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how reliable are these? how hard to break down and maintain?
I'm looking at getting my one and only semi soon (probably by mid summer or so), and it's down to an 1000-1300 dollar Spas 12 in nice shape off of Gunbroker or a Saiga 12 converted well with a drum and a couple 10 rders for about the same price or a little more. I'm also pretty impatient, so I hate the idea of shipping the Saiga off to Timbuktu and waiting for weeks for it. This is also going to probably be my most expensive firearm purchase, now or ever, so I want to get it right.
The Benelli and the Mossberg 930 are being considered as well, but the first two just reach out there and grab me and I believe they have a higher magazine capacity as well, something I would probably value in a semi auto. The Spas 12 seems like it would be temperamental to say the least, but maybe I'm wrong. I've heard it's heavy, which I think is a benefit in the particular gun, and little else as far as reliability or upkeep. Like I said I only want ONE semi-auto. Anyone here ever own one? It's not THAT exotic, I've seen 4-5 for sale locally alone in the 9-1400 dollar range all in great shape, and theyre on Gunbroker all day long.
I'm looking at getting my one and only semi soon (probably by mid summer or so), and it's down to an 1000-1300 dollar Spas 12 in nice shape off of Gunbroker or a Saiga 12 converted well with a drum and a couple 10 rders for about the same price or a little more. I'm also pretty impatient, so I hate the idea of shipping the Saiga off to Timbuktu and waiting for weeks for it. This is also going to probably be my most expensive firearm purchase, now or ever, so I want to get it right.
The Benelli and the Mossberg 930 are being considered as well, but the first two just reach out there and grab me and I believe they have a higher magazine capacity as well, something I would probably value in a semi auto. The Spas 12 seems like it would be temperamental to say the least, but maybe I'm wrong. I've heard it's heavy, which I think is a benefit in the particular gun, and little else as far as reliability or upkeep. Like I said I only want ONE semi-auto. Anyone here ever own one? It's not THAT exotic, I've seen 4-5 for sale locally alone in the 9-1400 dollar range all in great shape, and theyre on Gunbroker all day long.