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The SPAS-12 was designed from the ground up as a rugged military shotgun, and it was named the Special Purpose Automatic Shotgun. In 1990, Franchi renamed the shotgun the Sporting Purpose Automatic Shotgun, which allowed continued sales to the United States as a limited-magazine-capacity, fixed-stock model until 1994.
Depiction of Auto-5 in 1909 catalog. The Browning Auto-5 was the first mass-produced semi-automatic shotgun. Designed by John Browning in 1898 and patented in 1900, [4] it was produced continually for almost 100 years by several makers with production ending in 1998.
Ithaca Gun Company: 10 gauge: SA SG Tubular magazine United States: 1975 K12 Puma [15] Norinco: 12 gauge: SA SG Detachable box magazine China: M12 [16] [17] JTS Group 12 gauge: SA SG Detachable box magazine United States: MAUL (shotgun) Metal Storm: 12 gauge: SA SG Preloaded tube Australia: Mossberg 930: O.F. Mossberg & Sons: 12 gauge: SA SG ...
The 48 AL is a semi-automatic shotgun manufactured by Luigi Franchi S.p.A. The gun is available in 12 gauge, 20 gauge and 28 gauge. It uses a patented action that John Browning developed for the Browning Auto-5. [2] Rounds are cycled through long recoil. [3] Factory models are equipped with walnut stocks and forends.
The Franchi SPAS-15, a smoothbore shotgun, used by the Italian Army. The weapon is based on the SPAS-12 , and has similar pump-action / semi-automatic firing modes. In semi-automatic mode, a gas piston drives a bolt carrier and rotating bolt.
Semi-automatic shotguns use gas operation, blowback, or recoil operation to cycle the action, eject the empty shell, and load another round. [2] The first semi-automatic shotgun was the Automatic-5 by Browning. [3] [1] Many semi-automatic shotguns also provide an optional manual means of operation such as by pump action or a charging handle.
The Remington Model 58, also known as the Sportsman 58, is a semi-automatic shotgun manufactured by Remington Arms in the mid-20th century. It was Remington's first gas operated shotgun and was marketed alongside the recoil operated Model 11-48.
The shotgun is still being manufactured by S&T Daewoo (now SNT Motiv) in Korea for military and law enforcement sales only. [ citation needed ] [ 5 ] A U.S. firearms manufacturer, Ameetec Arms LLC of Scottsdale, Arizona , started the manufacture of a USAS-12 semi-automatic clone in 2007, called the WM-12; it mainly differs from the USAS-12 by ...