Saiga 20

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I know that Saiga 12's have gone up in price, but apparently, some shop has a used Saiga 20 in stock for a mere $350.00 (I will have to sniff this out further), and it has piqued my interest. I am wondering how well a 20 gauge shotgun works, given that I have only fired a 12 gauge shotgun before (Remington 870). Is this caliber a reasonable compromise between 12 gauge and .410 (I have seen Saiga .410's, but I do not know how practical one of those would be). I have heard that 20 gauge is decent for sport shooting and home defense, but I have no idea if these claims are true.
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7N6Wolf wrote:I know that Saiga 12's have gone up in price, but apparently, some shop has a used Saiga 20 in stock for a mere $350.00 (I will have to sniff this out further), and it has piqued my interest. I am wondering how well a 20 gauge shotgun works, given that I have only fired a 12 gauge shotgun before (Remington 870). Is this caliber a reasonable compromise between 12 gauge and .410 (I have seen Saiga .410's, but I do not know how practical one of those would be). I have heard that 20 gauge is decent for sport shooting and home defense, but I have no idea if these claims are true.
Well a Saiga .410 is plenty practical if you want the effect of a submachine gun without the Class III rigamarole and the bangity-bang-bang.
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Number 3 Buckshot from a twenty gauge has twenty .25 caliber pellets and would not be fun to be on the receiving end. You hit a guy center mass with that smart money on them going down. 20 Gauge slugs can bring down deer just as well 12 gauge slugs do.
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I'd buy any Saiga shotgun at that price. The difference in effectiveness between 12 and 12 gauges are not much.
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Unfortunately, the gun shop had an outdated listing on their website and that Saiga 20 was already sold. :( They only have Saiga 12's and Saiga .410's in stock.
"I have been saying for some time now that America only has one party - the property party. It's the party of big corporations, the party of money. It has two right-wings; one is Democrat and the other is Republican."
-Gore Vidal

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