Some Initial Impressions on the Uzkon AS-46 Mag Fed Shotgun

[VanMan]

I got the new barrel in, it came with a modified choke installed and extra improved modified and improved cylinder chokes. I left the modified choke on and had some fun at my clubs charity 2-gun match this weekend and had a lot of fun! Definitely an advantage running a 10 round mag although I'm going to have to practice a lot more to be as fast and smooth with a pump as the other guys in my squad lol.

Here's a video of one stage where the steel has to be shot from the hip. It's a lot harder than I thought it would be, and thank goodness I had 3x10 round mags. It was a fun/charity event, so as I was RO'ing the other shooters in my squad, I was sometimes holding a box of shells for them as they ran out of shells that were on their belts lol

 

[VanMan]

a funny story, ~ a week before the match, I found this broken pin on the floor and for the life of me I couldn't figure out where it came from. I was sure it was from a firearm, so I stripped and checked all the handguns I'd recently cleaned and/or fondled - no luck. The Thursday before the match, I took the Ukon out to the range to pattern the new barrel/choke, and click - no bang Yep, the broken pin was the front part of the firing pin.

So I sent off some emails to find a replacement, and then one of my friends teased me about modifying another firing pin to fit. I thought - hmmmmm, I can do that

This 1/8" drift pin was already the right diameter up front, and it's built to be hammered upon, so must be pretty tough steel.

So mount it in a drill and get busy with my dremel. From the sparks it was throwing, I'd say it's at least a medium carbon steel tempered back to make it pretty tough.

Steady progress, one section at a time

Check the fit - needs to be nice and free floating so the spring can retract the firing pin after firing. Don't wany ANY slam fires

And here's the finished product after ~2 hours of grinding and polishing.

I function tested it on Saturday, and it held up through ~100 rounds during the match on Sunday. I stripped the AS-46 down after the match and my home made firing pin looks fine. Still straight and no peening on either end. I'm still going to buy a stock firing pin (or two).

 

[sam burton]

Did they let you know it was coming or did it just show up? I am still waiting for mine and haven't heard anything for quite a while.

I got the new barrel in, it came with a modified choke installed and extra improved modified and improved cylinder chokes. I left the modified choke on and had some fun at my clubs charity 2-gun match this weekend and had a lot of fun! Definitely an advantage running a 10 round mag although I'm going to have to practice a lot more to be as fast and smooth with a pump as the other guys in my squad lol.

Here's a video of one stage where the steel has to be shot from the hip. It's a lot harder than I thought it would be, and thank goodness I had 3x10 round mags. It was a fun/charity event, so as I was RO'ing the other shooters in my squad, I was sometimes holding a box of shells for them as they ran out of shells that were on their belts lol

 

[VanMan]

Did they let you know it was coming or did it just show up? I am still waiting for mine and haven't heard anything for quite a while.

I have been working with Chris at NAS Guns to resolve this and he's been great about chasing TWI down to get this resolved for me.

 

[sam burton]

Guess I will have to throw out an email

 

[Bchunt]

Is anybody else having problems with jamming? It seems that when opening the action the back of the lever that would push the next shell out of the mag and feed to chamber is impacting the next shell and preventing action from opening. This has been happening to me from day 1. I have tried emailing and calling Uzcon and have not been able to get through. I sure hope there is a fix for this or this is basically a single shot gun. I am cycling with authority. It just makes a bigger ding on the end of the next shell.

 

[762mm]

a funny story, ~ a week before the match, I found this broken pin on the floor and for the life of me I couldn't figure out where it came from. I was sure it was from a firearm, so I stripped and checked all the handguns I'd recently cleaned and/or fondled - no luck. The Thursday before the match, I took the Ukon out to the range to pattern the new barrel/choke, and click - no bang Yep, the broken pin was the front part of the firing pin.

Man, that sucks! Thanks for having taken the time to photograph and post your DIY solution... it's definitely a useful idea for any firearm that doesn't have firing pins readily available.

That being said, the original pin must've been made of some crappy steel, as it shouldn't just shatter like that even if dry fired repeatedly. I've never seen this before and fired (and dry fired) a multitude of different guns throughout the years. I've seen a guy break a firing pin in half once on a Mossberg .22 repeater... bang, bang, bang, click! (with a round chambered and ammo still in the mag). His day at the range was effectively over and he wasn't a happy camper, lol...

All in all, since this thing is probably a copy of something else internally (870, maybe?), wouldn't another manufacturer's firing pin fit in there? It would probably be much better quality than this poorly heat treated pin from Turkey.

 

[VanMan]

unfortunately I didn't find out it was my shotgun firing pin that was broken until Thursday afternoon, so I only had a couple of days before the 2-gun match. I did look up other shotgun firing pins (including 870's), but the profiles all looked different. So I figured if I'm going to grind down something, may as well just be a $5 steel punch that I know is made from pretty tough steel.

The Uzkon firing pin was actually machined very well. I'd say the problem is they used too high quality of steel, and/or did not temper this one back enough so it was too brittle. I've seen this in other firing pins as well, for example the Cylinder and Slide extended firing pins I tried for my S&W 929 revolver are made of tool steel and they emphatically recommend against dry firing.

Man, that sucks! Thanks for having taken the time to photograph and post your DIY solution... it's definitely a useful idea for any firearm that doesn't have firing pins readily available.

That being said, the original pin must've been made of some crappy steel, as it shouldn't just shatter like that even if dry fired repeatedly. I've never seen this before and fired (and dry fired) a multitude of different guns throughout the years. I've seen a guy break a firing pin in half once on a Mossberg .22 repeater... bang, bang, bang, click! (with a round chambered and ammo still in the mag). His day at the range was effectively over and he wasn't a happy camper, lol...

All in all, since this thing is probably a copy of something else internally (870, maybe?), wouldn't another manufacturer's firing pin fit in there? It would probably be much better quality than this poorly heat treated pin from Turkey.

 

[Bchunt]

Has anyone put a single point sling on the AS46? What did you use for a sling adaptor?