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<blockquote data-quote="jtischauser" data-source="post: 1103028" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>Magazine fed shotguns like a Saiga will put you in Open Division. An open division Saiga or any open division shotgun fpr that matter costs several hundred to thousands of dollars more than the best tactical division shotguns (Benelli M1/2). Open division also uses open rifles and pistols which cost a heck of a lot more too. So a lot of people like myself stay from that division due to cost alone. Not to mention how hard it is to keep open division race equipement running reliably. Locally we only have 1 or 2 open shooters so you could probably run a saiga and win open division, maybe by default at some of our matches.<img src="/images/smilies/wink2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink2:" title="Wink2 :wink2:" data-shortname=":wink2:" /></p><p></p><p>There are several companies like Tromix trying to make the Saiga 12 reliable enough to be competitive in 3 gun. <a href="http://www.randrtargets.com/" target="_blank">R&R Racing</a> is one of them. So is <a href="http://www.firebirdprecision.com/" target="_blank">Firebird Precision</a>. There would obviously be a big advantage to loading with a magazine fed shotgun. However the problem is reliablilty from what I have read. Most of us could probably run a Saiga and not have any issues but when you start to shoot 1000's of rounds through one it is a going to have a higher % of failures because it quite simply is a more complex machine and its freakin' Russian for crying out loud. It's kind of like Kurt's input on the 870 shotgun. For most of us we could run a Saiga or an 870 and think its the cat's meow but if you want to shoot a lot which is going to be required to win or even get in the top 20 at most major matches you have to practice and shoot a lot and that's where the reliability issues start to happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jtischauser, post: 1103028, member: 7006"] Magazine fed shotguns like a Saiga will put you in Open Division. An open division Saiga or any open division shotgun fpr that matter costs several hundred to thousands of dollars more than the best tactical division shotguns (Benelli M1/2). Open division also uses open rifles and pistols which cost a heck of a lot more too. So a lot of people like myself stay from that division due to cost alone. Not to mention how hard it is to keep open division race equipement running reliably. Locally we only have 1 or 2 open shooters so you could probably run a saiga and win open division, maybe by default at some of our matches.:wink2: There are several companies like Tromix trying to make the Saiga 12 reliable enough to be competitive in 3 gun. [URL="http://www.randrtargets.com/"]R&R Racing[/URL] is one of them. So is [URL="http://www.firebirdprecision.com/"]Firebird Precision[/URL]. There would obviously be a big advantage to loading with a magazine fed shotgun. However the problem is reliablilty from what I have read. Most of us could probably run a Saiga and not have any issues but when you start to shoot 1000's of rounds through one it is a going to have a higher % of failures because it quite simply is a more complex machine and its freakin' Russian for crying out loud. It's kind of like Kurt's input on the 870 shotgun. For most of us we could run a Saiga or an 870 and think its the cat's meow but if you want to shoot a lot which is going to be required to win or even get in the top 20 at most major matches you have to practice and shoot a lot and that's where the reliability issues start to happen. [/QUOTE]
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