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Questions about Saiga...
- Thread starter robc
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You can dry fire it, but limit it as much as possible.
If you take out the bolt from the bolt carrier, you will see the face of the firing pin, it is just a small piece of flat metal, and you are hitting it on its edge.
The bolt hold open is manual. Some ranges require the use of a hold open so they added it as a selling feature.
Most aftermarket magazines; all for the Saiga, have the feature for a bolt hold open after the last round.
If that is the feature you want, then just buy an American made Saiga replacement magazine.
Look around, there are several versions of stock sets available.
Many are quite cheap to buy. Less than $100 is common for simple sets.
There is even an adapter that can be purchased so any AR stock can be used on your AK. Going that route, you can use the empty recoil buffer tube as storage space, or to add a damper.
Google is your friend.
If you take out the bolt from the bolt carrier, you will see the face of the firing pin, it is just a small piece of flat metal, and you are hitting it on its edge.
The bolt hold open is manual. Some ranges require the use of a hold open so they added it as a selling feature.
Most aftermarket magazines; all for the Saiga, have the feature for a bolt hold open after the last round.
If that is the feature you want, then just buy an American made Saiga replacement magazine.
Look around, there are several versions of stock sets available.
Many are quite cheap to buy. Less than $100 is common for simple sets.
There is even an adapter that can be purchased so any AR stock can be used on your AK. Going that route, you can use the empty recoil buffer tube as storage space, or to add a damper.
Google is your friend.
22_Shooter
New member
Most AK mags don't have LRBHO. Yugo mags do. Or you can buy LRBHO followers and throw them in any AK mag.
billindenver
New member
Every empty magazine since the invention of the AK has resulted in a dry fire...the only way you know you are empty is when the firing pin falls on nothing. Therefore, I seriously doubt dry firing them does any damage...otherwise most of them would not work.
Just my opinion.....worth what you paid for it.
Just my opinion.....worth what you paid for it.
LJ-MosinFreak-Buck
New member
That's why I'm just getting an original model.