- Location
- Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Standard Manufacturing SKO Shotgun. Made In USA
- Thread starter Frontier Firearms
- Start date
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Wonder how reliable it is?
Im sure all the guys who can’t shoot their deryas and typhoons anymore would like this
I think it’s kinda neat for sure, hopefully it doesn’t get banned we don’t have much options for semi auto mag fed shotguns anymore
Nice that it’s made in the US and not Turkey
Im sure all the guys who can’t shoot their deryas and typhoons anymore would like this
I think it’s kinda neat for sure, hopefully it doesn’t get banned we don’t have much options for semi auto mag fed shotguns anymore
Nice that it’s made in the US and not Turkey
They surely make guns.
But they aren't great guns if poorly designed.
Their shotguns are hideous, all of them.
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tenringbound
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Atlantic Canada
Yes, you can remove the whole rail and front attachment. Looks a lot better without it, I don't run optics on my shotguns anyway. Btw the lower on mine is polymer, had an SKO Shorty that was a couple years older but was all aluminum.
tenringbound
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Atlantic Canada
I haven’t shot it yet, there’s a few YouTube videos on it and it seems decent, hickok45 does a good test of the Shorty. I got it because I wanted a non-Turkish detachable mag shotgun but tbh it doesn’t feel any different than my Derya MK12. Again, I haven’t shot it and if it works as well as the Derya I’d be happy. Break in is pretty much the same as the Turkish guns, apparently slug and buckshot for the first 100 rds.
tenringbound
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Atlantic Canada
Yes, all my Turkish mags and drums fit (including AS46).
adrenalineJ92
CGN Regular
- Location
- British Columbia
Finally had a chance to shoot this shotgun today - here's my experience:
Build quality is excellent; everything about the shotgun seems well manufactured. I only shot slugs as that's what my indoor range allows. I ran into occasional "jams" where the previous shell didn't eject out - most likely because it's a brand new gun and it hasn't run in yet. Some semi-auto shotguns recommend shooting heavy loads to run-in the gun and I think this needs the same. I got fewer and fewer ejection jams as I continued shooting, so just need to shoot it more.
I tried two brands of slugs - I had fewer ejection jams with Score Low-Recoil slugs (dark green ones), and a couple more with Challenger Low-Recoil Slugs (blue). However, both brands had fewer and fewer as I shot more.
A few other things: there's a little trick to loading this magazine - the tolerances are tight, so once you've pushed the shell in, once it goes just below the lips, push it towards the back and there are two "rails" (indentations) that guide it towards the back of the mag. Second tip: if you're inserting the loaded mag with the bolt open (i.e. with the paddle), it seems to load best if you pull the bolt all the way back (versus slapping the paddle) as that "strips" the first shell into the chamber.
Can't help but also compare it with my turkish shotgun which is similar in many ways (AR-style, largely similar operation, nearly identical mags, etc.). My Armed Stryker ML12, interestingly, did not need any run-in period and just worked right out-of-the-box with low recoil slugs (a lot of people said they needed to run in their turkish gun). Build quality is waayyy better on the SKO-12, trigger is also much better. The turkish gun also has an out-of-spec pic-rail which is annoying....(SKO-12 rail is properly spec'ed, I had a red-dot on mine). Oh and SKO-12 is a bit more accurate than the turk.
All in all, I'm pleased and happy with it. Price was competitive to the ML12 and it's much higher quality. I look forward to shooting it more often!
Build quality is excellent; everything about the shotgun seems well manufactured. I only shot slugs as that's what my indoor range allows. I ran into occasional "jams" where the previous shell didn't eject out - most likely because it's a brand new gun and it hasn't run in yet. Some semi-auto shotguns recommend shooting heavy loads to run-in the gun and I think this needs the same. I got fewer and fewer ejection jams as I continued shooting, so just need to shoot it more.
I tried two brands of slugs - I had fewer ejection jams with Score Low-Recoil slugs (dark green ones), and a couple more with Challenger Low-Recoil Slugs (blue). However, both brands had fewer and fewer as I shot more.
A few other things: there's a little trick to loading this magazine - the tolerances are tight, so once you've pushed the shell in, once it goes just below the lips, push it towards the back and there are two "rails" (indentations) that guide it towards the back of the mag. Second tip: if you're inserting the loaded mag with the bolt open (i.e. with the paddle), it seems to load best if you pull the bolt all the way back (versus slapping the paddle) as that "strips" the first shell into the chamber.
Can't help but also compare it with my turkish shotgun which is similar in many ways (AR-style, largely similar operation, nearly identical mags, etc.). My Armed Stryker ML12, interestingly, did not need any run-in period and just worked right out-of-the-box with low recoil slugs (a lot of people said they needed to run in their turkish gun). Build quality is waayyy better on the SKO-12, trigger is also much better. The turkish gun also has an out-of-spec pic-rail which is annoying....(SKO-12 rail is properly spec'ed, I had a red-dot on mine). Oh and SKO-12 is a bit more accurate than the turk.
All in all, I'm pleased and happy with it. Price was competitive to the ML12 and it's much higher quality. I look forward to shooting it more often!
