Low Recoil Ammo in S12???

[rightwingnut 0]

Can you run Low recoil/velocity 8 or 9 pellet tactical type cartridges in a regular 19" S12 on one or the other gas settings, or is that asking for trouble?

[takenalook 0]

The Federal "flightcontrol" (I think that's the corect name) ammo, 9 pellet low-recoil ran fine in my gun on both settings. It was the Federal low-recoil "tactical" slugs that only ran flawlessly on setting 2. Now I just stick to Federal full power "tactical" slugs.

[rcimhoff 0]

Can you run Low recoil/velocity 8 or 9 pellet tactical type cartridges in a regular 19" S12 on one or the other gas settings, or is that asking for trouble?

 

The first box of ammo I ran through mine was Federal #8 shot low-base target loads. I had 3 FTE I believe in 25 shots; two of which occured with the last shell which may not be an ammo issue but something else. This was with a brand new gun straight out of the box. Reliability may improve after I deburr the inside of the gun. For defense in a semi-auto anything I would only use full power loads to ensure reliability. As with any gun you have to shoot some of your defense ammo in order to know if it is reliable in your gun or not; this can be different from gun to gun so you won't know until you try it for yourself.

[Patriot12 11]

Can you run Low recoil/velocity 8 or 9 pellet tactical type cartridges in a regular 19" S12 on one or the other gas settings, or is that asking for trouble?

The following items will maximize the variety of ammo you can use, but results will vary from saiga to saiga:

 

http://www.mdarms.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=1724

 

http://www.kingarmory.com/My_Homepage_Files/Page41.html

 

http://store.carolinashooterssupply.com/se...inspring/Detail

 

All these parts used together will allow you to fire the widest range of ammo. Also look at the bolt polishing threads.