My Saiga's

[cfortune]

Thought I'd come in here and post up my Saiga's since I've never posted in this sub forum.

This is my .223 and .308.

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/2893/dsc0011ly.jpg

[gnihcraes]

They look good. How accurate are they compared to an average bolt gun in the same calibers?

[steveopia]

Nice. Did you do the conversions yourself, have someone do them, or purchase them already done?

[Gunoholic]

Man, Those look nice. The pistol grips look soft and comfortable. How does your 308 shoot?

[cfortune]

I did the conversions myself. I still need to paint the bottoms.

As far as accuracy, I haven't shot the .308 much and haven't been able to shoot more than 75 yards or so. I don't even have the scope zeroed yet.


I used to have a 4x scope on my .223 and was pretty impressed how accurate it was/stayed between taking it out. Don't have any pictures of groupings nor have I saved any targets to measure my groups.

I've never shot a bolt action before so I can't really say. That .223 was my first rifle and the .308 is my most recent purchase.

[jreifsch80]

Nice looking guns for sure. You're only going to have more and more fun with em as time goes by

[palepainter]

Nice. Is that an ACE stock adapter on the .223?

[zteknik]

i like em!!!
i like the 308 one-looks like it uses a rpk/yugo style bulged trunnion
how hard was the conversion?

[cfortune]

Nice. Is that an ACE stock adapter on the .223?

No, just some Israeli made adapter for m4 stocks, got it at Carolina Shooter Supply:

http://store.carolinashooterssupply.com/servlet/-strse-373/Saiga-EMA-M4-Stock/Detail

I had to drill a hole in the bottom of it to secure it all the way to the receiver. By default it only attaches using the tang but when you'd tighten it down, it'd start to lift out from the bottom (since nothing was securing it there). Wasn't hard to do.





And the conversions aren't hard to do. I buy the carolina shooter supply kits and just use a dremel and a drill. I did the .308 first since it doesn't have the pins to drill out. But that wasn't hard to do either. There are some videos on youtube and vimeo that go over the process.

[5plusjuan]

No, just some Israeli made adapter for m4 stocks, got it at Carolina Shooter Supply:

http://store.carolinashooterssupply.com/servlet/-strse-373/Saiga-EMA-M4-Stock/Detail

I had to drill a hole in the bottom of it to secure it all the way to the receiver. By default it only attaches using the tang but when you'd tighten it down, it'd start to lift out from the bottom (since nothing was securing it there). Wasn't hard to do.





And the conversions aren't hard to do. I buy the carolina shooter supply kits and just use a dremel and a drill. I did the .308 first since it doesn't have the pins to drill out. But that wasn't hard to do either. There are some videos on youtube and vimeo that go over the process.


How much would you charge me to do the conversion on my Saiga? I am located in the Denver area.

Thanks,
Juan

[cfortune]

How much would you charge me to do the conversion on my Saiga? I am located in the Denver area.

Thanks,
Juan


hmmmm. I don't know that I would take that task on. I'm not exactly an expert and don't know if i'd like being responsible for someone elses gun. I'd be more than happy to provide instructions. All it really takes is a drill and a rotary tool. I even saw a video of guy doing it with a file and a drill.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU96VbnSoTc

BTW, put an eotech on my .223 and a TWS dog leg rail. Haven't had a chance to zero the eotech but I have shot with the aperture sight and find it to be a nice improvement.

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8740/dsc0020dh.jpg

[cfortune]

Damn, those are some good prices

[theGinsue]

No matter has sweet that butt is or how good those prices are, she'd not gonna advertise on THIS site.