Hi Mark, "hound dog" mentioned in his post that he has to create a stamp to generate the oval dimples on the SAIGA receiver because they do not have it. However, according to the picture I saw on this page (see above image), it should have the dimples already. Which is correct? Since I do not have a picture of the SAIGA receiver sold by Kalashnikov-USA, I cannot confirmed one way or the other. Can you help? Another questions is on the SAIGA magazine well. The 7.62 magazine well is wider than the 5.45. If you use a SAIGA 7.62 receiver to build a 5.45 Krinkov, will the extra space on each side of the magzine well affect the firmness of the magazine fitting? JT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > I'm using a Saiga because I want a Russian Krink. All Saiga rifles and shotguns use AK-74 reciever, barrel trunnion, and fire control parts regardless of caliber or guage. To make it work, I had to replace the trigger guard with a regular AK guard, cut a slot for the pistol grip, and will have to turn the barrel down in a lathe to fit the Saiga trunnion. I will also have to modify the trunnion or barrel to get it to feed properly because of the differences in the front of the Saiga vs. regular AK mags. Hope this answers you questions. > > > > Mark, > > > > > > > > Will it be easier to replace the trunnion with a Bulgarian > > Krinkov trunnion so that the mags will work (rather than > > modifying the existing trunnion)? > > That was my first thought to, but Tantal says the regular > AK-47/AKM mag will not work with this trunnion at all. > > > > > Do you need to cut a hole for the trigger also, since the > > Saiga trigger is in the wrong place? > No, the hole is already there, just covered over my the Saiga trigger guard. The hole is the same as any other single arm trigger. The only modification to the reciever itself is a slot for the grip screw base to slide through. > > > > Do the Saiga receiver has a dimple near the trigger hole > > (like the real AK74 receiver) or it just has a flat bottom > > receiver like the AKM. > If you mean the bulge at the bottom, yes it does have it. By the way, I was able to get a correct Bulgarian AK-74 trigger assembly from K-Var. > One other thing, after careful examination of the Saiga trunnion and other regular AK trunnions, I think the easiest way to fix the feed problem is by adding a shim over the bottom of the trunnion from the barrel to just over the front of the mag. The Saiga trunnion has been milled out larger than an AK trunnion and this causes the cartridge to drop slightly and the tip hits the barrel rim instead of going into the chamber. The shim would raise the tip just enought to feed properly.
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	Re: Mark....Questions about SAIGA again ...ctxt Mark 06:25:37 2/27/1999 (0)
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	Name:    E-Mail:    Subject:    > Hi Mark, > > "hound dog" mentioned in his post that he has to create a > stamp to generate the oval dimples on the SAIGA receiver > because they do > > not have it. However, according to the picture I saw on this page > (see above image), it should have the dimples already. Which is > correct? Since I do not have a picture of the SAIGA receiver sold > > by Kalashnikov-USA, I cannot confirmed one way or the > other. Can you help? > > Another questions is on the SAIGA magazine well. The 7.62 > magazine well is wider than the 5.45. If you use a SAIGA 7.62 > > receiver to build a 5.45 Krinkov, will the extra space on > each side of the magzine well affect the firmness of the > magazine fitting? > > JT > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > I'm using a Saiga because I want a Russian Krink. All Saiga rifles and shotguns use AK-74 reciever, barrel trunnion, and fire control parts regardless of caliber or guage. To make it work, I had to replace the trigger guard with a regular AK guard, cut a slot for the pistol grip, and will have to turn the barrel down in a lathe to fit the Saiga trunnion. I will also have to modify the trunnion or barrel to get it to feed properly because of the differences in the front of the Saiga vs. regular AK mags. Hope this answers you questions. > > > > > Mark, > > > > > > > > > > > Will it be easier to replace the trunnion with a Bulgarian > > > Krinkov trunnion so that the mags will work (rather than > > > modifying the existing trunnion)? > > > > That was my first thought to, but Tantal says the regular > > AK-47/AKM mag will not work with this trunnion at all. > > > > > > > > Do you need to cut a hole for the trigger also, since the > > > Saiga trigger is in the wrong place? > > No, the hole is already there, just covered over my the Saiga trigger guard. The hole is the same as any other single arm trigger. The only modification to the reciever itself is a slot for the grip screw base to slide through. > > > > > > Do the Saiga receiver has a dimple near the trigger hole > > > (like the real AK74 receiver) or it just has a flat bottom > > > receiver like the AKM. > > If you mean the bulge at the bottom, yes it does have it. By the way, I was able to get a correct Bulgarian AK-74 trigger assembly from K-Var. > > One other thing, after careful examination of the Saiga trunnion and other regular AK trunnions, I think the easiest way to fix the feed problem is by adding a shim over the bottom of the trunnion from the barrel to just over the front of the mag. The Saiga trunnion has been milled out larger than an AK trunnion and this causes the cartridge to drop slightly and the tip hits the barrel rim instead of going into the chamber. The shim would raise the tip just enought to feed properly. Optional link URL:    Link title:    Optional image URL:
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