5.45 Saiga Goodness... (56K DEATH!)

[CurioRelic14]

Wanna convert mine =)

 

[JettaKnight]

Wanna convert mine =)

Where are you at?


FYI, yesterday I spray painted the receiver and baked it at 200F for 1.5 hours. Looks good, but a few blemishes since I'm not the best painter in the world. The rifle wouldn't fit in my oven so the barrel was sticking out of the door. Using that, I held it in place such that the receiver was floating in air and the whole rifle rested on the cover rear sight block.

Parts are being shipped out today s o hopefully I'll have it done for the weekend.

 

[CarnageRush]

Great looking gun! I've built a couple AKs but I have not taken on a Saiga conversion.

 

[Hop]

Looks nice. I must ask though. How does any of this apply to that 922(r) rule? If you make it "non-sporting" does that mean there has to be a certain # of US made parts? That law confuses me.

 

[Mr.JAG]

Wanna convert mine =)

Sure... gimmie 1 million dollars.

Looks nice. I must ask though. How does any of this apply to that 922(r) rule? If you make it "non-sporting" does that mean there has to be a certain # of US made parts? That law confuses me.

There is plenty of info out there on 922(r).

It has nothing to do with a certain number of US made parts... It's the other way around - there is a max of foreign made parts.

In layman's... It states that "evil" rifles can have no more than 10 foreign made parts on it. The parts that matter to the count are listed in the legal jargon. As long as your final build doesn't exceed 10 foreign parts, you are good to go.

 

[Hop]

But that's where this law gets confusing. You're gun in original form is not "evil" but adding X number of evil looking parts makes it illegal.

The whole gun is now so wicked evil that you need to swap out a bunch of originally not evil parts for US made parts.

See how stupid this sounds?

 

[Mr.JAG]

But that's where this law gets confusing. You're gun in original form is not "evil" but adding X number of evil looking parts makes it illegal.

The whole gun is now so wicked evil that you need to swap out a bunch of originally not evil parts for US made parts.

See how stupid this sounds?

The sooner you realize nothing about gun laws are logical, the less sleep you are going to lose.

I agree, the whole thing is completely stupid - but it's not difficult to follow. Keep the gun under 10 foreign made parts from a specific list and you're golden. Doesn't take a brain surgeon.