"The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good"
-George Washington
Go out and shoot. Enjoy yourself and Shoot slugs. Get used to full recoil. Dont start off with woosie loads. I say dont tear it apart. You dont need a lot of tear down to clean and oil. I think a lot of the little bit ches out there sh-it talking the KSG when out and tore it all apart before even knowing what they were doing. Messed it up. Then whined cause it wouldnt work.
Learn the action. Take !!! inert snap caps. !!!! And the pistol grip off. Load the gun and slide the slide back and watch how it feeds. Learn that all the action occurs at the last 3/4" of travel. The rest of the travel it to toss the hulls from and load the gun. But that last little bit makes having a new bang. Or a empty barrel.
Get a bore snake with brushes built into it. Dont go kungfu on cleaning. Its a shotgun. I got ???...750-800 rounds thru mine. In the last year. 250 the year before. Cleaned it twice complete tear down in 2-1/2-3 yrs.
Get use to the weight. Its not a 1ounce ar15. Its a 8-1/2 to 9 pound baby. And a lot of whinny bitches out there complain "its too heavy". I like the weight. Its light. But heavy. 12ga is heavy. Its very versatile. But limited in a lot of respects. But fu-cking powerful in a lot of other ways a 5.56 or .308 are not.
I am a big slug guy. Where others are super big on buckshot. But slugs to me are a 1oz impact delivering full inertia verse 1 / 9th the inertia of buck shot.
I say shoot it. Figure out what it likes to eat and you can afford to feed it.
12ga is fairly pricy. But its a solid investment. Watch gun trader or online sales of bulk. And stock up.
One box of 15 from Walmart isnt stocked up. But. If you just plan to closet the ksg then its more then plenty.
I figure every weapon you own you should have enough ammo for it to fight for three engagements. The US Army history records for engagements for the last 80yrs has average engagements at 75-120 rounds. With most modern being fewer. Because of close fire support. But for a average person. That should be plenty for a good while.
If you are a prepper. You'll do what you will. If your practical. You'll look at it that way too. If your a hobbyist. Then i hope you have a blast. And don't anticipate the recoil. Let it push you. Don't fight it. It will throw off your aim. The KSG is a fun shotgun. And get a limb-saver recoil pad. It helps.
Oh. And don't load it or aim it if you aren't ready to shoot something. Its a weapon. It will kill or harm sh-it if you mistreat it. Kinda like a that crazy x wife.