Saiga 12

[Dwayne5174]

wanna add one of these to my collection if i ever get any guns

 

[acmech]

If you have any issues shooting low brass you will want to check and see if it has 3 or 4 gas ports and if they are drilled all the way through. You might have to open them up a bit or add a 4th if you only have 3. If you pull the gas plug you can see them.

Another good low brass mod is to replace the gas plug with an aftermarket one. You can check the saiga12.com forum but I think the MD Arms one is the more reliable one.

There are also some bolt polishing mods that you can do that will assist in inserting loaded mags as well as improve reliability.

Moving the trigger set forward where Mr. K intended is a relatively easy job. There are helpful threads and videos available. All of the parts are usually available at Mississipiautoarms.com or carolinashooterssupply.com. Once you get it loaded up with enough US parts you can use the 12 round mags and drums.

Good advice, the first thing I did was press off the gas block on mine to get a good look at the gas ports. I don't always adhere to if it aint broke don't fix it. Do you know how when you drill a piece of metal, as the drill bit pushes through, it leaves a "tab" of metal on the bottom side? Well on mine, when they went back through and honed the barrel after drilling the gas ports, they pushed the metal back over the port holes. I used a drill bit to clean up the holes and thats it. There is no way my Saiga would have functioned properly when using target loads with the ports obstructed like that. I use a Tac47 auto plug and it functions perfect with heavy or target loads.

 

[shootin4fun]

The trigger has to be moved to convert it, look at he trigger on mine in relation to the mag release...View attachment 176795

Nice looking Saiga!

 

[meastt]

The trigger has to be moved to convert it, look at he trigger on mine in relation to the mag release...View attachment 176795

That looks GREAT. Definately on my list to buy.

 

[renovationman]

That a great quote!