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THE STORY |
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| The first
Saiga-12 with a 22" full choke barrel that we have seen had a stamp on the
receiver that was showing 2001 as year in which it was born! |
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| As mostly
we shoot skeet and trap, having a bolt that would not stay open or cannot
be locked at the open position presented a problem - the range simply will
not allow that because of the well known rules! |
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| Then... we
have tried to load a full magazine in!!! If you have never tried that
before, it is a "bit" of a challenge - a lot of bad words were
involved in the procedure! It does get better though after a few times and
getting used to it. |
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| And the
idea was born - Make a Bolt-Hold-Open part that would eliminate both of
the problems - compliance with the Skeet & Trap range and easy magazine
insertion!!! |
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| From what
we have
heard on
gunsnet.net forum, sometime in 2002 IZHMASH finally started putting
those parts in standard. For the "lucky" ones, like ourselves, that have received
the shotgun without this part factory installed this would be a solution!!! |
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| As an
alternative to this part we have heard that people make a cut-out in the
selector lever - that did not really appeal to us... SORRY!!! Besides
making the gun look like ... you know what... you would not be able to
rack the bolt back and lock it with one hand! With our part you will be
able to do it easily! |
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| A "few"
hours down the road, working on AutoCAD, making paper samples, and cutting
beta prototypes, here it was... |
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December 12,
2002 the part that will allow the bolt
to be locked in the open position was
finished! |
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Laser Cut
- Powder Coated -
Semi-Gloss Black finish! |
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| The spring
that you see on the picture below is a "Homer-Simpson-made" piece of art that
has been replaced with a custom spring manufactured for us by one of the
local companies. But for the tryouts it worked fine! |
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| Here is the later production release of the
BHO... |
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| Now we
could lock the bolt open + inserting a loaded magazine is the same as
inserting and empty one!!! |
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| Later we
have spoken to some owners of Saiga-12 that had a stamp that their guns
were made in 2002 and did not have the part in them. Hmm... |
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| The
biggest surprise was when we have received our second Saiga-12 with a
19" barrel manufactured in 2000 that DID have this part in it
factory installed. |
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| Oh, well...
this is Russia we are talking about here! (...and most of us here are
Russian origin, moved to US more than 10 years ago, so we are speaking
from experience!) |
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| Well... we
need to tell you this - We were so glad that we have made our "new" part -
the original looks like a "Russian-Homer-Simpson-made" - Like that old
joke - Manual says: "File sharp edges off to perfection after assembly!" -
it should be in the hall of shame with the spring you saw on the picture
above!!! Fine for the tryout, but no-no for actual use! |
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| The push
button itself is about 3/4 width of our part without the additional
extension! |
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| It took as
the whole 10 seconds to decide to replace it with OUR part!!! |
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| In the end: |
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Our "Bolt-Hold-Open"
part will be a great help in loading full magazines, as well as insuring that
you shotgun can be used at any skeet and trap range where the bolt
has
to
stay open for security! |
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| Here are some
pictures that will give you a very good idea of what this part is and how it is
installed and operates! |
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| To add this part
you would need to make a slot in the receiver 1/2" X 1/8". |
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