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So, you see a Tromix Saiga-12 for sale and the buyer is asking a
premium price. How do you know if it's a real Tromix gun, or simply
a fake, cobbled up on someone's kitchen table? Here's a few tips to
help you identify a fake from the real thing.
How to identify a real Tromix Saiga-12.
1. Your gun must have a Tromix HK style trigger guard Tig welded in
place.
2. The pistol grip does not use a square hole cut in the receiver to
hang it in the conventional AK style. There is a threaded rod welded
to the receiver to hang the grip. There were a handful of guns,
maybe 5 or so, with the square hole, but then the square nut would
have been welded in place (externally) in order to make grip
installation easier.
3. No Tromix guns were ever produced with an external safety stop
like the factory unit. Very early guns, just had a dimple detent.
Later guns had a welded in nipple on the side of the receiver to
stop the safety selector.
4. All guns have a welded in back plate which has threaded inserts
to bolt stock in place. No guns were made using the ACE adapter
block to affix the stock.
5. If the gun is equipped with HK sights, you can remove the rear
sight and look at the welds inside. The rear mount is affixed via
Tig welding front and back on the inside. If it looks like a Mig
weld or the welds are in a different location, it is not a Tromix
installed sight base and most likely not a Tromix gun.
Tony Rumore
Tromix Corp |
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