My Arsenal Saiga AKM Finally Showed Its Weak Point - U.S. Made Disconnector

[Caseless]

4,000 Russian commercial rounds shouldn't have put much stress on this SGL-21. Hopefully my Tapco replacement arrives before the weekend match.

Any technical or legal issue if I use a foreign surplus disconnector? and replace the gas piston with a U.S. made one to comply with 922r.

[hcbr]

Yikes good luck mang

[xxINKxx]

I highly doubt anyone will know or care if you have a surplus part. Alot of us made parts aren't even marked

[SJgunguy24]

I have a few take off disconnectors at the shop. I can give you one to get you up and running if you like. I would be more worried about the illegal configurtion of your rifle. I don't see a mag lock with that pistol grip.

[pyro3k2]

I have a few take off disconnectors at the shop. I can give you one to get you up and running if you like. I would be more worried about the illegal configurtion of your rifle. I don't see a mag lock with that pistol grip.

You can't see the whole rifle what if there is a grip fin on that pistol grip?

[rojocorsa]

How often does something like this happen?

[munkeeboi]

I see part of a fin grip in the first picture

[Caseless]

I have a few take off disconnectors at the shop. I can give you one to get you up and running if you like. I would be more worried about the illegal configurtion of your rifle. I don't see a mag lock with that pistol grip.

Thanks for the generous offer. I'll drop by your shop later in the week if Tapco FCS doesn't get delivered tomorrow.

Rifle is a standard featureless setup.

[smattenson]

Sorry about your disconnector man that sucks, hope that it gets worked out with a new part (your right it shouldn't do that I wonder if it was a bad batch). Question how do you like the trijicon set up on the side rail mount? Does it work with your stock good?

[Caseless]

Question how do you like the trijicon set up on the side rail mount? Does it work with your stock good?

Well, all my battery-powered red dot sights have been languishing in the parts bin ever since I started using Trijicon TR-24 scopes. That'll tell you something.

You get a chin-weld instead of a cheek-weld with a bare factory stock. For a perfect cheek-weld, mine is configured with a Blackhawk cheek rest. A 1-inch buttpad is added to cure the eye-relief issue when shooting prone. Warsaw length stock is shooort.

[smattenson]

nice man thanks for the info. Ya I've heard that about the whole chin weld thing.

Also curious did you contact arsenal? I was thinking maybe you can get a new part from them free since the part failed.

[The Bacon Eater]

First thing i did was ditch that arsenal trigger setup for a tapco. I do not like the 2stage trigger on an ak.

[Caseless]

Also curious did you contact arsenal? I was thinking maybe you can get a new part from them free since the part failed.

I always ask the OEM for info first when parts start failing on my guns. This time I asked Arsenal customer service whether I can use non-Arsenal made disconnectors in their fire control group. Their Email reply is to use only Arsenal Inc. made parts and buy a replacement disconnector from K-VAR.

[smattenson]

Nice..... gotta love the general cut and paste replies

[luckystrike]

looks like you have no lube at all, did you?