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  6. New Saiga 12 ammo

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    Put a little gun oil on your carrier and rails.

    Hand-cycle the action repeatedly while you listen to music or watch TV (although doing it through commercials works best)

    Buy a couple of those 100rd (bulk) boxes of Winchester or Federal or Remington from Walmart

    Go shoot up those 200rd of birdshot and be patient and prepared to hand-eject most of the first 100rds by hand

     

    There is nothing wrong with your weapon. It just needs breaking in.

     

    Just what he said. Solved my FTE issue. I hand cycle the bolt 500 plus times. Just this weekend I cycled rounds through one those most hated ProMag drums, the firearm fuctioned great. From the hip unsopported not one failure. I have not done nothing to my Saiga 12.

     

    Rack that bolt back and let it fly home 500 times.

  7. Geez, another new owner of a Saiga 12 thread

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    You might look into the Tac 47 autoplug or the V-plug independently and see if they might be to your liking. It sounds like your gun is just a little undergassed, and that the successful ejections are aided by the force of the next round pushing up on it. More of a break-in period might help the gun wear into itself a bit, and also get some Federal Bulk #8 or #7 1/2, as the Winchester stuff has been notoriously bad for FTEs in the S-12's.

     

    I think you were on the right track, but I'll explain below.

     

    I found that manually cycling my Saigas 400-500 times after a throrough initial cleaning may have helped break them in without spending money on ammo. Sure, my accountant didn't like all the racket, but it's better than wasting $$$ on ammo and the frustration of FTEs. I don't think you put near enough cycles through that weapon to "break it in."

     

    I did just this, thanks and the results listed below.

     

    Range Report:

    Boy are there some crazy replies. I only created this thread because the failures to eject were last rounds only. I did not have a other failures, but the Last Round.

     

    Anyways I went to the range this evening after manually cycling the action for 500 plus times and I didn't use any earplugs not needed, thats only for whimps.

     

    I loaded up 5 Winchester AA "Super Sport Sporting Clays" 12ga 2.75" 1300 Velocity 1-1/8oz 8 Shot

    Fired all five in a easy slow manner. each one ejected as they should no failures.

     

    I then loaded up the Walmat Feds, fired 5 those and ejected as they should, no failure to eject.

     

    Then lastly was the Winchester AA Light Target Loads. Load and behold the greatness of Saiga 12, all 5 ejected and no failures to eject.

     

    I fired the rest of those Federals and not a single FTE. I'm pleased with the firearm as it is right now. I have a great starting for my future upgrades.

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  8. Geez, another new owner of a Saiga 12 thread

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    Yep thats right, I have purcased a S12. Got it back in June. The serial number starts with H12, so is this a 2012 model? I took it to the range last week to cycle some rounds throught it, this is what happened.

     

    I started with Winchester AA Heavy Target 2.75" 3dr. eq. 1-7/8 oz 8 shot.

    loaded five and it shot every round, but failed to eject the last round. Stovepipe.

     

    Next I tried Winchester AA Light Target 2.75" 2.75dr. eq. 1-7/8 oz 7.5 shot

    Loaded 5 and same, every round fired and ejected except for the last round. Stovepipe.

     

    I shot another 15 rounds in groups of five, the last round always failed to eject.

     

    What can be done to get the last round to eject? Cycle more rounds?

     

    I have not done anything to this firearm.

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