[BlueRibbonHardwoods]

Anyone had any luck finding a replacement for the recoil pad on the factory butt stock? I overtightened the screw and broke off the plastic nipple that the screw threads into.

FYI, Mark at Dan's Sporting Goods was excellent to work with. They handle all of the warranty/service issues for Panzer Arms in the US. I gave him a call this morning and he had my recoil pad shipped out same day.

Phone: 724-590-1577
Email: [email protected]

 

[Knuckles_McJerk]

Curious if anyone has any suggestions for a budget red dot/reflex that can handle shotgun recoil. I dont need anything fancy. Just a blade of glass with a dot in the middle. Hopefully with a good field of vision. Im not a fan of the cylinder style for a shotgun.

Example of "cylinder style" Buy AR Optics TRS-25 HIRise Red Dot Sight and More | Bushnell

I could see those for sport shooting, but home defense/cqb Id prefer less bulk and a wider field of view.

 

[ManMythLegend]

I ordered mine from DK Firearms for $375. When I received it it was a brick. Was unable to chamber even 1 round. The problems was the shell guide. There is a small switch similar to the safety on the left side of the lower just ablve the magazine. This switch controls the guide that guides the shell from the magazine to the barrel. When the switch is in the vertical position it is in the down position to facilitate removing the barrel when tearing it down for cleaning. When it is in the horizontal position it is supposed to be in the up position making contact with the barrel acting as a guide for the shells as they enter the barrel for firing. Mine malfunctions and does not make contact with the barrel. Instead it is about half an inch away from the barrel even when the switch is fully horizontal. Therefore when you pull the charging handle back to chamber a round, the round jams against the guide and goes nowhere. I contacted DK firearms and was told to contact PW Arms. I tried several times with no answer and no way to leave a message so I gave up. I took the shotgun to a gunsmith today and he said he can repair the faulty part so all will work out fine however obviously quality control is a big issue with the manufacturer of these firearms and support and warranty work is apparently non existent. The gunsmith said it should be fairly inexpensive to repair and I should have a functional shotgun when all is said and done and for that I am grateful because if I had to return it for repair or exchange I am not sure if that would have been impossible or not. I will keep everyone posted if any other issues are discovered with this shotgun.

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I ordered mine from DK Firearms for $375. When I received it it was a brick. Was unable to chamber even 1 round. The problems was the shell guide. There is a small switch similar to the safety on the left side of the lower just ablve the magazine. This switch controls the guide that guides the shell from the magazine to the barrel. When the switch is in the vertical position it is in the down position to facilitate removing the barrel when tearing it down for cleaning. When it is in the horizontal position it is supposed to be in the up position making contact with the barrel acting as a guide for the shells as they enter the barrel for firing. Mine malfunctions and does not make contact with the barrel. Instead it is about half an inch away from the barrel even when the switch is fully horizontal. Therefore when you pull the charging handle back to chamber a round, the round jams against the guide and goes nowhere. I contacted DK firearms and was told to contact PW Arms. I tried several times with no answer and no way to leave a message so I gave up. I took the shotgun to a gunsmith today and he said he can repair the faulty part so all will work out fine however obviously quality control is a big issue with the manufacturer of these firearms and support and warranty work is apparently non existent. The gunsmith said it should be fairly inexpensive to repair and I should have a functional shotgun when all is said and done and for that I am grateful because if I had to return it for repair or exchange I am not sure if that would have been impossible or not. I will keep everyone posted if any other issues are discovered with this shotgun.

 

[ManMythLegend]

I ordered mine from DK Firearms for $375. When I received it it was a brick. Was unable to chamber even 1 round. The problems was the shell guide. There is a small switch similar to the safety on the left side of the lower just ablve the magazine. This switch controls the guide that guides the shell from the magazine to the barrel. When the switch is in the vertical position it is in the down position to facilitate removing the barrel when tearing it down for cleaning. When it is in the horizontal position it is supposed to be in the up position making contact with the barrel acting as a guide for the shells as they enter the barrel for firing. Mine malfunctions and does not make contact with the barrel. Instead it is about half an inch away from the barrel even when the switch is fully horizontal. Therefore when you pull the charging handle back to chamber a round, the round jams against the guide and goes nowhere. I contacted DK firearms and was told to contact PW Arms. I tried several times with no answer and no way to leave a message so I gave up. I took the shotgun to a gunsmith today and he said he can repair the faulty part so all will work out fine however obviously quality control is a big issue with the manufacturer of these firearms and support and warranty work is apparently non existent. The gunsmith said it should be fairly inexpensive to repair and I should have a functional shotgun when all is said and done and for that I am grateful because if I had to return it for repair or exchange I am not sure if that would have been impossible or not. I will keep everyone posted if any other issues are discovered with this shotgun.

