[cnorman18]

Okay, so I've contracted with an excellent gunsmith to alter a new Saiga sporter to take AK magazines, and otherwise leave it alone, which is what I wanted. He'll leave making the gun 922r compliant to me. Great; I'm getting a first-class AK at a very low price. So far, so good. Obvious next question; what's the easiest way to comply with this peculiar law?(Corollary question, purely from curiousity--I'm no lawbreaker, even a little bit--but how would anyone know if I didn't? Are these guns subject to periodic inspection? If we're all going to all this trouble to obey the law, who's watching the store?)

 

[robocop10mm]

922r

To my knowlege there would be no way for ATF to track you (or any other possessor of a modifiable post 922r weapon) unless A- the FFL dealer you purchased from goes out of business and turns the 4473 forms over to them or B- The gunsmith that does the modification reports the mod to ATF.

The issue is if the weapon ever falls into LE hands (is stolen/recovered or you are stopped/arrested) and a savy LEO knows what to look for.

Realisticlly, the chances of it happening are very slim.

 

[cnorman18]

Thanks

To my knowlege there would be no way for ATF to track you (or any other possessor of a modifiable post 922r weapon) unless A- the FFL dealer you purchased from goes out of business and turns the 4473 forms over to them or B- The gunsmith that does the modification reports the mod to ATF.

The issue is if the weapon ever falls into LE hands (is stolen/recovered or you are stopped/arrested) and a savy LEO knows what to look for.

Realisticlly, the chances of it happening are very slim.

Thanks; that's pretty much what I thought. It's moot, anyway; I've determined that the simplest route is to confine myself to using US-made magazines (3 parts) and change out the gas piston for a US-made one (1 part), thus giving me 4 US parts out of a total of 14 that count--which makes the gun legal.

Gee, don't you just feel safer knowing my gas piston will be US-made and not Russian-made? It's a pleasure to obey the law when it's so vitally important and intelligently written...

(they really need an icon with rolling eyes on this forum)

 

[allmons]

The best way to be compliant is REPEAL THE RULES

Then we need to shut down BATFE.

 

[cnorman18]

S*** happens

Well, that's the way it goes.

Thanks for the advice, but I had a fender-bender tonight and the cash I'd saved up for my Saiga will be going for auto repairs.

Maybe someday.

 

[slowryde45]

http://www.cross-conn.com/Saiga_Conversion/index.htm

http://brian-mills.com/saiga_conversion.htm

give either of those a try when you are ready again. sorry to hear about your fender bender. hopefully no one got hurt. sheet metal's replaceable.

 

[slickfly2]

Whole kits

Im looking to change my saiga 7.62x39 to take the standard mags where can i find a kit that does this. Also do they have kits to take the standard mag and make the gun 922r compliant ?

 

[slowryde45]

Im looking to change my saiga 7.62x39 to take the standard mags where can i find a kit that does this. Also do they have kits to take the standard mag and make the gun 922r compliant ?

slick,

Check either of those links I posted earlier. Hope that helps.

Slo