Morning hiking/ shooting in the high desert (Short VID at end)

[gun papa]

Okay, the buffer.

With AK's 99% of the casings are steel, so no bother in what happens to the casing upon ejection. Fact is, as the casing is extracted and the head of the case hits the ejector, the casing is spun to the right, the casing hits the dust cover. with brass cases like in the 5.56 X 45, this dust cover strike puts a healthy crease in the case. Unsightly at best, unloadable at worst.

I like to shoot my 5.56 X 45mm AK's and jacked up brass is a bummer.

Taking a spare AK74 dust cover, I created an ejection buffer that eliminates the ejection crease completely. I can pop this cover on for practice or leave it on just in general as it does not impede the function of the gun in anyway. It actually assists positive ejection by about 5 yards.

All for just a few pennies at the local hardware store. Just paint top cover to match. Pictures are self explanatory.

[gb6491]

Okay, the buffer.

With AK's 99% of the casings are steel, so no bother in what happens to the casing upon ejection. Fact is, as the casing is extracted and the head of the case hits the ejector, the casing is spun to the right, the casing hits the dust cover. with brass cases like in the 5.56 X 45, this dust cover strike puts a healthy crease in the case. Unsightly at best, unloadable at worst.

I like to shoot my 5.56 X 45mm AK's and jacked up brass is a bummer.

Taking a spare AK74 dust cover, I created an ejection buffer that eliminates the ejection crease completely. I can pop this cover on for practice or leave it on just in general as it does not impede the function of the gun in anyway. It actually assists positive ejection by about 5 yards.

All for just a few pennies at the local hardware store. Just paint top cover to match. Pictures are self explanatory......

gun papa,
First off, I very much appreciate the time and effort involved in putting that reply together.

That's a very clever and well executed solution to the problem you were having.
It was also totally unexpected .. as I was thinking you had made some sort of buffer for the bolt out of brass

The conversion looks super. Is that the old trigger guard reversed or a replacement?
I've thought about converting my .308, but can't quite pull the trigger on doing it as I'm pretty happy with it in stock form.

Regards,
Greg

[gun papa]

gun papa,
First off, I very much appreciate the time and effort involved in putting that reply together.

That's a very clever and well executed solution to the problem you were having.
It was also totally unexpected .. as I was thinking you had made some sort of buffer for the bolt out of brass

The conversion looks super. Is that the old trigger guard reversed or a replacement?
I've thought about converting my .308, but can't quite pull the trigger on doing it as I'm pretty happy with it in stock form.

Regards,
Greg

My Saiga .223 has an original AK triggerguard that was cut and welded to the existing Saiga magazine release.

I would keep your .308 as is. The Saiga's handle really well, even for as ugly as they are. I converted my Saiga 12, but it handled well as it was.