Standard Manufacturing SKO Shotgun. Made In USA

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balonbay said:
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!
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How did you feel about the right side safety while you were shooting it? Some range reports say that it bites into your right hand bone pretty good and it apparently can't be removed. Is there any truth to it?
 
Can’t find this on their website. Upon clicking on picture, it takes to their website page but it says 404 error. Anyone knows if it is available?
 
albog said:
How did you feel about the right side safety while you were shooting it? Some range reports say that it bites into your right hand bone pretty good and it apparently can't be removed. Is there any truth to it?
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You mean the safety switch? The safety switch is operable on both sides, left and right. The index finger is pretty close to the right side safety switch, but it's never been a problem, at least for me. My finger has never run into the switch, and surely not my right hand bone. I did however, change the factory grip to a nice magpul grip with textured palm swells, not sure if that helped. But no, never had any issues!
 
Deathrawt said:
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
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Its very reliable once you break it in with slugs and buck. make sure to use lube
 
balonbay said:
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!
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Well you aren't gonna be shooting too much more enow, it's been banned
 
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