Picked up my saiga today. I will breakdown each part of the job they did and rate it accordingly.
Cut down barrel: A rating , the steel on saiga barrels is brutally hard, so good job here.
Reinstall front sight base after barrel cut : B rating, they had to remove the barrel and turn down the O.D. so the fsb would go back on. Excellent work on the lathe however, the installed the fsb with about a 3-4 de cant to the right. Not a deal breaker but not worthy of an A rating either.
Crown muzzle: let me first say that I have never crowned a muzzle. That being said, the crown was done at a consistent degree but the surface shows rough machine marks. Almost what it would look like you used a dull drill bit and did nothing further. Going with a C rating on this as I will probably have to fix it later myself. It looks like they did not do any finishing metal work ( sanding).
Thread the barrel for 5/8 x 24 and install AR10 vortex . A+ rating here. Clean thread job and accurate depth for the vortex.
As an aside: I have an ultimak ACR2 lower hanguard rail that I installed on the rifle before i took it to them. They reinstalled the rail with the front bracket, left the rear barrel clamp of completely and did not tighten the rear rail tenon. To me this is an attention to detail issue and If I were to do the job I'd take the time to put it back the way it was when it was dropped off.
Bear in mind that these folks are not Rifle Dynamics or Red jacket and i wasn't really expecting that level of specialized work from R&S. I would recommend them for work on a shotgun or a basic barrel thread job.
I cannot recommend them for serious Ak gunsmithing as i think I have given a fair evaluation of the job and I am not 100% happy with it.
The price was $238.00 for the work and a 4-5 week turn around.
Comparatively to RD or RJ, they quoted me a 8-12 week turn around and after the cost of shipping and labor i would say they would be much higher for the work.
I haven't had a chance to shoot the rifle yet but the crown will probably need to be dressed for any sort of accuracy. I didn't check the crown until i got home and twisted off the vortex.
I'll try and post pics of the work later.
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