Saiga .308, worth 250$ used? Worthy addition or not?

[FTF]

Saw one used with wood furniture for ~250$ Seems like a cheap way to get into the .308 game. Looked sporterized with the standard wood stock and forend. Trigger seemed good. I have seen some plastic ones going on the auction sites for 4-500... this one was purely some kind of sporter, didn't look like an AK at all.

I'm not going to list what I own because it's getting ridiculous, but the largest rifle caliber is currently the 7.62x54 on mosin bolt action platforms. I'm kind of digging the .308 in semi-auto configuration. I'll soon be ordering my M1, late I know, but still....

Any reason I can justify this to myself? Seems cheap for a big boom. Reliable? Surplus ammo runs ok?

I'm digging the lack of evil features and price.... frivolous gun grabbing? Is there such a thing?

 

[Kymasabe]

$250 for the Saiga .308 is a good price. I've seen the wood furniture sell on eBay for over $100 should you decide to move the fire control group forward, put in a Tapco G2 or RedStarArms trigger and install standard AK furniture.
I had a Saiga .308 for a short time, was extremely accurate and very reliable. All I ever pumped thru the thing was South African surplus ammo.
I'd buy it up right away if it was in my in my neighborhood.

 

[SpookyPistolero]

Saiga .308 is good stuff. Mine has never, ever jammed. It's mostly seen Wolf, some African surplus and a little Federal. The only time I benchrested it I was getting very respectable groups, if you're into that sort of thing.

The price sounds pretty good to me, too.

 

[rangerruck]

that, my friend, is something you should not get, I saw them at the houston gun show today, and their prices, and it was all too disgusting. You should tell me where it is, so i can properly dispose of it.

 

[MD_Willington]

$250 is a great price... they are usually over $350 new, then get some high cap mags from FBMG INC

 

[Loanshark]

I think you've probably heard it enough by now but... they are nice guns... that's a good price if it's in fair shape.