Since I rarely shoot my Benelli M2 anymore I decided to sell it and get a Saiga clone. The Lynx 12 is impressing me!! After i took it out back and shot a 100rds of mixed shells,with no malfunctions,I decided to spruce it up with some gray Magpul furniture. I also had some extra optics and mounts laying around from old AK projects..Took it to the range today to sight in slugs..got on paper at 25 yds and then shot 5 rds at 75 yds..those are the ones to the right kinda scattered. Made my adjustments and then shot 3 with them all touching,kinda messed up my breathing and shot the other 2..also touching.i'd say thats very accurate for a Chinese knockoff..Then I moved it in to 45yds and shot one shell of #4 buckshot..at 45yds,i'm happy with the spread..I think the target is 18" Attached File
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Looks good!
Thinking about doing similar with mine. I'm surprised how well this gun feeds and fires. I blasted through another 25rd box of cheap Walmart bulk pack of Federal 7.5 12 gauge ammo. Using the gun to weed wack around the perimeter of my range.

they really seem to function fine,went thru 75 rds of #4 buck and some cheapo birdshot today,no malfunctions. my new agp mags lock up perfect

What magazines?

The gun comes with a Chinese 5rd mag that has a metal reinforced rear locking lug.
I found an all plastic SGM Tactical 10rd mag works just fine in my gun.  Long term the SGM being all plastic might have issues.

Another decent review showing the function of the Lynx 12:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSftaKPscII

these

I bought these..2 sgm's and a promag..would not lock up in my Lynx-12 gotta get rid of them now..hint,hint Attached File

Is there a Saiga 2 round mag?  Or do you have to make your own duck plugs?

Weird, the SGM 10rd mag works in mine when inserted with the bolt locked back.

http://www.carolinashooterssupply.com/SAIGA_12_SUREFIRE_2RD_MAGAZINE_SGM_TACTICAL_AGP_p/sgm-s12-2rd-mag.htm

Cool.  You can shorten them and keep the capacity.  Kinda liking how Remington did the 870.

We need a semi-auto that will auto drop empty mags, lock back on the last round, and won't take a full mag on a closed bolt.

Think the ducks will hear the ping?

Going back to the SGM mag - try grasping it a little further down the mag. Mine is weird, looks like won't fit but does depending on how you grasp the mag.

that was weird,i went back to my 8rd sgm mag and grasped it up high,it rocked right in,repeated 10 times,worked perfectly..tried grasping it farther down and its a no go..strange..the other sgm and promag?..not happening

What's the capacity of your other SGM mag?

I know this thread is old and i was just looking to see if anyone has said anything about these. I bought one earlier this week for $399. Let say if anyone is on the fence with one these just get one. The Chinese just know how to make AK's its that simple. I've been nothin but happy with my lynx or my chinese saiga 12. I've run about 20 rounds of buckshot through mine and 200 rounds of cheapest birdshot from walmart through mine, i did turn the gas down a notch for the buckshot. Even still i pretty much just took the shotgun out of the box lubed it up and and put 220 rounds through it with a couple minor jams from the super cheap birdshot stuff.

I took apart and cleaned it yesterday and there's really not a whole lot of wear going on in the inside. This shotgun is super quality for the money. If someone says otherwise they're just butthurt that their russian saiga didnt run this good out of the box LOL. I had no issues with my SGM 12 round mags they're a little tight but fit no problem and the SDS 10 round mag was also no issue in my gun. The only mag to give me an issue was the 5 round mag it came with the metal tab on the rear of the mag wasn't bent properly so that tab kept coming off while loading it, I bent it back and fits tight on the rear of the mag now.

I dont have any pictures but the rivets on mine are well done and i couldnt be happier for $399.

I had a Lynx 12 and wanted to love it.

The barrel on my example was canted to the right so badly that you had to aim off like 5 ft to hit what you wanted to shoot. I thought it might have been the gas block or bead sight but nope, the barrel was literally hanging off to the right. Hopefully just a lemon though!

I returned it and have been on the hunt for another Lynx since.

However, I'm looking at a JLS example that Academy has. It looks like a USAS-12/AR15 hybrid. Aluminum lower, and upper with AR compatible stock and grip.  Never seen one before but it's also Chinese and looks to be of high quality.

Mine with buck and birdshot shoots dead straight no issue. I have yet to try slugs it's on the list of things to try and see how it does. I will be buying a Jmac compensator and probably getting some type of rail I can attach to my handguard to attach a vertical grip as well. I'll probably end up buying a whole new handguard though.