WORST AK SHOTGUN - Chinese Saiga 12 

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'I would call this gun cancer, but cancer actually kills people.' -Sun Tzu or something, I dunno

How did Brandon find a gallon of milk so easily?! My dad’s been out trying to get some for the last 15 years

"Tries to chamber the round again after not firing" *not enough social credits*

The JTS M12 AK requires 50-100 rounds for break in. It was a pain but once I got to 70 rounds the issues demonstrated in your video completely disappeared. The owners manual even mentions this break in period. I’ve put several hundred rounds through it and have not had a single issue.

I've finally lived to see the day Brandon calling an AK trash. Not even cursed krink got this epithet.

I love that the internet has collectively agreed that low quality recorder sound bits let us know where the video is going.

I have a Saiga 12, a Vepr 12, and this JTS. Ive run about 1000 rounds through the JTS and it runs perfectly on Walmart Birdshot. Granted the quality is not as good as the Saiga or Vepr but its a solid shotgun for $350 bucks - Just make sure you use the correct gas settings and you're golden

Just bought a JTS AK-12; I oiled the slide, cycled it manually about 50 times. Then I set the gas block on “3” and fired 60 BAT slugs without a single misfire, jam or FTF. Can’t speak for the experience of others, but I really like mine so far. It may have problems with low brass or light loads; I intend to shoot a couple more boxes of hot loads before I step down and test out some birdshot.

"when you miss on the range or at the urinal, step closer" sun tzu

Brandon: "because hackers" Me: eh Brandon: "AND certain 3 letter agencies" Me: AAAAAHHHH

I seen other countless other vids on JTS M12AK seems to be a good shotgun, bought one myself ran hundreds of rounds FLAWLESS. Maybe you got a lemon or maybe you didn't set your gas tube to 3 when shooting light loads. Either way my shit runs 100% FLAWLESS. $399 I can dig it

I reviewed this last summer. I shot super X buck noble sport buck and Fed low recoil buck with no issues. It did shoot straight and work right.

The cry’s of “just as gooood” can be heard softly waving over winds

"The trigger is... present" had me dying

Never had an issue with mine......adjust the gas for the intended rounds, after the recommended 25 mag load/high brass break in period. It's by far not to the standards one would expect from a Saiga.....but it's a $400 shotgun, what do you expect.

I've had my JTS for almost 2 years and put about 500+ rounds of mostly 00 buck and slug. I have to say that I did some modification to the gun as I tried to improve the gas system with some polishing and deburring of the puck etc. Also, I've replace the forend with a heavily modified Magpul Zhukov and the Ace adapter plate that was once available for the gun. Used a Tom Cole conversion choke tube to thread on a Saiga compatible brake and it shoots great. I am keeping an eye on the bolt for wear, but so far so good. Also I highly recommend CSSPECs mags that they make for this. Steel, feeds well and most importantly, securely locks into the gun.

If it was delance's idea to put in the recorder music, you should give him a raise, and or 1000 rounds of 7.62x39

When your out-of-the-factory zero is so bad you need a laser sight for your shotgun at 5 yards...

First, it's not a Saiga clone, but Vepr. Second, I have one and shot over 200 00 Buck and over 200 bird shots with not a single problem. Maybe you got a lemon or maybe it's ammo-related issues. Mine function flawlessly, as long as I properly adjust gas settings for different shot types. I love it too.

I have the jts mk 12, it was the 1st shotgun I brought. I have probably 2000 round though it and only 2 failers.. I feel like everything in this video was done to make this gun look bad.

I’m not sure which is more disturbing, that rendition of “Africa” or the fact I recognized it within the first 2 seconds.

Shotguns have three main attributes and you get to choose two for your shotgun: cheap, reliable, and semi auto.

I think you might have just gotten a bad one man, I’ve had a JTS M12AK for a little under a year and have put hundreds of shells through it with no issues and it’s one of my favorite shotguns I have The only problems I have with the JTS is the weird mag loading that’s really awkward, it’s very front heavy and tires my arm if I hold it for too long, and the bolt carrier is a little weird.

Mine has been awesome. I polished the rails and lubed it before i ever shot it. It cycles anything. Winchester cheap shit hangs up once out of 30. Everything else is reliable.

Us govt: bans Russian ammo Brandon: fuck I guess we're shooting 12g today.

Garbage that’s hardly good enough to shoot garbage….

I have it and it always jammed. It took a lot of filing and polishing of the bolt and carrier to get it to cycle well. There is another part of the shotgun where the shell ejects that needs to be be filed. There are other videos showing the locations that need modifications. My JTS now cycles both 5 and 10 round mags without a problem

Mine runs smooth as butter with cheap birdshot from Walmart. First 100 shells were cheap high brass loads and they jammed about once every mag for the first 50, but smoothed up after that and stopped jamming completely after 70 rounds. Haven’t had an issue since and I love it! Yours either wasn’t broken in properly, or you were effected by the wonderful thing known as “lackluster qc”

I was really hesitant about buying this but that amazing music pushed me in the right direction. Thank you, Brandon.

