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lowering the stock height worked! i was only shooting it from the bench the last time too.. but after repositioning the stock everything felt great! just for kicks tried shooting the saiga 12 standing, my friend and i both shot it and the recoil felt even lighter than shooting it from the bench. i wonder if a slightly down-angled pignose adapter would be better than the current straight ones available.. now to look at muzzle brakes.. heh.. has anyone done a comparison with the available muzzle brakes? thank you everyone for your suggestions!!!

Thanks for all your replies! I think for now i'll try sliding the stock as far down as the the receiver block allows and try that out. Maybe repositioning the stock will make it fit more into the meat of my shoulder.. I'll take a short trip to the range tomorrow morning or next week... Too bad I get off of work at 7AM, gotta work on renovating my place a bit, then gotta meet up with some friends for dinner tomorrow.. Well, getting off of work at 7 isnt bad, I can get to the range when it opens and get a point without waiting.. it's the other stuff keeping me from going to the range.. l

yeah, it ran fine! no jams whatsoever. I was using winchester super-x slugs.. the non-magnum ones..

i mean aside from the weight/balance change from changing out the stock.. I know the stock I had before was angled slightly downward.. the weight was about the same.. but like you said, ounces can make a difference..

Thank you BVAMP!! Yeah.. I've had some thoughts about the stock position myself.. My pignose adapter is actually slid up as high as the internal stock adapter will allow.. I figured it would make the buffer tube more inline with the barrel and that would help with the recoil a bit(guess i was wrong).. Maybe I should try moving the pignose/stock lower to get it into the meat of my shoulder more.. Is this what you are suggesting?

So.. I've been saving some $$ and slowly replacing/adding parts to my Saiga.. And now the recoil feels sharper/stronger.. almost like my 870 and I'm not sure why.. Most of the parts I added were to help reduce recoil even more... I remember after I first converted my Saiga the recoil was very pleasant.. like something I could shoot all day if I had the ammo.. It was a basic conversion I did myself.. Parts I used were: Tapco G2 trigger(modified by Tromix), Tapco AK stock, and Tapco SAW pistol grip. Haven't had time to take it to the range after adding more parts to it.. Here's what I

Thanks for all the comments! I've learned a lot from all of you!! Heh... But as far as living in Hawaii goes I'm sure thermal shock can possibly be an issue.. I got a reply from DSA and they said to call them. Talked to someone named Don.. He said to send the upper in and they will silver solder it back on. Hmm.. now gotta look up how to remove the upper.. and since the upper is the part with the serial number and may be considered a "firearm" if I have to check if i need to do anything special to ship it..

Very doubtful, I don't think they even put any cosmoline on there rifles. The gas system may have just been getting broken in. Heres another thought for you, did you put any lube of any type on the gas system? (not advisable) and how cold was it outside? You may have just over oiled your gun and it started to freeze up. last but not least, every new gun I break in I shoot ten rounds clean and repeat for the first 100rds, always seems to work well at taking off any rough edges that didn't come off at the factory. DSA will take care of you either way, there a great company. nope, i

you know.. i dont see any weld marks anywhere on the cylinder.. makes me wonder if the crud i wiped off was jb weld or some other kind of resin...

wow thanks! will see what they say when they get back to me!

I was really happy with the way it shot while it was working.. I think I'll at least put a cheek-piece and a buttpad.. To anyone who knows FALs, What else would I need to fix this? I'm assuming for the most part I need: -full length gas tube/cylinder -wrench for the gas tube nut, yes there is one on my FAL... Are there any alternatives to the wrench that I could use or do I really need to buy that specific too? -grease for the gas tube... Not sure what kind of grease.. ... is there anything that goes between the gas tube and the gas tube nut at the reciever side? Than

I bought a DSA Para Congo or Para Carbine, not sure which one, a few months ago and finally had time to take it to the range.. to break it in and adjust the gas setting.. It was nice to shoot. I was using American Tactical 7.62x51, 150gr bullets, did under an inch at 50 yards.. After about the first 50 rounds I noticed that the shells weren't extracting the same way it was when I was first adjusting the gas settings.. I closed off the gas port completely and it still wasn't extracting.. So I took it back home to take it apart and clean it.. I found that the gas tube came out! There is

Sold! Thanks Camon!

Hi, I'm selling my KROSS full length handguard. The handguard is very well made and very well designed. I installed it and played around with it for a whyle but unfortunately it isn't the right handguard for my purposes.. There are some scuff marks on it from installing it on my Saiga 12 but those are located on the rear tab of the handguard, those scuffs wouldnt be seen when the handguard is installed.. So since I have no use for it and there are some scuffs, I'd like to sell it for $75.. Drop me a line if you're interested! Thanks!

wow thank you frustrated! does it folds up and stuff easily when you want to field strip your saiga for cleaning? hehe so much for easy install if it may require fitting.. so i guess it's a good thing it's made of plastic.. but, would you recommend it? do you think the "flex" is a good thing? like would you think it can act as a way to absorb shock to make your optics last longer? i wouldn't mind still having iron sights though.. maybe if i can find a cheaper version of this: http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=627871 and a raised front sight post high