Saiga 12 shotgun video review

A video review of the Saiga-12 shotgun. Awesome gun, lots of accessories for it for "tac-ing" it out. This is an expensive process. The gun shoots well, most of the time. The bolt has gotten stuck on occasion and the magazines are VERY difficult to load into the magazine well - VERY difficult. All of the magazines I have bought for it have had to be filed down and made to fit. I would not recommend this shotgun for a self-defense situation. It seems too unreliable.

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Education

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• Saiga
• 12
• shotgun
• video
• review

[head2525shot]

I haven't had any trouble with the factory magazine, but I am having trouble with the Taiwanese 5 round mags I just bought. Could you explain the steps you took to file your magazine down?

[cptcaver]

Well, I basically just took a file and files just a small amount off each side of the little square raised area on the magazine. Then I would try to see if it fit; if it didn't I would file a little more.  Just don't take too much off at one time because you can't put it back on. Hope this helps.

[cptcaver]

zaldivarbigboy - thanks for watching. Yeah, I found about the bolt hold open lever here on youtube. The guys at the gun range didn't seem to know about it nor did anyone else I talked to. My magazines work fine now that I have figured out how to keep the bolt open and filed them down.

[cptcaver]

noobtoaster - I agree 100%, I should be more familiar. But, when I bought the gun, I got the guys at the gun shop to go over it with me, as I do with all my guns. They knew nothing of the locking the bolt back. When I went to shoot it for the first time, several people saw me struggling with loading the magazines and offered assistance. They had no clue either. I first learned of this on Youtube after posting this video. Maybe the Youtuber's know more about guns than they guys at the shop.

[cptcaver]

After I posted this video, I keep hearing the gun is supposed to be loaded with the bolt open. That is the first I have heard of this???? The gun shop I go to even tried to fix it and they never mentioned the bolt had to be open. Now, I must be an idiot, but how do you get the bolt to stay open? I think I saw somewhere there is an extra part for it or something? Once I get this figured out, I will do a re-review for it. Thanks for commenting.

[cptcaver]

I agree. It should work right out of the box. I am going to try what noobtoaster suggested next time I go to the range. Do you have any idea how to get the bolt to lock back and stay back? I think this might be an extra part you have to buy for it. Thanks for commenting.

[draco47man]

Man have u done any research? or are u just another dumb white man. There is a bolt hold open lever on the right side of the gun close to the trigger. Open the bolt then load your mag. As far as filing down the mags that is a necessity. These guns are made like AK's. They are loose fitting and have loose tolerances. That's why they are so reliable in sand mud water hot cold. If u complain about a lil filing then yea stick to ur slow cycleing pump shotguns. Saigas are probably over ur compitance

[brandonstorch4]

I love my saiga 12. It eats every thing that I feed it. Man oh man I can't for the zombies to come

[brandonstorch4]

I love my saiga 12. Never had a problem it eats every thing I give it. Can't wait for the zombies to come

[bleedingeyeball27]

I was waiting for you to puke!!!

[4eyedredneck]

great video i really like ur reviews.

[gigalo86]

you can re profile the bolt to allow for easy full mag insertion, But i agree its a pretty big flaw, not even mentioning how much the neutered the shot gun to be importable.Oh and arnt you worried abut 922r with that 20 round drum?

[90SecondGameReviews]

Thanks for the review. I couldn't get the 5-rounder that came with it installed (gonna shave it down), but I was able to get the SureFire 12-rounder installed with no problems. When I loaded ammo into the 12-mag I wasn't able to get it installed at all unless I held the bolt open manually. Is there a manual bolt hold I'm missing or did it never come with one?

[guns4funca]

About the mag.s the best ones for the saiga 12 are the surfire ones or factory. The poblem with other mags are that they leave to much of the shell sticking upwords in that case you will have troble. What program did you use to place that scope duplex on your screen? Nice vid.

[RantinAndRavin]

You have to do a little modifying to some AK's and AK variants..its not big deal..quit bitching about it..you should just stick to your flint lock's then you dumbass southern inbred trash.

[akclan33]

maybe its your shotgun and not the mags, i have no problem with my mags