Saw it, hated it, for all the reasons already stated. Total dreck.
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Teams are issued semiautomatic Bennelli's for combat use which are FAR superior to the Saiga.
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I normally defer to your in-country expertise in such matters, but I must ask; how? THe Benelli has a smaller magazine capacity than the Saiga, is fed by a tube magazine (which is slow to reload and limits the degree to which the weapon can be shortened while still maintaining a useful capacity), in my observation cannot be fired as quickly, and I've yet to see a Saiga malfunction for weapon-related reasons (cheap Wally World ammo sometimes deforms if left in the mag too long, but that's the only malf I've seen with the Saiga), whereas I've heard repeated complaints by several customers who've served in Iraq and Afghanistan in regards to the Benelli's reliability. Most stated (quite emphatically in most cases) that they'd rather have the Mossberg 590A1's back, and all of them fell utterly in love with the Saiga.
I agree that the "Deadliest Warrior" portrayal of the Saiga sucked balls, but that was because they were showcasing the baseline "sporter" model with the straight stock, long barrel and 5rd magazine. A "Combat" Saiga with a folding or adjustable stock, short barrel, and 8-10rd magazine is a -much- different animal. I've watched my Boss dump 10rds of 3" 000 Buck from his Saiga 12ga in a little less than 3 seconds, on a stopwatch. That comes to 2400ppm, a projectiles-on-target count exceeded only by rotary cannons.