New CZ 1012 Auto-loading Shotgun
BY Herschel Smith
4 years, 8 months ago
The CZ 1012 line of gas-less semi-automatic shotguns is not only new to the company but fairly new to the market at such a reasonable price point, with MSRP on our test CZ 1012 All-Weather set at only $690.
Rather than cycling the action using dirty gases, CZ uses a spring within the bolt assembly to harness energy during the shotgun’s recoil motion, and then essentially re-uses this energy a split second later to both rotate and unlock the twin lugs from the barrel extension. This withdraws the spent shell and feeds the next round.
While the majority of semi-automatic shotguns are cycled with the gases generated through the gas system, the 1012 takes a page brought to popularity by Benelli and their Inertia Drive. Inertia scatterguns have been around for years, but that technology generally comes at a much higher cost.
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If you’re still thinking the system may be too good to be true, especially for the price, the proof is in the pudding—or in this case—in the Guinness Book of World Records. For reference, the new 1012 action was the one used by competitive shooter David Miller and his hand-selection team of four youngsters to break the Guinness world record.
Together, they fired 20,425 Aguila shotguns shells through nine guns over 12 hours. They smashed the previous record by busting 14,167 clays, with one shooter using the same shotgun for the span of the event. The others only switched once.
I really like the cammo gun they’ve built. If I heard her correctly, she said the patent on the intertial system expired and CZ apparently took advantage of that.
It’s nice to see a moderately priced auto-loader. This gun might be in my plans for the future.
On April 2, 2020 at 8:33 am, George said:
looks like they snapped up the Benelli system. I have a Benelli M2. It is lightweight and utterly reliable.
This CZ should be a cracker jack shotgun. price is great.
On April 2, 2020 at 10:03 am, sawman said:
Very nice shotgun. I checked and Classic Firearms has the camo gun in stock for $589.77 which is a real good price. I just might add one to my gun safe. Thanks for the heads up.
On April 2, 2020 at 4:41 pm, Sanders said:
Better price point than the Beretta 1301.
I may consider this, since I’ve really gotten to enjoy semi-auto shotguns with the purchase of a Beretta Outlander, which is gas operated, and have been thinking about a semi-auto for home defense, instead of the 590 pump.
On April 2, 2020 at 4:49 pm, Sanders said:
Nevermind. Made in Turkey is a deal killer for me. I won’t buy a muzzie-made firearm.
I’ll just keep drooling over the Beretta (American made).
On April 2, 2020 at 9:52 pm, Herschel Smith said:
@Sanders,
Apparantly the Beretta has some oddities with it.
https://www.saysuncle.com/2018/05/28/more-shotgun-noob/
But I’m not a shotgun aficionado.