"The second worst thing that came out of China last year" And that cough before saying it made it an even better roast

I’m not saying they are all full proof,maybe I got one that had correct tolerance? I had about 1200 rounds thru mine and I don’t remember any issues even with lighter loads. I don’t have the gun anymore or I would do a 500 round burndown.

I have one of these , I got it when it first came out to the market , right out of the box No problems here , from the 1st to now . I have used all types of loads including hand loads ,all brands and manufacturers still no problems. Maybe you just got a bad one , it’s not unheard of you know. 👍🏻

I don’t know if you could have made that malfunction any more sad or hilarious. Thank you so much for that. “It’s supposed to be a rock’n’lock, but you just have to…kinda…*wham* whack it….*mag flop*…I hate this gun.”

"odd mixture of straight-shove and rock-and-lock" HK guys: first time?

I've had my jts for a good bit and I absolutely love it! You just kind of have to find the right gas setting and you definitely have to break these suckers in, but once you do break them in they run flawlessly! I haven't had FTF or FTE in ages with mine! Could be that quality control is just not that great so some of the guns aren't as good as others oh, I may have just gotten lucky and got a good gun but I have never had any issues with mine even during the break-in. One thing I have noticed as that if you change to different types of shells you need to know the gas system pretty well so you can adjust it for what you're shooting at the time, but I really like that feature so you can throw any kind of ammo in it and it will run everything. It seems that there were best AK design really works well with this firearm for reliability. Now I have heard that the shotguns don't like low brass shells but then again I have fired several different brands of low brass out of mine and not had a failure to feed or failure to extract even with low brass. I think I paid around $430 with tax included for my jts and it was worth every penny in my book! Maybe try to just put some more ammo through it and it may start to work better. Also sometimes just polishing up the inside can do a world of difference on these cheaper guns

I wonder if Brandon adjusted the gas block to accommodate for the light shotgun loads? Everyone I know that has one says it eats everything they feed it. He should give it a fair shake again.

The music for loading and letting it off is perfect, considering it's stellar performance. Raw Dawg all day!

You should give it a dishonorable discharge with a .50 BMG

I don't know what he's talking about. I have one that has never done that. I love mine so much it sits next to my bed at night.

10:45 the start of the funniest sequence of events i have seen from brandon thus far. Im primarily tagging it just so i have a quick replay button to laugh my ass off repeatedly.

Happy I watched this before China takes this down for talking bad about something made by them

wow this sucks, im happy with my Lynx-12, looks almost exactly like a Saiga 12 and never jammed!

Good lord that montage has me rolling even a year later…..god bless you Brandon

The good ones are great, just watch out fer the bad ones. And besides, as an AK guy you could easily polish it up, break it in and have it run smoothly in no time.

That is the greatest rendition of Africa by Toto ever.

The montage sounds like a 4th grade music class playing their recorders....thank you for that worse than death memory

I've had one for a long time and put alot of rounds through you have to use minimal gun knowledge and use the right gas setting for the right load and use the right loads for the weapon. Walmart target load has lots of problems in it while high brass has 0 issues. Brandon almost never misses but should probably learn more about shotguns

Got one of these from a friend of mine... runs great as long as you adjust gas knob for slugs or bird shot.. overall fun shotgun for me

Love how they cut off ruskey ammo but still import Charlie's guns

Brandon landed that shell and got mad, and I legitimately thought he was just gonna chuck the gun into the long grass.

I bought the SDS Lynx 12 and it is actually decent. It even feeds my garbage half-assed BB shot reloads.

LET'S GO BRANDON!!!! Love the Africa kazoo cover!

“Pistols put holes in people. Rifles put holes through people. Shotguns, the right load at the right range will physically remove a chunk from your opponent and throw it on the floor behind him, and you will have to get someone to come clean it up with a shovel.”

I never before heard Brandon yell out of pure rage before. And he’s right

I never knew one of my favorite songs butchered on recorder was just what I needed. You're doing the Lord's work sir. Keep it up!

The flutes (recorders?) were a stroke of genius.. Kudos, good sir!

Brandon's custom AK fuckery: "of course I didn't zero the sights soooo gotta give me a pass if I miss" *doesn't miss* Brandons import shitgun: dead on with the sights out of the box... *Miss miss miss*

Now we need to see you review the Vepr-12. That thing is like the luxury version of the AK shotguns. No need to adjust gas ports, Krinkov style dust cover on a hinge, bolt hold open, a very solid folding stock, rpk style adjustable sights for slugs, and it's actually made in Russia.

