Baikal MP-153

Baikal MP-153
Type Semi-automatic shotgun
Place of origin  Russia
Production history
Designer Chief Designer Alexander U. Dorf
Designed 1997 & 1999
Manufacturer Izhevsk Mechanical Plant
Produced 2001-
Number built 500,000 (2011)
Variants wood
polymer black
polymer camo
Specifications
Weight wood stock 3.45 kilograms (7.6 lb) polymer stock 3.5 kilograms (7.7 lb)
Length 1,250 millimetres (49 in) with 750 millimetres (30 in) barrel
Barrel length 610 millimetres (24 in) to 750 millimetres (30 in)

Cartridge 12 gauge
Action Semi-Automatic
Feed system Three- or five-round tubular magazine

The Baikal MP-153 is a 12 gauge gas-operated semi-automatic shotgun manufactured by the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant in Russia.[1]

The shotgun is available with 12/76mm or 12/89mm chambers and either 610, 650, 710 or 750 mm barrels.

The MP-153 is manufactured with fixed choke available as Cylinder, Modified or Full variants, or with screw in chokes with Cylinder, Improved Cylinder, Modified, Improved Modified, Full and Extra Full variants available. Normally there are 3 or 4 chokes included with multi choke variants of the shotgun and a spanner that duplicates as a choke extractor and gas screw adjustor. Screw in chokes come as lead or steel proofed versions.

History

Development began in 1997 of a 12/70mm unit based on the IZH-81. With increasing market demand for 12/89mm guns, further development of a gun capable of firing light skeet and trap load as well as heavier magnum game loads commenced in February 1999[2]

The developers retained characteristics from the IZH-81:-

Related firearms

See also

References

  1. "MP-153 & MP-153C Semi-Automatic Guns". Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 "IZH Press Release March 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  3. "MP-155 Semi-Automatic Gun". Retrieved 25 February 2014.

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