I Love my S-12 .I haven’t got to play with the 20rd drums yet little to high in price for me:( .the saiga is my go to gun in home defense loaded with a 8 rd russian mag 3 inch 00 buck.if i can’t kill it with 8 rds i will run!!! Outstanding weapons what stock do you have on black one?? i am running the standard AK stock
The MD20 drum is A LOT less expensive then the P.O.S. wraithmaker drum. DO NOT BUY A WM DRUM!! There a scam and don’t work!! The MD20 is going for $165 pre-order and I think $215 on final release day. MOVING ON…You know you could sell that 8 round Russki mag for $100+ and pick up 2-3 AGP 10 round magazines? There VERY RELIEABLE as I have 7 and they; AGP’s; go for anywhere from $40-55 depending on new/used status. Are you aware of the Saiga Forum…dedicated to NOTHING but Saiga’s in all calibers? PM me if you want the link.
Davechng-
Yes, it’s a little difficult to load a 10 rounder on a closed bolt. Saiga’s to my knowledge are the ONLY AK type weapon to have a BHO…bolt-hold-open. It’s a little button near the trigger guard on the ejection port side. Basically “like” the BHO on a AR. So I just lock the bolt to the rear and slide; butter smooth; a 10 rounder in pull the bolt to the rear and release.
The MD20 drum is A LOT less expensive then the P.O.S. wraithmaker drum. DO NOT BUY A WM DRUM!! There a scam and don’t work!! The MD20 is going for $165 pre-order and I think $215 on final release day. MOVING ON…You know you could sell that 8 round Russki mag for $100+ and pick up 2-3 AGP 10 round magazines? There VERY RELIEABLE as I have 7 and they; AGP’s; go for anywhere from $40-55 depending on new/used status. Are you aware of the Saiga Forum…dedicated to NOTHING but Saiga’s in all calibers? PM me if you want the link.
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Yelp i am shotgunman on the saiga board been there a while:D I got the rissian mag just for collection .I seen a few blasting the 10rd mags did the bugs get worked out??
Some are still having minor issues but like I said I have 7 and all of mine worked flawlessly from the get go. I go by MCASgt New River in the Saiga forum, here, silencertalk, snipershide, glocktalk and a few others I can’t remember…if you ever see that name it’s me 99.9999999% certain .
I can load ten rounds in the magazines, but the top-most round won’t feed in the chamber on a closed bolt…at least not without getting deformed in the process.