I don't think either of these are available to Mass so I'm not sure how many people on this forum have put their hands on one? Let me preface this by saying I'm looking for something fun and different to blast targets at the range, it's not a home defense or competition gun or anything like that. I have a Wingmaster 870, my wife has a Benelli Ethos autoloader that we use for clays and I have a "Thunder Ranch" Mossberg 500 with 00 Buck that I would pickup as "midnight hallway defense". I'm looking for something fun and different to take to the range and blast shit with 6-7 times a year.
I love AKs and I've had an order in for the Kalashnikov KS-12T for about 5 weeks with an ETA in January. The more I watch reviews and read about it, the more I question if this is the right range toy for me? They seem to work great with 00Buck and Slugs but I have cases and cases and of 1200fps Target loads for clays that I'd like to use. Even with the adjustable gas settings, it looks like this may not work well? For a range toy, I want something that will chew up bulk ammo. I already bought a 10rd mag and 20rd drum mag in anticipation but I can always resell those.
I stumbled across the DP-12 which I had never heard of, watched some videos and it looks like fun but can't find much info online with actual people who have one. This may be a better choice for bulk target loads as it's a pump action and the ammo shouldn't matter. While the idea of a 20rd drum mag fed AK style shotgun sounds awesome, I'm not sure if it will be for my use case? I also looked at the IWI Tavor TS12 but I like the concept and action of the DP-12 better.
1. Does anyone own either of these and what is your ammo experience?
2. Anything else out there I should be looking at in the $1000-1500 price range?
I love AKs and I've had an order in for the Kalashnikov KS-12T for about 5 weeks with an ETA in January. The more I watch reviews and read about it, the more I question if this is the right range toy for me? They seem to work great with 00Buck and Slugs but I have cases and cases and of 1200fps Target loads for clays that I'd like to use. Even with the adjustable gas settings, it looks like this may not work well? For a range toy, I want something that will chew up bulk ammo. I already bought a 10rd mag and 20rd drum mag in anticipation but I can always resell those.
I stumbled across the DP-12 which I had never heard of, watched some videos and it looks like fun but can't find much info online with actual people who have one. This may be a better choice for bulk target loads as it's a pump action and the ammo shouldn't matter. While the idea of a 20rd drum mag fed AK style shotgun sounds awesome, I'm not sure if it will be for my use case? I also looked at the IWI Tavor TS12 but I like the concept and action of the DP-12 better.
1. Does anyone own either of these and what is your ammo experience?
2. Anything else out there I should be looking at in the $1000-1500 price range?
![[laugh]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/012.gif "Laugh [laugh]")
