Kalashnikov KS12 vs Winchester White Box

This is a shooting review of the Kalashnikov KS12 12 gauge shotgun using several types of ammunition--notably the notorious Winchester White box Wally World #8 bird shot. The shotgun is new to me - via Rock Island Auction - but doesn't look to have seen much use. The KS12 is 2x to 2.5x the price of a Lynx 12 (previously reviewed) but about 25% cheaper than the Saiga 12.
The iphone I use for recording does a weird thing where the audio kind of dies for several seconds after shooting. I was hoping the wireless mic would solve that issue but no joy. On the upside, it did filter out most of the wind noise.

[@NBWDOUGHBOY]

If this is fresh out the box with no break in this is very impressive

[@ronquixote1739]

It was not out of the box as I had gotten it through Rock Island Auction. You can find a short of the dust cover launching at my face. I replaced it and added a brake and did a follow up video.

[@NBWDOUGHBOY]

Damn that thing is kicking those shells 100 yards away. Nice...

[@ronquixote1739]

I think I've had one failure to eject in 200-300 rounds and that was the last round in a magazine when the hull was extracted enough to be lying on top of the magazine that I had to remove.

[@NBWDOUGHBOY]

@@ronquixote1739 That's still pretty impressive. It looks like a fun time seeing that it cycles walmart cheap ammo pretty reliably. Great Range day.

[@ronquixote1739]

@@NBWDOUGHBOY I consider Winchester White Box the acid test for any semi-auto shotgun and the KS-12 does well with it. Here's the link to the follow up video that shows the effectiveness of the brake. th-cam.com/video/TVBPFjK0QIA/w-d-xo.html

[@NBWDOUGHBOY]

@@ronquixote1739 nice I'll check it out

[@ronquixote1739]

@@NBWDOUGHBOY the brake makes a big difference

[@Drew__644]

Hello! Good video I got mine a day ago, didn’t hear it in the video but did you use the high or low gas setting? Thanks!

[@ronquixote1739]

I set it to 2 for bird shot and 1 for high power loads. The way I remember it is that 2 lets more gas into the action - needed to cycle lighter loads - and 2 is bigger than 1.

[@jer3881]

Garbage gun. I got one. Sucks to reload it. If it came down to it I would empty mag and drop the gun instead of reloading it

[@babye11368]

I have had no issues what so ever. I reload it and fire, have a great time doing it too.

[@jer3881]

@@babye11368 to insert full magazine bolt has to be pulled back for it to go in easily

[@jer3881]

@@babye11368 I wish this wasn't true lol

[@ronquixote1739]

As you can see in the video, I manually lock open the bolt between magazines using the safety lever as loaded magazines won't load when the bolt is forward.

[@jer3881]

@@ronquixote1739 I would hate to see that done in a stressful situation