IZh-12


The IZh-12 is a Soviet double-barreled shotgun.

History

IZh-12 was designed in early 1960s as a successor to the IZh-59 "Sputnik", in 1962 first shotguns were made. Since 1963 began its serial production.
In January 1965, the price of one standard IZh-12 was 158 roubles. The price of one custom IZh-12 shotgun was between 250 and 270 roubles.
In 1967, a detachable diopter sight was proposed for IZh-12 shotguns.
In 1974, production was discontinued. In total, 311 633 shotguns have been made and 129 000 of them were sold to foreign countries.
In 1976, a new detachable diopter sight was proposed for IZh-12 shotguns.

Design

IZh-12 is an over and under hammerless shotgun, with one barrel above the other.
Both barrels are chromed and have chokes at the muzzle end.
It has a walnut or beech stock and fore-end.

Variants

IZh-15 - over/under combination gun with a rifled 5.6×39mm barrel over a 16 gauge smoothbore barrel. It has plastic or rubber recoil pad on its shoulder stock and can be equipped with optical sight

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