Witness us get knocked around a bit by the power of this 12 gauge shotgun. My long saga was over. Dissident Arms designed our competitionguide rod assembly to correct inconsistent spring stacking, making for much smoother travel of the carrier during cycling. You cannot paste images directly. there are a ton of gun videos there. Joined Jan 26, 2009 . The other point is gun is great COMBAT gun for which it was designed. I don't know about VEPRsbut my S12 won't cycle if you don't have it firmly shouldered. My Saiga 12 works flawlessly if I have the gas adjusted correctly. VPR-12-81. Others online claim that this fixed their cycling issues, but it did nothing for me. Cycling the action by hand, it doesnt seem rough, in fact, my WASR-10 which is completely reliable has a much grittier, noiser action. Accuracy: * * * * If it is still not working I'd contact the importer or the store you purchased it form. COPYRIGHT 2021, THETRUTHABOUTGUNS.COM. Do as Gunfun suggested and get some 3 Dram or higher. is this normal? Yet I do not like the embargoes pertaining to Russia or China as it really only adversely effects respective citizens in both countries as well as the U.S..Now, transferring high-tech military type technology I get. I got great assurance from one FFL was that the AR/AK style was fine complete with the . I got some great help from 505Fire from Vepr.org. I think my next plan of action will be to polish the bolt carrier rails and see if that garners any results.other than that imma just run the hell out of some heavy loads. Go grab some decent buckshot and slugs and run about 20 or so through the gun to make sure it is broken in. Rails all over the place, and more after market mods than you can shake a stick at. atf got so so bussy they got better things to do the strip down your gun see if compliant probe is they need A notch on the operating rod allows the user to hook the piston and pull it out to the rear for cleaning.[3]. It was immediately clear (especially after reading this authors Saiga 12 review) that he didnt want to like this gun. Factory last round bolt hold open. I actually decided to put the Molot muzzle brake (well, the Carolina Shooter Supply brake knockoff) and YES, it significantly reduces recoil on the gun! That skeleton stock is actually a left hand folding that has been pinned open due to 922r. Some of the first advice I got was to take out the bolt carrier, clean the factory grease and relube. If run out of ammo, beat enemy to death with magazine!! You can also connect 2 together doubling your capacity. When you said ten round dump i assume you are refering to from a SGM magazine. A side folding stock is present on most models; however, Vepr-12 shotguns are offered with fixed stocks as well. By Overall the VEPR-12 is a dramatic improvement over the Saiga. In the same area is the bolt release. Semi-auto AK-style shotguns arent new, and weve reviewed them before on the site. Wowlots of Russian shotgun hateToo bad as while granted the Saiga only ran High Brass out of the box (at least mine did as well as others I have seen) the Vepr runs ALL ammo (bird-slug) absent one single modification for WAY