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On my first outing after having my Saiga converted from the as-imported condition to the proper AK setup, I was experiencing FTFs after the majority of my shots.
I inserted a mag loaded with ten rounds to start with, racked it, pulled the trigger, bang (and man, do I live the thump of 7.62x39). Action cycled itself, I pulled the trigger, NO bang. No click, no trigger movement. Manually cycled the action and a live / unspent round was ejected when I cycled the action. I took aim, pulled the trigger, bang. Action cycled itself, I pulled the trigger, NO bang. It did this for the whole magazine. 5 shots taken, 5 live rounds extracted onto the ground.
I thought it might have been the mag so I grabbed another one that had 30 rounds in it and started firing. Had the same FTF scenario after the first round but then it functioned fine for ten rounds or so. I handed it to another shooter to try out; the majority of his shots had the FTF issue as well.
Any ideas what was going on based on what was happening? Any troubleshooting steps I should have taken?
I inserted a mag loaded with ten rounds to start with, racked it, pulled the trigger, bang (and man, do I live the thump of 7.62x39). Action cycled itself, I pulled the trigger, NO bang. No click, no trigger movement. Manually cycled the action and a live / unspent round was ejected when I cycled the action. I took aim, pulled the trigger, bang. Action cycled itself, I pulled the trigger, NO bang. It did this for the whole magazine. 5 shots taken, 5 live rounds extracted onto the ground.
I thought it might have been the mag so I grabbed another one that had 30 rounds in it and started firing. Had the same FTF scenario after the first round but then it functioned fine for ten rounds or so. I handed it to another shooter to try out; the majority of his shots had the FTF issue as well.
Any ideas what was going on based on what was happening? Any troubleshooting steps I should have taken?