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That is what I do. Clean it, lube it, and hand cycle in front of boob tube 4-500 times. Takes less than 8 min. If that makes your arm sore I believe I would not admit it. Whatever works, just make sure to change arms every so often...

It sounds as if you already suspect your Surefire (Isn't the name alone a hoot...) magazines. I've run every type of mag available for the saiga-12 and now run nothing but factory mags. Try your factory mag and see if you have the same issues. When I hand cycle the action, eject a round from the chamber and bring back the action to just grab the next round, when I then release it, the next round feeds every time. What I'm getting at, is that, if the previous round ejects and you have a failure to feed, it usually is not a gas problem. When my Saigas get a hold of the next round and are not mec

Zambidis, I think you misunderstood my intentions when I brought up the Commonality of Platform subject. I certainly didn't mean to start an arguement about this being some sort of iron clad doctrine. I was simply trying to show that Gabe is actually a huge proponent of the converted Saiga. A few posts sounded as if they thought he was possibly against converting the Saiga-12. Gabe makes it clear that these are his preferences and that he doesn't agree with the magwell on his Saiga-12s for the simple reason of the rock-and-lock being on the majority of AK systems. Many times after writin

As stated in the title, any user input on the SGM Saiga 12 "The Boss" brake from Carolina Shooters Supply?

When attending one of Gabe's Shotgun Fighting courses, you'd be amazed at the varied types of shotguns. It's strictly Brung-What-You-Run. The numbers of Saiga-12s is rising, but still in the minority. Any shotgun works for these seminars. Gabe's personal belief seems to be to run an AK as your primary and a converted Saiga-12 as your shotgun. Again he believes in and teaches the Commonality of Platform idea, same feel, same function, same controls. He has refered to the stock Saiga as "Sporting" and the converted Saiga as "Fighting". When it comes to the magwell modifications, I agree

This is a sharp little compact unit. If you pick one up and mount it on a SAIGA-12, keep us posted on how it holds up. Specs for the UTG-TLP28 are: Material: Aluminum Weight with Battery: 6.3 oz Flashlight Bulb Type: 23mm Xenon IRB Flashlight Voltage(V): 6 Flashlight Max. Lumen(Lumens): 126 Flashlight Battery Operating Time: 70mins Switch Operating Type: Ambidextrous Toggle Switch Flashlight Focus: Preset Laser Control & Adjustment: TS & 4 Points Laser Beam Movement: 80cm @ 10m Laser Type: Class 3R Laser Output Power: 2.5-3.1mW Laser Wavelength: 630-640n

Gabe is a huge proponent of the converted Saiga-12. He's a 100% AK guy and believes in commonality of platforms between your primary (rifle in most cases) and shotgun. Easier to transition between them if all of the controls and overall feel is the same. When he was first introduced to the Saiga-12, it didn't seem like love at first sight, but he comes across as someone who really does his homework before making a final decision. He's certainly a believer now.

Thanks...I guess. Oh, and I wouldn't be too worried about being preoccupied with thoughts of Tim Allen...he's a pretty good looking dude and I hear he's quite charming.

You don't have to make excuses about your first shot being low when all ten are in the rings at 100 yds. Very nice shooting.

The majority of shooters out there don't know this about Leapers UTG. It isn't helped any that UTG also makes Airsoft products. I have two Saigas with UTG quad rails and take nothing but grief at our range from otherwise, very knowledgeable gun guys. I would be surprised if UTG moves their tactical light operations to the US though. For the same quality product made here in the States, you'd wind up charging the same $150 and up as the other US manufacturers.

UTG, a division of Leapers Inc., is actually an American company. They have had many of their products produced in China, but have always had pretty high production standards. Compared to other Chinese made tactical lights, the Leapers UTG line is "high end". My Leapers UTG Quad Rail is actually "Made in USA". Here is a quote from their website. "Leapers, Inc., headquartered in Michigan, U.S.A., has been in the business of supplying shooting, hunting and outdoor gear since 1991. We set un-compromised high standards for all of our business operations. Our goal is to provide a total solution

I always payed top dollar for the high end lights until I noticed the amount of light failures I was having. I took a chance and ordered a very reasonably priced light from Carolina Shooters Supply, my first being a UTG Flashlight Defender Series LED 268 I have put many rounds through the Saiga-12 it is mounted on and abused the hell out of it. It is running strong, very bright. I have ordered a few more since and the people at CSS are super to deal with, great prices and scary fast delivery.

Basically looks like I used six Saigas without magwell dimension issues for my little test. I stayed up this late to call a friend of mine who lives about 45 minutes from Izhevsk and the Izhmash factory. He's a tool & die guy and actually worked at times for Izhmash in their industrial machine division. He's a fellow Saiga-12 devotee and first introduced me to the Saiga-12 years ago. I caught him just before he left his flat for the day. He said he'd call a friend of his this afternoon (his time) who still works there. I should have some more info tomorrow. Just finished watching

I've seen it mentioned recently in several posts that each factory mag is "fitted" to the shotgun it is shipped with. What confirmation is there that this is true? I have many factory 5 rounders, a box full next to my desk, some strewn on benches, there's 5 or six on the file cabinet next to my computer. I have a half dozen or so factory 8 rounders at our range in PA. I do not keep the mag that comes with each of my Saiga-12s with that specific gun. I've never even given it any thought. Those of us that shoot together don't keep track of which mag belongs to who. We just leave with the sam

I've decided to wait a bit on purchasing my own Vortex SPARC sights. For now, I'll just abuse my friends sights and get some more feedback. I was generally impressed by them last weekend though. The two Vortex units he has are believe it or not, replacements for the Konus (Atom) units that he had picked up from one of those discount catalogs several months ago. We got one to fail on a Benelli Nova after about 100 rounds and one is still going on a beater 7.62x39 AK. The overall build quality is a bit better on the Vortex, but I agree on the clarity of the dot. The Vortex does have good adj