Well this is my personal Saige12. Everything you need to do to get it to run flawlessly can be done by your self. I do not have a short barrel so its as load as any other shotgun. The bolt was reprofiled so loading a mag is easy. I converted mine BACK to the ORIGINAL pistol grip setup myself so after the $600 cost of the gun I only spent maybe a couple hundred on accessories. So that a much better deal then the RedJacket $1600 price. Here are some links to my saiga12 videos I've done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX3wAUsF3dQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYAZkOLmKGI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTe76RY8W0U