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  1. My left side charging handle is the shit. I read that the reason Kalishnakov put the charging handle on the right side of the ak is because the soldiers were so used to it being there with their mosin nagants. now, after putting mine on and loving it, I think every AR style rifle should have one also.
  2. Yes it broke off clean from the bolt carrier for the most part. I did bevel the handle. this time I beveled it a bit more and got the weld hotter and put more material around the handle. the base of the handle was actually glowing red at one point. I know I should have taken pictures and posted them. if it breaks off again I will, but this weld is much stronger I hope. it certainly appears to be.
  3. rewelded it. I think I got the weld deep enough this time. it seemed naked without it. I love my gun.
  4. well, heres the report: the left side charging handle was awesome. I can tell it was always meant to be there. the red ring sight was super accurate once I zeroed it with slugs and skeet had no chance unless they were doubles. unfortunately, after 250 rounds the charging handle weld broke. but I was already so used to it that I kept reaching for it. that tells me it was meant to be there. anyway, I am not giving up. I am going to clean up the area and reweld. one thing to keep in mind if you have or want a left side charging handle: it comes back enough to smack you in the mouth if you are too
  5. the style patent issue here has really ruffled some feathers. seems I've stirred the pot. this is good. although what I really want to talk about is the ergonomic aspect of a left side charging handle. seems to me, it is a major design flaw for an otherwise perfect combat shotgun. dirt getting into the action due to the slot in the dustcover could be a concern, but this is the ak platform, designed to take a lickin and keep on tickin.
  6. Sunday Morning and I have to postpone my shooting til this afternoon. After reading through the posts on this thread, I do want to say that my hole drill pattern is different. That should be enough to keep me out of trouble. But.. unless he is manufacturing the handguard from scratch, how can he copyright a modification as simple as drilling holes in an OEM Russian handguard? YEOLDETOOL, Id like to see pictures of your handguard. you got me curious. I am dying to get out and shoot this thing today!!
  7. Thanks guys. I'll shoot it on Sunday and update. I did want to mention a couple things. I had a vertical grip but took it off because, for me, when shooting skeet, I can handle the gun faster by holding the handguard in my left palm(and the gun is lighter by 3.2 ozs). also, I took off the tac 47 auto plug because it was heavier ( by 3.2 ozs interestingly enough, and no, this is not a typo, just the exact same weight reduction as removing the magpul vertical grip) than the factory gas plug and it contributed to trigger slap in that it was over gassing the action. I "calibrated it" when I got it
  8. my DIY left side charging handle
  9. After scouring this forum and the net, I finally decided to make my own left side charging handle. I had read of a few different methods- drilling and tapping, welding, and jb weld. I tried drilling and tapping but that proved difficult, so then I tried jb weld, but the charging handle came off before I ever got it out of the house. so, finally, I faced the music and welded it. I have very little experience welding, but I figured if I went slow, I could do a good job. I used a mig flux core welding machine and attached an old trigger I had lying around. then I dremeled the weld bead to make it
  10. DIY left side charging handle

  11. bt the way, you really need to be rich to play this one. i say that because you will need to own enough land so that no one will hear the bangs and be concerned enough to call it in. when i was a kid , no one had ever heard of terrorists. but times sure have changed.
  12. listen guys, forget about the 37 or 40 mm grenade launcher attachments. they are watered down versions of the real thing.nobody wants an over-priced firework mod done to their gun. lets face it. we really want the explosive 40 mm grenade which will never be sold to the civilian populace. allow me to offer a substitute.got this one from an old book and i think you guys will like it. buy hollow aluminum arrow shafts from walmart, fill (you don't have to completely fill) with pyrex, screw in the primer from a shotgun shell(better damn well make sure no powder is in the threads before you do any s
  13. thanks for the lithium grease tip.i am going to use that tomorrow when i go shoot. i want to try out some clay pigeons with the saiga factory sights. i don't have a choke on it yet. just the factory thread protector. man that thing spreads shot like crazy without a choke. that should give me a 2 ft cushion anywhere near the target. actually. every mod i did had a purpose. i fired a few hundred rounds through it factory config b4 i made any changes. i added a vented gas tube cover(sucker gets hotafter emptying some magazines. you expect the barrel to get hot, but that gas tube can burn you by a
  14. thanks for the lithium grease tip.i am going to use that tomorrow when i go shoot. i want to try out some clay pigeons with the saiga factory sights. i don't have a choke on it yet. just the factory thread protector. man that thing spreads shot like crazy without a choke. that should give me a 2 ft cushion anywhere near the target. actually. every mod i did had a purpose. i fired a few hundred rounds through it factory config b4 i made any changes. i added a vented gas tube cover(sucker gets hotafter emptying some magazines. you expect the barrel to get hot, but that gas tube can burn you by a
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