I bought this magazine primarily because I wanted to round out my collection of magazines for my Saiga 12 - my goal was to have at least one magazine in every capacity. To be completely honest, this magazine doesn't get a lot of use in my Saiga 12. It works, and works well, but it is typically overshadowed by my other magazines with higher capacities. I assume a 2 round magazine would be useful for skeet shooting, or something like that, if one were so inclined to use a Saiga for skeet. Also, if where you live or where you are visiting or transiting through has laws targeting "high capacity" magazines, then this could be of some use, depending on what the definition of "high capacity" is; there could be higher capacity magazines you could have that would still fall below that threshold. Plus, if you're somewhere that prohibits "high capacity" magazines, you may be in a place that prohibits other features on the Saiga 12.
The bottom line is I can't really think of a good, practical, purpose for this magazine capacity. Even my excuse for collecting a magazine in each capacity is admittedly very flimsy. Other than rounding out my collection, the only other benefits I can think of is that it's light (at the expense of capacity), and it's unique (which is as practically as a figurine or a doily). Aside from pontificating why it exists, and why I bought it, I will say this: I have had no feeding issues with it. Seems like it works fine. And given my positive experience ...
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