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To: x1stcav
This last Tuesday--January 20, 2011--I was at a Tactical Shotgun/Carbine course.
About Half of the guys had Saiga-12's.

Almost all of them had stove-piping/Failure To Eject problems since it was a fast-fire run on steel targets.
I'd prefer pump-actions with their reliable tubular magazines.

60 posted on 01/20/2011 7:18:26 PM PST by ExcursionGuy84
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To: ExcursionGuy84

Now THAT’S interesting.

I’ve rapid fired mine many times with no miss-feeds, but never on the run. Wonder if the movements associated with running might have something to do with this?

Were they using the standard 5-round factory mag’s? That’s what I use exclusively as I’ve found over the years that many larger capacity after-market magazines in many weapons aren’t reliable.

But thanks for the tip. I’m going to try to simulate a running/firing scenario.

I’m ambivalent about the effectiveness of the 12 over the 500. The only thing that tips me in favor of the 12 is the rapid reload aspect of a detachable magazine.

I’d go either way. But, I’m still going to check this miss-feed thing out.


63 posted on 01/21/2011 5:41:16 AM PST by x1stcav (Charter member of the Yukon Army..)
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