But I did get the folding stock shock absorber installed.įirst let me say that the shock absorber is somewhat rough looking but well made. Unfortunately they accidentally sent me a new style receiver buffer but it only took a quick e-mail to get everything sorted out so I could exchange it for the correct one (overall I’m very happy with how quickly they replied, other one or two man online operations I’ve ordered from haven’t always been as responsive).
The SPAS 12 Project has newly manufactured spare parts for sale! I ordered a folding stock shock buffer and an old style receiver buffer that showed up last night. I was pissed but I also failed to perform due diligence on a gun that I knew spare parts weren’t easy to come by. When I got it unjammed I also learned something else, the receiver buffer had broken off. As it turns out the shells he was using were 3″ and after firing the first round the shotgun jammed up. He answered in the affirmative and I believed him. I said yes, then quickly asked if his shells were 2 3/4″. One day when I was shooting with a friend he asked if he could shoot it. The SPAS-12 comes from an era when 2 3/4″ shells were the only shells for all practical purposes. That changed when I did something really stupid, I let another person shoot my rare and no longer supported shotgun. But the buffer was there and in working order. My SPAS-12 didn’t have a shock absorber on the folding stock when I obtained it. Two parts in particular, the folding stock shock absorber and the receiver buffer, are made of a plastic that becomes brittle with age. Furthermore some of the factory parts in the SPAS-12 don’t age well. What that means is replacement parts, when they can be found, are expensive. The SPAS-12 is a fun gun but it’s an unsupported platform that was never terribly popular. It took me 13 years (my desire to have one was a result of Jurassic Park, which I first saw when I was pretty young) to obtain one but the wait was worth it. If you’ve been reading this site since almost the beginning you know that I’m the proud owner of a SPAS-12.
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