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Well a little update fellows, i truely fell in love with my Sammy the s12 this weekend. After drilling the 3 holes to .090 like Pauly recommended and having my bolt polished that thing didnt have a single hangup in 200 rounds of Federal bulk. Needless to say people were wowed by the gun and not even knowing there was shotgun available with a drum or a magazine. Everyone was all on my guns nuts and that moment sirs made all these headeaches and research that I have been through worth it. I got the gun in december and $2000 later ive got the sweetest shotgun you can own in my opinion.

I really like my burris fastfire, cost me around 200 plus i opted for the guard which was an extra 60 or so. I really like it so far, i wish you could control the brightness of the dot instead of it being auto but its small and lightweight. I have a vertical charging handle so whatever red dot i decided to use i had to mount it foward of the handle so it needed to be light and small.

yeah it went smooth. I ran a hundred or so rounds through it and it wouldnt cycle my light stuff. An undersized port is an undersized port so i drilled it carefully at the right angle to the correct size..... That seems like it bee the first thing you would do once you realize it wont cycle and you have undersized ports (besides polishing the bolt). I dont know hopefully all will be well ill give a range report in a couple of weeks prolly.

also how are you guys getting the little pieces of metal from drilling out of the port holes in the barrel. I tryed snaking it and it helped but i already put the gas block back on so whatever i do i need to do with the gun being together. Will it be a big deal when im shooting, I would think the shot would eventually erode it away.

Well Pauly i finally got to it today. I didnt have too much time after work and i was tired so i kinda said screw it and went with drilling my existing holes to .090 with a 3/32 bit. The pic is kinda deceiveing bc the ports are all open and the gas block doesnt cover them but its really tight. The one closest to the receiver i dont think anything can be done about bc i was told not to file in that direction. So ill try and shoot it in the next week or two to see how it goes i am having high hopes. If it doesnt cycle the light stuff i guess ill take the gas block back off and file it a bit

alright ill try get that gas block off today or 2moro and go ahead and drill a 5/64 hole in a diamond shape. Ill just leave the other holes alone for now though the 5/64 bit may already fit in them bc the .07 gauge fits in with a tiny bit of play.

u lucky bastard i just posted a thread about my failure of a day shooting the same loads as you looks like i have a little more work to do

Judging by that picture and seeing how close the hole is to my gas block(closest to reciever) would you say it be best to drill the 4th hole or just drill the 3 out with a 3/32 bit which is a little over .090? If i drill the 4th i guess just do it at the same angle and in a diamond shape

Yes, the picture helps better than the discription over the phone. Looks like when you clear that one you will indeed have the room for a #4. However, with the friction reduction of GlassBolt, like I said up there, you could likely get away with enlarging to a metric 2.2 or 2.3 which would be 3@ .086 with a 2.2mm & 3@ .090 with a 2.3mm And I'm not a saint. Any time I hear about a previous customer having gun issues, I call them the moment I see it to attempt to troubleshoot. This is included in the service & why I include the port gauges. Judging by tha

none of my holes are really fully obstructed the one in the upper right corner is pretty tight and the one closest to the reciever is right on the edge of the gas block tell me what you guys think of this pic that i posted of the ports. Pauly my ports arent near as bad as the pic in the thread that you sent me so im wondering if i should just drill em to 3?32 and forget about it

ha i just got done watching fear and loathing in las vegas i love that freaking movie man! Yeah i tried it on both settings it did the same. It doesnt have 4 holes it has 3 but they are a little obstructed and too small apparently.

hard to see in the pic but the bottom one closest to the reciever will require me to grind the gas block towards the receiver so i may think about the 4th hole scenario that may be a better way to go. hard to see in the pic but the bottom one closest to the reciever will require me to grind the gas block towards the receiver so i may think about the 4th hole scenario that may be a better way to go.

check for a forth hole with a bent paper clip , if you can see three the forth maybe just outta view ,closer to you , then theres no need to worry about porting . nah no 4th hole just too small at .07 and looks to be obstructed so ill try and deal with that this week

Haha yeah i knew it was a gamble as to wether or not it cycle the light stuff and i said screw it. I was actually blasting the clays nicely in my one shot mode tho i must say.... the king of the day was his long barrel choked benelli. Yeah ill have it running smooth soon and ill post a redemption thread with a video of my Benelli friend apologizing to the saiga 12 forum community for his disrespect and lack of faith!

Yep yep i busted my saiga 12 cherry in horrible fashion i might add