Saga 12 gauge reliability?

[boxjeff]

Would a Saga shotgun have the same legendary reliability of an AK47...not in theory but in real world use?

[Dave McC]

Dunno. The one I had for a year long extended T&E ate everything, ran dirty and cold, and generally satisfied me as to its reliability.

Maybe 400 rounds. Slugs, Buck, light loads, short mags, standard, no glitches.

[Willie Lowman]

I just spent three Sunday afternoons helping my buddy fine tune his to get it to work with low brass 2 3/4 shells fed from a 20 round drum.

There were a few parts changed and the follower in the factory 5 round mag had to be sanded to get the last shell to eject properly.

It always worked with 3 inch magnums and worked most of the time with high brass 2 3/4. Just had one heck of a time getting it to work with bulk pack birdshot.

[jmortimer]

"...same legendary reliability of an AK47..."
No - but spend some time and $$$ and you can get them to work real good.

[boxjeff]

What would I have to do to it?

[Mrgunsngear]

Out of the box---no. If you do a search over at the Saiga forum, they have lots of sticky threads on how to do the reliability upgrades; mostly extractors, springs, and bolt issues that need to be resolved.

[jmortimer]

^ Yes - among other issues mentioned, it sure would be nice to convert to last round bolt hold open. Otherwise, why screw around with a magazine in a semi-auto shotgun.