Gun show rescue: Saiga SGL-21

[ken792]

So around the time I turned 18, the Saiga SGL rifles started coming in. Then the sidefolders came in. All I wanted was to buy an AK-74M, but MD had to be dumb and require me to be 21. I turned 21 in the summer of 2013, but I didn't have the money to buy one right before the ban.

Since I moved to VA, I've been buying up AK deals I see. I found this one at the gun show with ugly furniture and a quad rail that had something on each side. I managed to haggle it down quite a bit, and have sold off the stuff that it came attached to. I happened across a set of Arsenal furniture that someone took off their SGL-21, so I bought it along with a Bulgarian cleaning rod and some screws. After all that, I have a good bit less money in this AK than it would have cost me had I got one at 18.

I finally got my genuine Russian AK, only took me six years. Now I just need to get the sidefolders AK that I wanted too.

 

[TheMaskedRabbit]

Do you have before pictures?

 

[ken792]

Nope, it came off immediately after I bought it, haha.

 

[thumbert]

Nope, it came off immediately after I bought it, haha.

Before pictures or it didn't happen.

 

[Vile Shadow]

Before pictures or it didn't happen.

Nah. That rifle would be uglier than sin with a damn quad rail on it. We don't need to see that.

 

[Boss94]

What did it set you back if you don't mind sharing?

 

[ken792]

I have around $700 in the restored gun.

 

[ericoak]

Nice!

 

[bkuether]

I have around $700 in the restored gun.

That is decent. My Bulgy AK 74 with plum furniture cost me around $725 or so... and then another $30 for a transfer. Mags were a rip off down in TX but when you need mags, you buy mags.....

 

[ken792]

That is decent. My Bulgy AK 74 with plum furniture cost me around $725 or so... and then another $30 for a transfer. Mags were a rip off down in TX but when you need mags, you buy mags.....

An AK-74 is probably next. I want an SGL-31, but it will take me a while to hunt one down at a good deal. The prices on the genuine e Russian ones have gotten pretty crazy.

Someone actually offered me a brand new SLR-104-31 plus $125 cash for this, but I think I'd rather hunt for the SGL.

 

[OrbitalEllipses]

Last few Saiga AKs I saw were hideously overpriced.

 

[ARMatt]

Last few Saiga AKs I saw were hideously overpriced.

Last ones I saw from a Vendor was 1375 At budget armory.com and I've never even bought anything from them to know if it's legit.

 

[ken792]

Last ones I saw from a Vendor was 1375 At budget armory.com and I've never even bought anything from them to know if it's legit.

Seems to be about market for a fixed stock one, maybe on the high end. Factory sidefolders go for more.

 

[Boom Boom]

An AK-74 is probably next. I want an SGL-31, but it will take me a while to hunt one down at a good deal. The prices on the genuine e Russian ones have gotten pretty crazy.

Someone actually offered me a brand new SLR-104-31 plus $125 cash for this, but I think I'd rather hunt for the SGL.

Big irony there. MSP just ruled the SLR104-31 as exempt from FSA2013 so cash and carry. Suddenly a whole bunch are showing up in MD gun shops. By extension, I expect that a bunch of AK-74M variants are soon to follow.