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The Baikal MP-153 is a 12 gauge gas-operated semi-automatic shotgun manufactured by Kalashnikov Concern (originally 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.
Since 1960, Izhmekh supplied hunting shotguns for export under the trademark "Baikal". The first model that began to sell for export was IZh-54 [2] In 1973 plant began production of PSM pistol, in 1978 - IZh-35 pistols. In 1982, the plant produced a small number of double barreled shotguns IZh-41. [3]
The Remington Spartan 100 is a single-shot, break-action shotgun. It is a variant of a classical Russian IZh-18 shotgun manufactured by Izhevsk Mechanical Plant for export under trademark "Baikal", in Izhevsk, Russia. [2] It was marketed and distributed by Remington. [3] The Spartan 100 accepts 2 + 3 / 4 -inch or 3-inch shotgun shells.
In 1985, the IZh-18EM shotgun was awarded the golden medal of the International Fair Plovdiv. [10] Since March 2018 ZAO "Техкрим" began to produce a detachable 520mm barrel ТК600 for IZh-18 shotguns. With TK600 barrel this gun can shoot .366 TKM cartridges. [6] Unknown number of IZh-18 shotguns were sold in foreign countries. [3]
In total, 477 695 IZh-54 shotguns were made [1] from 1954 to 1969 [2] and more than seventy thousands of them were sold to foreign countries. [4] [7] It was the first shotgun of the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant that was sold abroad in large quantities. [4] In January 1980, a detachable diopter sight was proposed for IZh-54 shotguns. [8]
IZh-58 (ИЖ-58) - first model [1] In total, 642,000 IZh-58 shotguns were made in 1958-1971 and 73 thousands of them were sold to other countries [8]; IZh-58M (ИЖ-58М) - second model, since 1970 [1] In total, 235,000 IZh-58M shotguns were made in 1970-1976 and 115 thousands of them were sold to other countries [8]
The number of privately made firearms, or ghost guns, recovered from crime and accident scenes nationwide has exploded into an epidemic in recent years, up nearly 17-fold between 2017 and 2023 ...
In 1990s and even in year 2000 IZh-81 was the most common shotgun in private security companies in Russia. [3] In 1997, work began on creating a semi-automatic shotgun based on the design of IZh-81. In 1998, first MP-151 shotgun was made. After tests and trials, in 1999 this shotgun was presented at the "IWA-99" arms exhibition in Nuremberg ...