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Who did the compliance work? I'd love a steel bho Bulgarian steel mag pinned to 15 rounds.

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Looks good!

That's true. Maybe I'll get a snake as well. Use the cleaning rod that came with it for big cleanings and a snake for me being ocd every now and again. Lol. So rem oil down the barrel after its been cleaned with hoppes9?

What rod? The one that came with your AK or a different one? Anyone got a link to a rod I should buy? Keep in mind I do have the steel one must saiga came with.along with the cleaning kit. Also I have a welded on ak74 break so is there anything I need to do to protect it when running a rod or snake down it. ( as you can tell this is my first rifle and my 2nd firearm I own. I have cleaned.my dads rifles b4 but when you spend your own money you want to do it the right way on your particular firearm. I spent 2 weeks making sure I knew how to clean my m9 and what I needed when I first got it. So sorry if I get too annoying with my questions . )

What oil do you use to coat the rifle with and put down the barrel? We normally use hoppes 9 on all our other weapons to clean the barrels , gun scrubber for the rest then coat everything but down the barrel with one shot dry lube. We have red and tacky high heat grease we use on the rails as well. We where instructed not to use anything but hopped 9 in the barrel of our guns. So that's why I'm asking. I made sure to regrease the saiga b4 I fired it yesterday since it was new out of the box. It was already very greasey but I just coated the rails of the bolt and some.of the Internals with red and tacky high heat grease

So from my reading I should get a 30cal bore snake and cleaning rod?

I was reading that its not a good idea to use the steel cleaning rod the AK comes with as it can damage the barrel and the muzzle device. I'm not sure if this is true at all. How do you guys clean your barrels on your 7.62x39 aks. Thanks.

We know how to clean it. We do every time we shoot it. My dad thought an ultra snonic cleaning might be able to clean things he can't see out of it. I didn't agree but figured I'd ask around for him anyway. I told him he needs to contact kimber. I'll let you guys know how it goes. Thanks!

I'm going to have to get me one for my saiga now.

we only shoot brass in our pistols. we are running magtech 124 grain though it atm because it was stopping the failure to feeds and the rounds not ejecting we attributed to "break in" . today it was just not ejection the final casing. sometimes my mom was getting failure to feed halfway through the mag but i think she was limp wristing it. we have all kimber mags (3 8 round 9mm mags). ill take a look at the recoil spring. ( its def the captured spring) since its still under a year old we might just contact kimber and see what they say.

its a 9mm compact. it barley has 500 rounds through it. its been picky with ammo and was working ok with 124 grain for a while now even thats not working well. looks exactly like the pic in the thread you posted Dragz ( but is a 9mm). ill show my dad.

my dad wants to have his kimber professionally cleaned as it keeps not ejecting the last round reliably. I know the gun guild does it but its way too much cash. id never spend that much again for cleaning. anyone know a place near north central NJ (union county) that isnt super expensive? thanks!

Hmmm. Well iv been looking at the damage industry railed system. I'm not sure if having that would be a good idea know that I know after 60 rounds its that hot with plastic. That metal hand gaurd might get real bad. I could add those rubber rail grips but I'm not sure.

Shot like a dream! Gets real hot though. The ar seems to have a better hand guard heatsink.

I will! Going to easton hg Tm morning!!!

It was that box but .223. Dicks sold it. No the area around the primer look like that but the rim of the bottoms were all beat up. I wish I got pics. The annealing on this box was way darker. We ran a box of olimpic (I think) 5.56 after the issues and it ran that fine. We have a stag arms ar15 model 2 5.56/.223. I'd agree it was an issue with the rifle if it didn't shoot another brand perfectly right after. The ro said the rounds where "feeding too fast" buy didn't have an explanation as to why.

I know federal isn't the best ammo out there. The 22lr we have misfires in the 10/22 and jams bad In The sig. We have never had an issue with the federal american premium. Last weekend at the range I shot .223 federal in a brown box. The first box shot fine the 2nd box a round bent feeding, another was a failure to feed and got stuck in the receiver the final straw was when inspecting the rest of the rounds the area around the primers where all chewed up and the ammo was almost burnt looking by the head. Like they where reloads. We threw away the rest of the box. Is federal known for selling reloads as new ammo in their non premium boxes?

Thanks! It has some tool marks and some paint is missing in a few spots, but its an AK right? Eventually I'll have it duracoated...after I put a few thousand rounds through it lol.

I apologize I miss typed . you are right a "basic" conversion for about 200. A full conversion is a bit more.

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They are still "cheap" compared to other rifles. Everything firearms relayed have gone up. The mini 30 is around 700 now and from what I remember has no pistol grip, no muzzle device, and mags $$$. You can get an unconverted saiga 7.62 for around 500 give or take. Then when you get some extra cash you can do a conversion to a full AK style for around 200 or so.

Thanks man. I'll be at easton hg sat in the am for sure!

with an ak and sks you can run steel cased ammo that is a lot cheaper then brass. I would never run steel cased down an ar or a mini 30. the cost to run an ak is much less. my ak was about 150 less then my dads stag ar15, but he spends double for brass 5.56 and .223 then i do in steel cased tula and redarmy standard 7.62x39. the cost of brass 7/62x39 is about the same as the ar ammo. I think about 9-12 a box of 20 where i just got 8 boxes of tula 7.62 steel cased for 5.40 a box. wolf steel core magnetic ammo ( cant use at indoor ranges) is like 20 bucks per 100 rounds. i really wanted the Ruger too before I figured the cost of ownership with ever increasing ammo prices was just not worth it to me.

Picked it up last night! Converted Saiga 7.62 from Atlantic. I unboxed it and took off the terrible saw blade pg and put on a Hogue grip. 10000x better. Steve at Monmouth arms did the FFL and the muzzle brake pin and weld. very happy. next thing is a midwestpx 15/30 pmag