Saiga 12 Conversion.. Which stock?

[I Like Firearms]

Im in the middle of ordering my parts for my saiga 12 conversion.. Should I go skeleton stock with AK grip. Or should I magpul it out?

 

[I Like Firearms]

By the way, I plan on selling it after I get it done... I no longer need it since I bought a Benelli M4

 

[Mr.JAG]

Why build it out if you are just going to sell it?

 

[tradertator]

^^^ Seriously. List it stock, and let the buyer build it the way they see fit.

 

[Rookie]

What they said. You'll have a hard time recovering the cost of the add ons.

 

[I Like Firearms]

I would but I started it 6 months ago and its in pieces!

 

[ArmedProgrammer]

Well sell that cheap piece of crap to me then.... (evil grin)...

It shouldn't take too long to put back together, seriously.

And if it's in pieces (as long as everything's there) - you just sell it for a little less. I'm assuming that you shot it before you started the conversion?

 

[ArmedProgrammer]

If you insist on finishing the conversion - do it as simply as possible. pick any one of the Carolina Shooters Supply kits - NO forend,tri rail or anything, just a plain vanilla kit. Type is anybody's guess... I'd go with the cheapest. No mags (other that the bone stock one) needed.

Getting them dialed in the way _you_ want them is most of the fun of Saigas. Whoever buys it will complete the job.

 

[I Like Firearms]

I agree 100% just want to get it sold!

 

[ArmedProgrammer]

Heck - post it in the classifieds here.... where are you located?

 

[I Like Firearms]

Fort Wayne, IN I have 2 12rnd mags, 2 drums, and 1 10 rounder.. Its pretty cool. I took off the side plate, then tig welded all the holes so I wouldnt have to use those plugs.

 

[ArmedProgrammer]

Cheap advice... and it's worth exactly what you paid for it.

I'd sell the beast itself (converted or in parts) so long as everything's there. If you already have the conversion kit parts, include 'em. Stock mag only.

Then I'd sell the mags and drums separately. You may not get exactly what you paid for them - but you dang sure won't get that if they are all together. And assuming that you haven't used the drums yet <cough>922r<cough> You should be able to recoup decently on that. Depending on what you paid for the beast itself - you should be able to break even with luck. If those are MD 20 round drums I might be interested in one of them.

 

[turnandshoot4]

The used gun market is just like the classic car/harley market. I don't care that you have $20,000 in chrome on it, I want it flat black. Same for guns.

I don't care how much money you have in parts, I just want the gun.

 

[tradertator]

Let me know if you want to sell it. I really don't care how disassembled it is. I've wanted to build one in Russian Red wood furniture for a while.

 

[I Like Firearms]

Im going with your guys advise, I ordered the bare essentials to get the conversion done.. It should be listed in the for sale section in about 4 days!

 

[Travis Daniel]

I would either try and sell it the way it is or just do the conversion as simple as possible and try not to put to mucnh money into the conversion and get it done so you can sell it at a good price so you don't lose to much with all the expensive aftermarket costs.