Finally, I came across an outfit named Cobra's Custom based in North Carolina and run by a gunsmith named Shannon Neely. I can't speak for the Saiga as I have never used one, but I LOVE my Vepr. Im no gunsmith or engineer or nothing like that but just visually judging by the internals design i figure the tip of the gas piston inserts into the cavity inside the puck once a round is chamberedgotta be tough with 1cm worth of play in the actual piston. Its loaded to 1300 fps, and is nickel plated of 1.5 oz of shot. Trying to make it a skeet gone is a joke. An unusual feature among firearms in the Kalashnikov family, the Vepr-12 sports a last round bolt hold-open mechanism. The problem with shotguns is that the ammunition is huge and awkward. Once the jams start happening is it continuous through the rest of the magazine or sporadic? The benelli M2 tactical starts at 1,499 plus tax plus dros. Guess ill just keep running hot loads through it (which is never something to complain about lol) in hopes that i can one day dump a full 10 round mag without a FTE OR it costing me $1 per trigger pull lol. It must be bliss. My gas puc is right, but I'm glad my gas tube and spacing look OK because that is what I was worried about. Everybody who I have personally seen that had an s12 that ftfd didnt set the regulator correctly. Honestly are trying to be funny (satire)? Early vepr molot import with the factory folder. COPYRIGHT 2021, THETRUTHABOUTGUNS.COM. This results in roughness in the action and (FTE) Failure to Eject problems. You cannot paste images directly. What would happen is the quality would degrade. I am new and just learning, but certain brands of ammo do not work well, and there is a brand sold at Walmart called Suprema that is inexpensive and works well from what I have read, while certain loads of Winchester have issues. How much does a shotgun with that thing on it weigh, fully loaded? +1 for the Hornady buckshot. Oh, and the best part: The bolt is held open after the last round fires. Well, I got a good laugh out of that review. The V12 will go for many more rounds without breaking than most pump guns will. I don't post too often on these sites, but I have had such horrible problems with my VEPR-12 and such subsequent fantastic results with it that I felt compelled to leave a post. I dont believe the 2nd is about home defense. Ratings are relative to all other similar firearms. Its an improvement over the old Saiga-12, but I wouldnt judge it being twice as good. So I suppose you ran your 3 gun AR bone stock with zero modifications then. The button is located smartly ahead of the trigger guard in the middle of the receiver. I keep a competition Beretta for skeet shooting and my mossberg 500 and Benelli m4 share the roll of home defense. I get lots of help. There has been a lot of talk about these magazines having "burrs" in them fromthe mold causin issues (i had this problem personally). This guy's specialty is with Saiga 12 and VEPR 12 shotguns, specifically with making them run smoothly and efficiently. (They are too bulky to be practical but lots of fun otherwise). Theres always a risk for it, but its hard to say how bad it would be. You are all CRAZY. Then take out the two screws that hold down the tang. So unless the river is running around with bolt locked back which is stupid, thats the only time the tab could be an issue. Instead of the traditional stock theres a skeletonized tubular stock and a pistol grip. Full VEPR 12 walk through, ammo test and review. And, since my kids all sleep upstairs, I can simply keep the weapon at less than horizontal + 15 degrees and they are totally safe. I also like shotguns a lot, so having a few choices now is nice. Dissident Arms designed our competitionguide rod assembly to correct inconsistent spring stacking, making for much smoother travel of the carrier during cycling. Trench clearing. Very easy to do. We take the VEPR 12 Shotgun out for a spin on the range. But a fun range gun with 20 round drums. Other places I looked at wanted $1000-1200 for a new unconverted Saiga. The height over bore with a VEPR-12 or Saiga makes a bead not work well. I manually cycled my action over 500 times before ever shooting it and ran 100 slugs through it in an attempt to mechanically "polish" the rails and machined parts in the receiver. Due to Russian law, domestic and many export versions of the shotgun are equipped with a disconnector that will render the gun unable to fire while the stock is folded (only if the length of the weapon gets less than 800 mm). I've compiled the 12 gauge 2 2/3" shells for your reference: http://www.doitdarith.com/temp/vepr12/wolfammo12gaugevepr12.html. But for home defense, I just grab the Vaquero or the Glock 21 or the Mossberg and I feel fine with that. First on the list of gripes is the safety. Its annoying and frustrating, and if this were my gun that would be the first thing to go. You didnt give it a fair test! To which I reply that guns are tested in factory condition, and a gun that needs to be fixed before you can actually use it is a pretty piss poor gun. I was finally able to take my Vepr 12 out this morning to shoot. Just bought one along with a few 8 rd. This can't be done by the end user, as the little front 'lip' would be removed in the process. I slicked up the feeding ramp on my first one But in hind sight that was just lazy. I find the Vepr 12 section and start a new thread. Day and night difference in performance and reliability. I have also posted the same message over at vepr.org as some folks may not know about you guys here at saiga-12.com. Maybe in time that will change. Yes we had some problems at first but it wasn't. I started out with a 12 round magazine of #8 birdshot, remington low brass. The Vepr-12 was conceived for the Russian military and law enforcement market, with civilian applications ranging from hunting to self-defense and competition use. With the VEPR 12, I said what the heck. Stay away from bird shot, and low FPS loads. The trigger will reset if I pull thr charging handle back just a little bit and let the BCG go back into battery with the chambered round. Question of the Day: You Arent Really Tacticool Until . best-place-to-buy-guns I just cannot see how this can be dangerous. 1200fps and up have had much more success than lighter loads and "low recoil" stuff. Its pretty much always the same malfunction. Take your finger and slowly push the follower downward as deep as you possibly can. Yea its all been disassembled, cleaned, an reassembled properly. The first thing I noticed was that the action cycled incredibly smoothly.I'm talking way more smoothly than what I remembered before sending it off. the gas piston threaded into the bolt carrier has a little play in it side to side where it actually threads into the bolt carrier. amen to that. Paste as plain text instead, Do as Gunfun suggested and get some 3 Dram or higher. I recommend the reviewer READS the owners manual first before in touches any gun. Rio 12-Gauge 2-3/4 00-Buck Bulk Shotgun Shells with Dry-Storage Box The stamped steel receiver is reinforced, thicker (1.5mm instead of 1mm), and more heavily constructed than a standard Kalashnikov-pattern rifle. The gun will fire, cycle, eject, and feed a new round, but the trigger reset for the second round doesnt seem to be happening. 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