I think a serbu supershorty would be better for home defense
yea having 17 more rounds is nice but if you cant take care of business at home with three rounds of 12gauge your in bigger trouble than you thought
Well yeah it would be fun to shoot, but what's the #1 priority for any self/home defense firearm? That it goes 'BANG!' every time. Something the Saiga is not known for. They are showing up in 3 gun competitions, but only after spending $2000-3000 making them run right/reliably. Sorry but I'd take a Benelli M4, Remington 870, Mossberg 500/590 any day of the week and twice on Sunday. Or all three, and still have money left over.
If you need/want more rounds, look at the KelTec KSG, though that is still somewhat unproven as well.
I don't own a Saiga yet, but it is in my want list. The Gun Rack had one last time I was in there, but it hasn't been converted yet & I'm not sure if I want to undertake that much modification on my own.
They do seem like they would be a ton of fun!
I'm running a Tromix Built Saiga 12. It runs great. Once Tony Rumore starts building/customizing MKA1919's; he's only making parts right now.