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.308 Saiga conversion

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#1 ·
I finally decided to do something with the .308 Saiga.


















The Safety Check
There were some questions posed if my retrofit was safe.
The following photos and video should confirm it is.
Others have had a problem of: with the safety on pull the trigger, when they released the safety, the hammer fell on the firing pin.
As you can see from the video. that will not happen on this Saiga.
The surfaces were stoned, then polished to 800 grit.
The trigger has no problem returning under spring pressure.


800 grit polish





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#7 ·
How far away was that????

I think that's a great grouping for surplus ammo. I think it will tighten up with the right load, I'd start playing with some hand loads.
 
#19 ·
muttman said:
gunny,
what brand of t-hole stock are you using, and could you please give some more details on the triger job. I have some stones but I read on a diffrent sight that lapping compound will work but laping compound seems a little odd.
muttman
Here's the stock:
http://www.riflestock.com/catalog_page_detail.cfm?recordno=3&Product_CatalogID=2715&ProductNumber=18%2D03%2D08&ProductCode=22&ProductSubCodeID=158&NewProduct=0

A little more detail here.
http://www.gunco.net/forums/showthread.php?t=34711
As you can see from the video.
The surfaces were stoned, then polished to 800 grit.
look for jewlers rouge, solid bars of polishing compound.
http://www.midwayusa.com/esearch.exe/search?TabID=0&category_selector=all_products&search_keywords=polishing+compound&Click+to+Begin+Search.x=7&Click+to+Begin+Search.y=12
I use this on a felt bob mounted on a Dremel
 
#21 ·
Great work!! From what I've read over at the Saiga-12 forums, the issue was that the tab on the safety did not fit down far enough and cause it to fire once you took it off safe. I think Brian of Dinzag arms made a modification to the back of the trigger leg and raised it so it would be able to have positive safety.
 
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