I too have the same issue. I tried my two 5 round mags and one 10 round mags with a few different types of rounds. The weapon will not chamber a single round do to the half inch cap. You can however drop a shell in the tub one at a time. I fired off roughly 8 rounds this one when the next round i loaded it refused to fire at all. I again tried dropping in other types of shells which also did not fire. Up. Squeezing the trigger you if course hear the click from the firing pin but there was no response. I well reach out to panzer as well as speak with my local smith. Will keep thread updated and open to advice. Thanks

 

[Knuckles_McJerk]

I too have the same issue. I tried my two 5 round mags and one 10 round mags with a few different types of rounds. The weapon will not chamber a single round do to the half inch cap. You can however drop a shell in the tub one at a time. I fired off roughly 8 rounds this one when the next round i loaded it refused to fire at all. I again tried dropping in other types of shells which also did not fire. Up. Squeezing the trigger you if course hear the click from the firing pin but there was no response. I well reach out to panzer as well as speak with my local smith. Will keep thread updated and open to advice. Thanks

Panzer Arms should have a 1 year warranty. Contact your retail seller.

 

[MHolata]

Thanks alot! Once you have a AR12 Pro you can do the conversion properly. I had to get an adapter frabicated to make adjustable stock work with any AR15 buffer tube and stock.

Who did you get to fab your adapter? Those things are hard to find!

 

[Knuckles_McJerk]

Who did you get to fab your adapter? Those things are hard to find!

https://tripleffirearms.com/

 

[Zero5]

I too have the same issue. I tried my two 5 round mags and one 10 round mags with a few different types of rounds. The weapon will not chamber a single round do to the half inch cap. You can however drop a shell in the tub one at a time. I fired off roughly 8 rounds this one when the next round i loaded it refused to fire at all. I again tried dropping in other types of shells which also did not fire. Up. Squeezing the trigger you if course hear the click from the firing pin but there was no response. I well reach out to panzer as well as speak with my local smith. Will keep thread updated and open to advice. Thanks

Panzer AR-12 gen 3. I have the "no fire" issue also. I've taken it apart, cleaned, lubed and reassembled several times. It always fires the 1st shell, after that you have a 50/50 chance of firing or just hearing the hammer drop. I only use heavy loads and have no issues with cycling, just the dry fire click.

 

[Knuckles_McJerk]

I just bought one of these and would like to know if anyone else here has had any experience shooting one and could give me some info on how you thought it performed? I plan to go to the range this weekend to shoot mine but I was wanting to see if someone here has had a good bit of time to shoot this gun and what they think of it. Also I am guessing it is fairly new gun since I cannot find any reviews of it on youtube just a video made by a seller about getting them in stock.

I had one.

I loved it. It felt solid.

I say had because I sold it. I sold it ONLY because at standard PanzerAR12 has an affixed stock to the lower and it was to long for me. Thats it. (The Pro series has a third party stock conversion kit from https://tripleffirearms.com/shop). I did have some cycling issues with light loads DURING break in period just to test what load would do what. I didn't fully break it in, so I cant say if the cycling issues corrected itself. The guy I sold it to is an acquaintance and he said he loves it, and hes a gun enthusiast. Take all that as you will, but I felt it was great, if not a little heavy.

 

[Jordan9MM]

I hear they jam a lot, any panzer. But I have personally been very interested in the bp-12 but definitely need to run a lot of money pounds thru it to break it in

 

[A7VGEL]

Anyone know where to buy replacement parts for this. Im looking for the Bolt Carrier Fixing Tube.

 

[macattack]

Its a Auto Loader...SO... It has a Compensator Spring in it, "ala Bolt Ejection spring" ... Also you can buy for $16.00 a 10% reduced Power Spring that will insure Lighter Loads will function reliably... (buy at Tooth & Nail Armory)(its painted RED)

I have a gen 4 ar12 that only ejects high power shells and it's rough on the sholder. Will this spring help on the gen 4 ar12 ??