Surprising everyone, brandon later shoots 50 bmg in it without any mods to the weapon and it cycled a low and mid pressure 50 bmg and all the cast parts held up fine. Despite the rough hewn form it holds together. And at an amazing price

I’m so glad this is my first video of his that I’ve seen, this is absolutely hilarious😂

this is the worst "Low quality" version of any track ever. Love it.

It's semi-semi-automatic. 60% of the time, it cycles every time.

LOVED THE RECORDERS SO GOOD

I really like my JTS, the adjustable gas block is nice to get the gas correct for the load you are running. I found setting 3 worked good with normal birdshot and some buck and slugs. I put a rem breacher choke on mine and can’t really complain.

I spit beer all over my TV when that bumping version "Africa" started playing. You're an evil man, don't ever change.

"The perfect shitty gun theme music doesn't exis..." RECORDER. TOTO. AFRICA.

I went to shoot mine for the first time the other day, once I got the gas setting right it cycled everything. I'd highly recommend it. For the price it's really hard to beat.

I have the Lynx system. It looks similar to what you have. It started shooting better. Well, a lot better after 100 rounds. It also uses the Sega magazine

Something about AK’s with bore diameters 0.49” or larger gives me the creeps.

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. “Modify the internals and make it function the way it supposed to.” You could even make a how to video for everyone who also made the mistake and purchased one.

That background music was perfect for this nerve-wreckingly amazing 🤣"china 12"🤣

Brandon trying to put the magazine in the gun is just like those unjam animations in Far Cry 2.

This shotgun, and the montage music, make you wanna curse the rains down in Africa.

I own the T-1 model of this semi auto and it’s been plenty reliable. Everyone else on YT has made sure to mention to break it in with high brass and over 1300fps rounds. That may explain the feed and cycle issues. Mine was a little tight first few cycles.

I have this same shotgun and its runs completely fine with any load 2-1/2” Low Brass Bird Shot too 2-1/2” - 3” Buckshot & Slugs. It has a completely adjustable gas system and as long as you adjust it to the ammo your using and keep it well oiled it will run every time!!! Worth every dollar. They are on sale rn at Palmetto State Armory for $279.00 you cant beat that deal at all.

They work awesome. Adjustable gas block is key. Roll it to 3 & watch it eat.

Never seen this style run reliably without having to be tuned to a specific load. That goes for 30/40 3 Gun matches across several counties and all kinds of money being spent on these things. I can load my 930 with anything and it runs no matter what. No tuning no nothing. It just works like a shotgun should.

"The trigger is... present" I lol'd IRL good at that

Push forward on the pistol grip helps felt recoil. Great video.

I have the "Gen 2" version JTS MK12- T1.....FLAWLESS PERFORMANCE! I haven't did any cleaning or maintenance to it & I'm close to 700 shells ran thru it💪🏾...Set the gas settings correctly & push high velocity shells & you should be fine🤷🏾‍♂️

This is both the ugliest and the most badass shotgun I’ve ever seen

What Brandon liked about the gun: It stays open if you want it to. It looks good.

This is my new favorite video on RU-vid

As soon as the montage hit the video quality dropped to 144p. Fitting.

This montage music makes me want to buy it even more

I would like to point out that these cheaper shotguns really just need a full disassembly and oiling before shooting the first time. Also needs a break in period of 70 to 100 rounds.

I just recently bought the Jts t1 and I love it…now. In the first 15-20 rounds it jammed every round till I blew the gas port open with high power slugs and buckshot. It’s running great now but I decided to park it till I take the time to actually clean the whole gas system which to be fair is recommended to be done before you even shoot it and for $250 on Palmetto it’s well worth the money imo

“I had no idea how bad the out of the box zero was on this gun” Me to my buddies every single time I go to the range no matter what the gun is

If you’ve ever bought a Chinese made AK shotgun and missed twice at 5 yards, go ahead and hit that subscribe button!

i want one now that intro montage convinced me

12:08 I want an out of context meme of him shooting the can and swearing.

I didn’t know I needed a recorder version of “Africa” by Toto, but I certainly need it more than that shitty shotgun lol. Thank you Brandon!

I bought this shotgun thinking it'd be just another average addition to my collection. It has so far been the only gun I've ever regretted purchasing.

Love the coolhand luke reference 👌

The real, palpable frustration that we saw in Brandon here, with the first white claw hit, was impressive and matches so much of my forays into the firearms world as a young-blood. I'm still young, but I know a fuck-ton more than I did.

You'd probably hate my dad's Saiga. It's an actual Saiga with one of those dumb AR style lowers that requires "modified" polymer Saiga mags and runs like shit because "modified" is code for molested by a monkey with a Dremel. It runs unbelievably unreliably as a result. It makes me sad.

It not only looks like a homemade gun it performs like one too

As a intermediate musician that montage music hurt. Thanks Brandon.

epic montage music jam. had to watch again. oh. actual jam.