Saiga huh? Looks nice, what caliber?
Welcome to the Saiga 12 club! They are a lot of fun, and even more so once you do the conversion. They have a couple hundred round break in period, and continue to smooth out over time. INGO member juggernaut is our resident Saiga 12 expert, and a mod on the Saiga forum.
If you only do one thing to it, I would suggest a different gas plug. This one seems to work as well as any of them, giving you five settings instead of 2 for finicky ammo. It's a cheap mod, requires no tools for adjustment, and takes about 30 seconds to install.
https://www.mdarms.com/index.php?ma...oducts_id=16&zenid=d4isortifn1bfmc4gve6jbihc2
Depending on where you are located, there's some of us that have done the conversion about anywhere. Just yell if you need to compare notes on something. I found the videos on carolina shooter supply's website to be extremely helpful the first time I did it...
And what they don't tell you is that once you do one of them - then all of the other Saigas and AK's start talking to you... it gets addictive.
One last piece of advice - when you get conversion parts (and I HIGHLY recommend talking to Greg at CSS for that...) Be sure to get the S12 kit with the Retaining Plate. NOT the Shepherd's Crook. I've said this before - but you will save yourself TONS of frustration and foul language if you use the plate option. Maybe it's just my fat fingers - but I'm not the only one that I've heard say it....
Wow- thanks for that offer! I've been watching some vids from the Carolina webpage, as well as drooling over their merchandise page.
I'm hearing you with the addictive part. The whole Saiga line is beginning to call me.
In today's market that's not a bad deal.When Whitaker had them they were $580.00 plus tax@ Indy- This was the first one I've seen in a shop for a while. Whittakers had them on sale a while back and I really wanted one then but didn't have the funds. I got this one for $642 out the door from Dave's. It is a bit steep, but cheaper than I've found about anywhere online.
One last piece of advice - when you get conversion parts (and I HIGHLY recommend talking to Greg at CSS for that...) Be sure to get the S12 kit with the Retaining Plate. NOT the Shepherd's Crook. I've said this before - but you will save yourself TONS of frustration and foul language if you use the plate option. Maybe it's just my fat fingers - but I'm not the only one that I've heard say it....