This thread is teetering on closure....
I shoot 6-7K a year at clays, maybe 100 shells at game in a good year. Some of my favorite shotguns cost less than $300, and they've held up well.
Of course, many of them are 870s, which defy the Glitch Gremlins.
6-7K loads a year is not much by competition standards. It's enough though, to weed out a few sub quality guns that I no longer own.
Shotguns of known reliability and longevity are not necessarily expensive. Brent's Mossbergs and my Remingtons are cases in point. So are Model 11s, 12s, A-5s, 311s, etc. With the exception of minty A-5s, all can be found for a few hundred and will last longer than any of us here.
Off brands are a crap shoot. I've had too many folks on the line have troubles with imported sub quality junk to think there's some great bargains out there that are made in Uzbekistan,etc. Others go the distance, at least for now, but who knows for how long?
Finally, I never shot skeet with a Saiga. I did take the one I had on loan to the range at PGC and shot Chinese Trap with the Geezer Squad. They got to shoot it a little and liked it.
The Geezers, G*d Bless them, are opinionated, elderly, and own shotguns like Model 21 Winchesters, Parker SxS 20 gauges and Model 12 trap guns. They tried a few shots each with that Saiga and liked it.
Snobs? No.
Shotgunners? Heck yes!!
neounceload
Okie id like to see a skeet shoot with a saiga too, but the down side is its designed to handle the heavy loads to cycle. Im not sure competition officials would feel comfortable o if you walk out on the field with it.