SinistralRifleman Posted June 5, 2006 Author Share Posted June 5, 2006 (edited) Well it is working better. I'm not confident enough with it yet to use it at a big match like ironman though. I took it out shooting today. At first it wouldn't cycle for me at all with any ammo, it would consistently fail to eject. I removed that floating dust cover piece off the recoil spring housing and after that it cycled almost flawlessly. I shot 125 rounds of winchester 3 dram #7-1/2 shot all cycled flawlessly except for 1, which I think might have been a magazine problem. I then shot 100 rounds of Federal #6 shot 3-1/4 dram and it all cycled flawlessly. I fired 50 Winchester rifled slugs which all cycled flawlessly. I then went back to some more federal #6 and it failed to to eject every round. I diassembled it and it appears lead from the rifled slugs is going into the gas system. After a quick dissaessmbly and cleaning (scraping off the lead), it would only cycle 50% of the time without a failure to eject. I guess I'm making some degree of progess with this thing... You guys should be glad I'm willing to be the guinea pig Edited June 5, 2006 by SinistralRifleman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gman 763 Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Well, I dunno about not using it at Ironman, here's my tale of woe: Just got my shotgun back from fitting a ghost ring & have to sight it in; haven't yet received my 3 gun gear shell or rifle mag carriers; STILL loading rifle ammo; spare pistol is on 'delay' at the gunshop, my AR upper is being overnighted to me & I have to collect my AR lower from another FFL today. I leave tomorrow. Ya think you got questions in yer mind about equipment????? And I have to add; this is my first major 3 gun match & I'm shooting trooper.......as long as I finish, I don't care. Good luck, I intend to have fun no matter what, as long I don't embarrass myself & I'm seen to be a safe shot, that's all that really counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Correia Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Bringing this old thread back up. Somebody asked for video of a sub 2 second Saiga 12 reload. This is a video of a little local fun machine gun shoot. I do a Saiga reload at 5 minutes 10 seconds into it. I'm rusty too. (opened gunstore, have only shot 2 matches in last 10 months) Get sloppy on the insert, working out of a vest instead of a belt, and I let my elbow get too high. But it is still under 2. It isn't as hard as some people think it is. I would think that some of the really good shooters on here could do it a lot faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfmaster Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Cool video. You, and Saiga 12 owners like myself, may not have to reload as often. I just got an e-mail from AGP Turbo asking whether I want to still order the 10-round magazines we ordered a few months ago. I responded yes and asked when they will be shipping. They saig in about a week. Can't wait to get them and have the full 10 + 1. Yahoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topmaul Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Can you imagen what it's going to be like at a competition with out having to have Team Saiga Pool the high cap mags! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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