Saiga 12 Shotgun UK - are they worth it

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Re: Saiga 12 Shotgun UK - are they worth it

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The only problems with Saiga's/Vepr's is the price and the way the barrel looks (IMO). Other than that, great guns.
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Thanks all. .410 version I am leaning towards I think.
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Depending on your FLD you may have trouble getting a .410 S1 shotgun unless you are also going to use it for pest control. If you're only using practical shooting as your 'good reason' you may run into trouble as .410's can't be used for IPSC brand practical shotgun, as it doesn't meet the required 'power factor'. Years before the MKA1919 and BR99 came out there was Safir (spelling) AR-15 like shotguns in .410 but they failed to take off as loads of FLD's knew about the power factor issue/that you can't use them for practical shotgun so wouldn't sign them off.

I don't know if non-IPSC practical shotgun permits them, would probably be best to ask on the F4i forum or with James Harris at the NRA.
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#14 Post by snayperskaya »

dirtbag wrote:Thanks all. .410 version I am leaning towards I think.
.410 versions are quite scarce compared to 12g.
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#15 Post by snayperskaya »

Blackstuff wrote:The only problems with Saiga's/Vepr's is the price and the way the barrel looks (IMO). Other than that, great guns.
Problem is........like all Saiga and Tigr (Dragunov) shotguns and rifles the price of them here is inflated, for example a brand new Tigr is around £850 in Russia and here they are over 2k brand new.A 7.62x39 Saiga will set you back about £400 in The Motherland and a Saiga-12 shotgun is about the same.
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#16 Post by poll007 »

Blackstuff wrote:Depending on your FLD you may have trouble getting a .410 S1 shotgun unless you are also going to use it for pest control. If you're only using practical shooting as your 'good reason' you may run into trouble as .410's can't be used for IPSC brand practical shotgun, as it doesn't meet the required 'power factor'. Years before the MKA1919 and BR99 came out there was Safir (spelling) AR-15 like shotguns in .410 but they failed to take off as loads of FLD's knew about the power factor issue/that you can't use them for practical shotgun so wouldn't sign them off.

I don't know if non-IPSC practical shotgun permits them, would probably be best to ask on the F4i forum or with James Harris at the NRA.
You if you planned on using it just for plinking, some departments will allow you to have it for "target shooting"
One of the members of my local club uses his .410 saiga at our indoor range and used target shooting as his reason
(But as Blackstuff said, it will depend on you FLD)
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