RedChief_223

Thank you for the clarification Superman and to yes to answer your question yes they convert them from Saigas. I spoke to the individual i bought it from and he was kind enough to offer to track down the original owner to see if maybe he would be willing to contact Arsenal on my behalf. He seemed to recall it is a member here as well. Considering the origin of the problem do any of you think that they are going to work with me to make this right or just have to eat the cost myself?

Here I shined a light down the bore to reveal where the hole is and the next picture is just to see exactly which pin I am referring to.

So as confirmed by a professional gunsmith today the chamber on the barrel was breached by whomever reemed it for the pin. I'm doing my best keeping my cool about this situation. I intend to call Arsenal's customer service department tomorrow and see what my next avenue is going to be. I'll keep this updated. I'm just bum'd because I invested in the best milspec AK I could acquire at the time only to find out later down the road I'd been the same of taking a gamble with a WASR. I will keep anyone posted of further progress if they care to know.

It's a tricky area to photograph but I can attempt to so later on though and seeing how i purchased it second hand i wouldn't imagine arsenal honoring any warranty especially after reading about TLRMADE's experience with them. I know a new pin can be pressed in but my concern is the hole where the gas is escaping from.

I'm hoping Smith and a few other of you Kalashnikov guys can chime in on this. Last week I was putting some rounds through my slg-61 and an event happened that I can't seem to find another instance of taking place. After a few shots the resonance from the rifle changed and I knew something was up. I had hearing protection in but my ears were still ringing and had an abnormal amount of blowback in my face. I immediately stopped having the inclination something was up. Upon taking down the rifle and removing the lower hand guard I located the culprit. My barrel pin was completely gone with both halves captured in the hand guard. There is also a hole located in the barrel midway through which I imagined the pressure from the spent gasses caused the pin to fracture. With all this said has this occurred with anyone else? Who should I contact to get my rifle back operational? I purchased the firearm from a well known member here but will not disclose his name because I feel as if this is a problem originating from Arsenal not him. I just wanted to include that because I believe the gun has always been taken care of. thanks for any input.

I can't believe nobody has mentioned 28 days/weeks later.