I found one at a gun show used of course; they have not been made for years, but the price was on the high end and I walked away. It bummed me out, but while I don't think I'm one of those karma-believers things do tend to work out for me. They did again. I'm heading home in a few days and there was one last gun show in my area so I went. I'm glad I did! Much like I was Countach lover at about the same age I was a SPAS-12 lover, so has an older Mad become a Gallardo lover and a lover of another shotgun. I wanted one, and I found it.
May I introduce my new Saiga 12!
Built by the Russian factory that makes AKs for the army, Izhmash, the Saigas are sprsterized AK-type weapons. One of the available variants is a 12 gauge shotgun.
They ship with standard rifle stocks and small capacity magazines. If you put a pistol grip on them or slap a high capacity magazine in them, you just gave yourself a problem. They stop being "sporting" and you kick in something called 922R, a fruity law that requires no more than I believe it's ten major parts being imported. This one has already been properly complianced, though and is good to go!
They make 8, 10, and 12 round stick mags for it and I will likely pick up some 10 rounders, but for me there was only one mag to grab and they happened to have one at the show as well, The 20 round drum bishes!
That's a whole lot of rock-n-roll baby.
So a Benelli or 930spx is the better choice