Battle of the mag-fed shotguns: Vepr vs Catamount Fury II

[Jgarrick]

http://www.guns.com/review/2014/04/11/battle-mag-fed-shotguns-vepr-vs-catamount-fury-ii/



Anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock in the last 15 years has heard of the Saiga 12 magazine-fed shotgun. Based on the AKM rifles design, the Saiga 12 is basically a scaled-up 12-gauge AK, which is just as awesome as it sounds. Some Saiga shotguns can be picky with ammunition when first purchased, but this was acceptable given their low price. Now that their retail price has more than doubled, more and more competitors have joined the fray. Two up and coming stars are the Vepr 12 and the Catamount Fury. For the sake of fairness, I’ll be comparing the Vepr to the Catamount Fury II, the higher end Fury that includes a magazine well and has a similar MSRP to the Vepr.

Both the Fury and the Vepr utilize the same method of operation as the Saiga 12, but differ in additional features and the ease of modification. Taking all these elements into consideration, Guns.com will reignite the tensions of the Sino-Soviet split, pitting Russia against China in a battle for the best Saiga 12 alternative.

Ergonomics – Advantage: Vepr 12

Both the Fury II and the Vepr 12 feature the distinctly oversized safety lever, betraying their AK lineage, but they differ in how the lever is manipulated. The Vepr’s safety has an extended trigger finger accessible lever and an ambidextrous safety on the left side of the rifle. The Fury II ships with a Dragunov style stock that looks cool, but impedes the shooter’s ability to comfortably reach the trigger.

(Excerpt, remainder of article at link)

I've already gone with the Vepr, myself. Either one would make an excellent home defense weapon.

[elehhhhna]

1. Catamite Fury

lol

[Bazinga]

2. I'll tell you this much, I wouldn't want to be on the wrong side of either one! nt

[BigAlanMac]

3. Are they really rifles?

n/t

[oneshooter]

4. NO, they are semi-automatic shotguns. n/t

[ileus]

5. I wish I'd jumped on one of the Saiga 12's many years back.

heck I wish I hadn't been so cheap and bought one of the 556's when they were 299.