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Posted: 8/18/2022 5:47:49 PM EDT
$1350 out the door. Probably has 200-500 rounds through it judging from the wear. The dealer who sold it says it was his friend's gun, and he recently died.
 Was a very nice man. I guess I may have over paid $100-200, but this was the sort of find I was looking for.  Attached FileI am really really kicking myself not buying 1-2 of these 10 years ago when they were under $500 bucks. This .223 Saiga would make a great hog or varmit gun < 200 yards in. Really beats the snot out of a Ruger Mini-14 for what you get. Has a bolt hold open device as well. The trigger is actually quite nice. Having said that, I want to convert it of course!  I have a couple builders in mind, but who would you recommend these days? I was thinking of a Sureshot Mk3 chassis, but will wait to get my KR-103 back with it before making a final decision. Thoughts?
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Posted: 8/20/2022 3:46:19 PM EDT
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Anyone? Damn Russian forum is dead thanks to Putin
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Posted: 8/20/2022 5:22:22 PM EDT
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How much do you want to convert? Fully into an AK clone or just add a pistol grip & stock? If the latter, I did one myself way back in the day and it wasn’t too hard. Wish I had kept it, was a Y-stamped 7.62x39.
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Posted: 8/21/2022 10:59:02 PM EDT
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Full AK-101 conversion with AR stock and possibly a Sureshot rail system
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Posted: 8/21/2022 11:03:40 PM EDT
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I have a 308 and a 12. I bought them years ago. Still haven’t converted them or even shot them.
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Posted: 8/21/2022 11:07:16 PM EDT
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I picked up a .308 way back. It’s not accurate at all but I will say it’s the most fun gun to shoot for blasting.
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Posted: 8/23/2022 4:38:45 PM EDT
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Wow! A S223 is now a $1400 gun?!?!?! I paid $650 NIB for mine about 4 years ago.
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Posted: 8/25/2022 12:06:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wow! A S223 is now a $1400 gun?!?!?! I paid $650 NIB for mine about 4 years ago. Yep it’s insane. I am really kicking myself thinking about the CDNN sales etc I’ve seen through the years |
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Posted: 8/25/2022 4:21:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yep it’s insane. I am really kicking myself thinking about the CDNN sales etc I’ve seen through the years It's nutty for sure! Good news for OP is that his is unmolested and a blank canvas! |
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Posted: 8/25/2022 6:52:56 PM EDT
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This thread made me think of the last time I bought a Saiga. Found it in the email archives from Centerfire Systems back in 2009. Free shipping to boot:
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Posted: 8/26/2022 1:40:42 PM EDT
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The poly Galil mags work fine if you just sand down the front side ribs that other wise keep it from fitting.
And a feed ramp of course. I did sacrifice a weiger and filed down the front mag body that kept the tab from reaching up under the feed shelf. I haven't molested my others as they became pricy. My conversion was stillborn. I kept the bits in case I need to revert.... |
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Posted: 8/27/2022 12:32:01 AM EDT
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So what builders do you prefer these days?
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Posted: 8/27/2022 12:36:41 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/5/2022 11:45:06 PM EDT
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I always seem to have a saiga or 3 in the shop for conversion work.
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Posted: 9/6/2022 12:02:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wow! A S223 is now a $1400 gun?!?!?! I paid $650 NIB for mine about 4 years ago. I paid $300 with the box, but it had been shot - a whole 5 round magazine worth. Converted it years back with advice from the Saiga Forum & Danzig parts and it has been a great shooter. I'd never believe that a stock plain jane Saiga would go for $1,400... Bigger_Hammer 
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Posted: 9/6/2022 12:45:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This thread made me think of the last time I bought a Saiga. Found it in the email archives from Centerfire Systems back in 2009. Free shipping to boot: https://i.imgur.com/npi6wqk.jpg I remember those days. That’s about when I picked up my Saiga 12 and 308. I was on the wait list for a Tromix conversion for a long time but when my number finally got called I had lost interest enough to not want to pay for it. |
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Posted: 9/7/2022 4:27:07 AM EDT
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Cool.
I have a converted .223 I bought several years ago for something like $600.  Had an RS Regulate mount with a trs25 on it these days. |
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Posted: 9/7/2022 8:27:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I remember those days. That’s about when I picked up my Saiga 12 and 308. I was on the wait list for a Tromix conversion for a long time but when my number finally got called I had lost interest enough to not want to pay for it. Yeah, the wait list got completely out of hand back then....out 4 years or so. By then, about 75% of the guys were no longer interested and I don't blame them at all. I worked over several thousand Saiga-12's, but only about 100 or so Saiga rifles. There's not many Tromix Saiga rifles in the wild and quite a few of those are SBR's. Tony Rumore Tromix Edited to add - Here's a pretty rough prototype of the first 7" .308 SBR made January 13th, 2006. I think I made 3 or 4 of them. That's a 20 round Fuzzy Bunny Movie Gun's magazine in it. 
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Posted: 9/7/2022 8:33:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah, the wait list got completely out of hand back then....out 4 years or so. By then, about 75% of the guys were no longer interested and I don't blame them at all. I worked over several thousand Saiga-12's, but only about 100 or so Saiga rifles. There's not many Tromix Saiga rifles in the wild and quite a few of those are SBR's. Tony Rumore Tromix Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I remember those days. That’s about when I picked up my Saiga 12 and 308. I was on the wait list for a Tromix conversion for a long time but when my number finally got called I had lost interest enough to not want to pay for it. Yeah, the wait list got completely out of hand back then....out 4 years or so. By then, about 75% of the guys were no longer interested and I don't blame them at all. I worked over several thousand Saiga-12's, but only about 100 or so Saiga rifles. There's not many Tromix Saiga rifles in the wild and quite a few of those are SBR's. Tony Rumore Tromix I don’t think my wait time was quite that excessive, but it was pretty substantial I still have the guns and they’re still not converted. Another project always took priority so I just never got around to it. And I haven’t been able to let myself sell them for the going rate now. I live just west of you in fact. Assuming you’re still out of just east of Tulsa. @tonyrumore |
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Posted: 9/7/2022 8:48:27 PM EDT
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I'm honestly more surprised that people are shocked by the price increase on these. It's like people saying an SKS used to only be $80, or an HK autosear only $0.87. Supply of a popular high demand item gets artificially restricted and magically the price goes to the moon, many such cases.
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