WillS

Well, it's been a while since I posted in here, I just wanted to let you guys know the gun works great now. I finally managed to get myself to the range, and wanted to give the s-20 another chance since getting the firing pin and housing clean up. Man it was fun! I shot a couple of cheap walmart bulk sport loads with the setting on 2 and the gun cycle flawlessly. No dead fires, no stovepipes, I was quite happy about that. I then set it to 1 and loaded up with 3 inch Winchester steel shot, and when I fired, wow! Granted I am completely new to shotguns so this is was quite an experience. Lik

Ah, that helps clarify it. Very good. This whole time I thought something was screwy with the firing pin, but if it is supposed to sit flush like that then my bad. I just got thrown off because of the dead fires I had with the gun, it is probably true the ammo was crap. I bought the ammo at the gun range, and they probably dont have the right kind. I will check what you suggest... Regards, Will

OK, I am sorry for the quality of the pictures. I know these pics are fairly crappy, they were all taken with an old cell phone in lieu of my great camera which I wont be getting back until after Christmas..... Pic 1: Here I am showing the housing of the firing pin. When this pic was taken, I had the blunt, flat end of my punch pressing against the firing pin on the hammer side of the firing pin, as you can see the firing pin does not protude at all. Pic 2: This is for the benefit of thread readers, I am pointing my pen to the hole where you use the punch or drift tool to know the pin

Here are the pics

LOL, no problem I appreciate your reply and your help. I will follow your instructions and get pics up for benefit of others who will read this thread if they need it. My camera is stuck at my gf's moms house pretty far away and I probably wont get it back until after christmas, I will scrounge a cheap camera up somewhere and get pics up. Thanks for all the great info.

I'm pretty certain that nothing is blocking it, I can push the firing pin freely from the back of the housing, can even push a bit of my finger into it, but the pin doesn't protrude at all. I just didn't know if it was designed to be that way, if perhaps the pin is supposed to "jump" when impacted by the hammer. I guess now that you confirmed the pin is too short, my option now is somehow get a new longer pin in the housing. The pin doesn't look like it chipped or anything, a manufacturing defect perhaps? The gun is brand new.

I was at that same show, and I got this same exact S-20 not from Classic Arms though. It's a beautiful gun, now if I can only get it to work, had a couple of misfires with it at the range.

Hi everyone. I am a new owner of a new Saiga 20. I've been lurking these forums for a few weeks now and have learned alot. Thanks everyone ahead of time for what I learned so far... Well, I tried out the new Saiga at the range and came away kind of disappointed. Like others I've read here who had the same problem, the rounds failed to cycle, and I had a hell of a time trying to get the shell out when it jammed inside the gun. I made just 5 attempts to fire the thing, two fires with one successful cycle and one jam, and the other three shots the gun just went *click* and didnt fire at all