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Converted back to how it should have been in the first place, and made an attempt to keep it as "factory" looking as possible.
A guy on our saiga forums finally released his ribbed steel 20 round magazines, making for the first military grade magazine offered for the platform. They're pretty nice.
Modified the NPZ PO-4x24 from a saiga sporter base to an AK base, because the eye relief before was painful and you couldn't use the iron sights. Now you have full adjustment range of the iron sights and are able to easily use them, along with much more proper eye relief for the rifle.
Shown bottom right is my backup optic, a belomo PK-AS, a simple non-magnified prismatic optic that hangs off the left side of the rifle and is intended for use with your left eye.
All in all, this turned out being my favorite rifle I've ever had. It's been a lot of hours and a lot of $$$ in the making but it's all very well worth it. I mean, who doesn't want an AK in 7.62x51mm NATO that has a useable range of 800 meters? (Compared to the standard AK's 300 meters)
A guy on our saiga forums finally released his ribbed steel 20 round magazines, making for the first military grade magazine offered for the platform. They're pretty nice.
Modified the NPZ PO-4x24 from a saiga sporter base to an AK base, because the eye relief before was painful and you couldn't use the iron sights. Now you have full adjustment range of the iron sights and are able to easily use them, along with much more proper eye relief for the rifle.
Shown bottom right is my backup optic, a belomo PK-AS, a simple non-magnified prismatic optic that hangs off the left side of the rifle and is intended for use with your left eye.
All in all, this turned out being my favorite rifle I've ever had. It's been a lot of hours and a lot of $$$ in the making but it's all very well worth it. I mean, who doesn't want an AK in 7.62x51mm NATO that has a useable range of 800 meters? (Compared to the standard AK's 300 meters)
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Well, they're expensive, but I begged the guy a year ago to revamp his magazines from being bland flat steel metal, to refining them with some traditional styling.
They have exceptionally heavy springs in them, and they're the sturdiest built magazine I've ever encountered for any firearm. Considering how the saiga magazines are designed, polymer just wouldn't survive under even mild field use, without some steel in the front and rear tabs.
The magazine design for the saiga 308 just doesn't allow for much material between the lugs and the body, so if you have a poly magazine and drop the gun, even unloaded, it'll most likely bust the tabs off. I've had this happen with saiga 12 magazines as well, now I only use the MD arms 20 round drums for it.
These magazines are worth every penny though. At the end of the day, you're investing about $700 for the rifle+conversion parts, then $45 a magazine, for a lighter weight, more compact M14 that doesn't care much about what ammo you run through it.
Surprised it hasn't seen military adoption, it's really a fantastic platform if you have no idea what you might be in for. A very "Do-everything-well" rifle.
Since it uses 3 locking lugs on the bolt, it's also far more accurate than any of the other AK series rifles, much more solid bolt lock up on these.
The gun has also ran 100% with every type of magazine and ammo I can find. It even ran pakistani POF ammunition without a hickup. (That's universally known as the most dangerous/poorest quality 7.62x51mm ammo on the planet.) Favorite ammo for it is german DAG33, the accuracy with that stuff is astounding, as well as the performance on target of that specific bullet. Just stay at 150gr or under in the saiga 308 for optimal accuracy, most people are reporting hornady TAP 110gr to be the most accurate loading in the rifle, some showing half MOA.
They have exceptionally heavy springs in them, and they're the sturdiest built magazine I've ever encountered for any firearm. Considering how the saiga magazines are designed, polymer just wouldn't survive under even mild field use, without some steel in the front and rear tabs.
The magazine design for the saiga 308 just doesn't allow for much material between the lugs and the body, so if you have a poly magazine and drop the gun, even unloaded, it'll most likely bust the tabs off. I've had this happen with saiga 12 magazines as well, now I only use the MD arms 20 round drums for it.
These magazines are worth every penny though. At the end of the day, you're investing about $700 for the rifle+conversion parts, then $45 a magazine, for a lighter weight, more compact M14 that doesn't care much about what ammo you run through it.
Surprised it hasn't seen military adoption, it's really a fantastic platform if you have no idea what you might be in for. A very "Do-everything-well" rifle.
Since it uses 3 locking lugs on the bolt, it's also far more accurate than any of the other AK series rifles, much more solid bolt lock up on these.
The gun has also ran 100% with every type of magazine and ammo I can find. It even ran pakistani POF ammunition without a hickup. (That's universally known as the most dangerous/poorest quality 7.62x51mm ammo on the planet.) Favorite ammo for it is german DAG33, the accuracy with that stuff is astounding, as well as the performance on target of that specific bullet. Just stay at 150gr or under in the saiga 308 for optimal accuracy, most people are reporting hornady TAP 110gr to be the most accurate loading in the rifle, some showing half MOA.
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