a bit of weld to the safety, then file to get the right fit. Use google to search "forum saiga 12 safety wont engage". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brian M1 50 Posted June 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 Buggers. I was afraid of that. Thanks for the info! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brian M1 50 Posted June 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 I used this video as a guide: and my build turned out exactly as such. It seems they are not worried about the excess trigger movement either (nor it barely catching with safety on). Example of this is 11:00 mins into the video. This leads me to believe this is normal for these conversions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Koaltrane 1 Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 It is Russian gun, either loaded or unloaded, no need for safety. lol I'd say personal preference really. Most "safeties" on Russian guns suck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mancat 2,368 Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 Wouldn't be surprised if the FCG is out of spec. I have three G2 groups and each of them has very slight casting differences. The safety engagement is small on each of them, but not that small. Regardless, I've checked engagement on all three by pulling the trigger on safe while wiggling around the hammer and trigger. They won't release. I think the G2 group is a great product, but IMO the casting quality is not great. I haven't looked at the RSA or Arsenal FCG. Honestly if I could skip over the 922r BS, I would just have NOS military FCGs in all of my AKs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TonyRumore 1,332 Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 The Russians hand grind a lot of the safety's so their engagement is all over the place. Usually at some goofy angle as well. It's pretty obvious, when the whole thing is painted black and then there is shiney ground surface there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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