Saiga 7.62 Porn - Newly Finished

[jdhaines]

Finished it up a couple days ago. I may go ahead and do the gas tube / standard AK handguards but I'm not in any hurry. I think the handguard is comfy, albeit a bit goofy looking.

I used a drill press, but I would have felt comfortable with a hand drill if I had a bench vice. I would say you need one or the other...Just my

If I could give one piece of advice, I would say don't listen to people about the bullet guide tap. I read 3 turns in, half turn out. Don't listen to that BS. Do 1/2 turn in, 1/4 turn out with a small squirt of WD-40 or equivalent. It's not a race. My tap looks brand new. I can't believe all the stories of people breaking off their taps. If you turn it in 3 taps, the chip will fill in the threads you just cut and you're screwed. I felt the tap start to grab at 3/4 turns, so I cut it back to 1/2 in 1/4 out. Worked like magic!

I've got some Yugo 7.62 on backorder.

 

[alan robert]

Good job. Keep the hand guard, it looks good, and is more practical.

Reminds me of a Vepr. Had one, and liked that style of hand guard, over the stock set up.

 

[baldmax]

Looks good.

 

[Ogre]

good job. Who did you order your parts from?

 

[jdhaines]

It was a mixture of Carolinashooterssupply.com for all the small parts and One Source Tactical for the sling, stock, and mags (3 new bulgarian steel surplus)

One source is generally a little pricey, but they had the wire folding stock and magazines in stock for the best price I could find, plus they had the sling I wanted. I support Suarez so I wasn't upset by spending a tad more. I was all set to buy the folder from Classic Arms Inc. but they were out of stock despite them being listed on their main page.

 

[caddywhompus]

Great job! I agree, I like the handguard too.

 

[slcorson]

picked up a saiga the other day myself! yours looks awesome! where did you get the larger mag?

 

[jblomenberg16]

Good advice on the tap. Slow and steady wins the race there no matter what you are doing. Unless you are a high volume production shop that needs to turn out a bunch of parts, just go slow.

Once you've screwed up the threads or broken your tap you are pretty much finished.

 

[jdhaines]

picked up a saiga the other day myself! yours looks awesome! where did you get the larger mag?

Those are 30rd Bulgarian steel surplus mags. If you install a bullet guide and file the mag catch slightly the saiga will accept all mil spec Ak mags.

 

[GI JOE]

I think you dropped somethin...

 

[jdhaines]

I think you dropped somethin...

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