Originally Posted By dfariswheel:Like all gun makers, when you make thousands of anything a certain percentage will have problems.
Also like all gun makers, you usually only hear from people who get one of those problems.
Most Kel-Tec shotgun buyers have no problems, and if they do, Kel-Tec offers fast and effective warranty repairs.
They pay shipping both ways so all you're out is usually about two weeks.
The KGS .410 is very new but they learned a lot with the original KSG and even more with the KS7.
The major problem with the KSG are maladjusted shell feed stops that either don't feed or allow more then one shell to feed.
The factory corrects that fast.
In fact, the major issue with the Kel-Tec shotguns is operator error, usually showing off how fast they can empty the gun and fumbling it, or failure to FULLY operate the action.
The KSG and KS7 are modified John Browning Ithaca Model 37 designs.
The feed process takes place in the last 1/2 inch of movement of the pump handle to the rear, and reset of the next shell happens in the last 1/2 inch of forward movement.
Everything in between has no effect.
So, you have to be certain that you pull the handle ALL the way to the rear and ALL the way forward.
Contrary to internet theory, you do not have to hammer the action "Like ya got a pair".
Like all pump shotguns if the gun is in correct operating condition, no matter how slow and gently you operate it, it will work correctly, as long as you do fully operate it.
The Kel-Tec's can benefit from a "fluff and buff" or you can just operate it dry it and shoot it to smooth things out.
I did a fluff & buff on my KSG and KS7. The KS7 especially operates as smoothly as any pump gun I've ever used.
While the two guns are different designs in the feed assembly, some of the same techniques I used on the KS7 will work for the KSG.
The key area to smooth are the shell lifter and rear of the action slide. Smoothing these up goes a long way to a smoother action.
The KSG fluff & buff has disappeared from the Kel-Tec site but my KS7 fluff & buff is still up..........
https://www.thektog.org/threads/fluffing-and-buffing-the-kel-tec-ks7-shotgun.275205/#replies-headerThe only other key area specific to the KSG is to grind a small "U" shaped cut in the rear of the plastic forearm where it contacts the action release on the front of the trigger guard.
On the older KSG's this contact serves no purpose and only causes resistant's as the forearm contacts and pushes the release down slightly.
Kel-Tec may have corrected the contact between the forearm and action release, but if not just put in a notch so the forearm won't contact the action release.