 

[Necro1775]

I ordered mine from DK Firearms for $375. When I received it it was a brick. Was unable to chamber even 1 round. The problems was the shell guide. There is a small switch similar to the safety on the left side of the lower just ablve the magazine. This switch controls the guide that guides the shell from the magazine to the barrel. When the switch is in the vertical position it is in the down position to facilitate removing the barrel when tearing it down for cleaning. When it is in the horizontal position it is supposed to be in the up position making contact with the barrel acting as a guide for the shells as they enter the barrel for firing. Mine malfunctions and does not make contact with the barrel. Instead it is about half an inch away from the barrel even when the switch is fully horizontal. Therefore when you pull the charging handle back to chamber a round, the round jams against the guide and goes nowhere. I contacted DK firearms and was told to contact PW Arms. I tried several times with no answer and no way to leave a message so I gave up. I took the shotgun to a gunsmith today and he said he can repair the faulty part so all will work out fine however obviously quality control is a big issue with the manufacturer of these firearms and support and warranty work is apparently non existent. The gunsmith said it should be fairly inexpensive to repair and I should have a functional shotgun when all is said and done and for that I am grateful because if I had to return it for repair or exchange I am not sure if that would have been impossible or not. I will keep everyone posted if any other issues are discovered with this shotgun.

I am having the SAME issue. I ordered the panzer ar12 kmr model and right out the box wouldnt feed any kind of shell, but would shoot if you manually placed the shell in the chamber. I plan to bring mine in to a gunsmith next week but what exactly did he say was the issue was?

 

[THE-GUN-NUT]

Can anyone tell me how do Identify the different generations and Pro model of the panzer AR12? Thank you all in advance.

 

[MGold]

I just bought one of these and would like to know if anyone else here has had any experience shooting one and could give me some info on how you thought it performed? I plan to go to the range this weekend to shoot mine but I was wanting to see if someone here has had a good bit of time to shoot this gun and what they think of it. Also I am guessing it is fairly new gun since I cannot find any reviews of it on youtube just a video made by a seller about getting them in stock.

I just bought one of these and would like to know if anyone else here has had any experience shooting one and could give me some info on how you thought it performed? I plan to go to the range this weekend to shoot mine but I was wanting to see if someone here has had a good bit of time to shoot this gun and what they think of it. Also I am guessing it is fairly new gun since I cannot find any reviews of it on youtube just a video made by a seller about getting them in stock.

I bought a Gen4 and was worried about the cycling issues. It would only eject 1600fps slugs. Then I tried switching from the included #5 choke to the #1 full choke and shot 00 buck, #3, and #4 shot through it. The shells ejected just fine. I guess the #5 choke didn’t create enough pressure with shot. Not sure I like having to switch choke tubes every time I want to switch rounds…

 

[Twotoke]

Does anyone know if there has been a youtube video made on how to swap this stock out to adjustable. I cant find any info out there on doing this. I did see a members post with the JB weld and its great i just need more detailed instructions. Any help is much appreciated.

Just go onto ar-shotgun.com or google triple F either one will bring up ar-shotgun.com they make the adapter for several, if not all generation models, and for other manufacturers as well. When you get the adapter, it will come with model specific, detailed instructions that make it super easy!! Mine is the Gen4 with polymer stock. Here's some before and after pics of the stock upgrade as well as my own tiger striping added and some other additional aftergoodies.

 

[JamesBond007]

Some modifications

Looks great man, where did you find that muzzle brake and the other mods?

 

[JamesBond007]

Some modifications

Just go onto ar-shotgun.com or google triple F either one will bring up ar-shotgun.com they make the adapter for several, if not all generation models, and for other manufacturers as well. When you get the adapter, it will come with model specific, detailed instructions that make it super easy!! Mine is the Gen4 with polymer stock. Here's some before and after pics of the stock upgrade as well as my own tiger striping added and some other additional aftergoodies. View attachment 125910 View attachment 125911

Nice look man, mine is the exact same colorway and ive been thinking about changing it up, that’s not bad at all though.. what did you do to get those stripe looks?

 

[RobU]

Thanks for telling me what ammo works well.
Which gas system bushing do you use? The low velocity one installed by the factory, or high velocity one that also comes in the box?

Bought mine a couple of weeks ago and took it to the range the other day. Man, what a beast. Here's what I found:

--Birdshot target loads won't even cycle the action - no ejection at all. This is not totally unexpected.
--Surprisingly, the round I was going to use for home defense, the Winchester Super-X 3" #00, would not feed reliably - hung up about every third shot - but the Super-X 2-3/4" #00 had no issues, even from the (MKA 1919) 10-round magazine.
--The Remington 2-3/4" #4 were also perfectly reliable.
--Brenneke 2-3/4" 1 oz. K.O. slugs also cycled perfectly.


I ended up buying four boxes of the Remingtons and loading up both 5-round mags and the 10-round mag with them.

I added a Ade Advanced Optics LS003G on the lower pic rail. Has a tac light and green laser and won't break the bank.

For transport, this Plano All Weather Tactical Gun Case, 42-Inch, was perfect.

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I've heard don't buy the Promag 10-round magazines because they are too tight. The MKA 1919 magazine is flawless in this gun. Bought mine at Atlantic.