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NAME – Stevens Model 77E Sawed-off

TYPE – Slide-action sawed-off shotgun

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – circa 1964

CALIBER – 18.5x70mm (12 gauge 2 ¾ inch)

OVERALL LENGTH – 64.4 cm (25.4 in)

BARREL LENGTH – 44.5 cm (17.5 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – Smoothbore

CHOKE – Cylinder bore

LOAD – 00 Buck

BULLET (PELLET) DIAMETER – 8.3 mm (0.33 in)

BULLET (PELLET) WEIGHT – 3.5 g (54 grains)

NUMBER OF PELLETS – 9

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 376 m/s (1232 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 2227 j (1638 ft/lb)

MUZZLE ENERGY PER PELLET – 247 j (182 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 1.66 kg (3 lb 10.6 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 1.87 kg (4 lb 2 oz)

SIGHTS – None

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 30 m (33 yards)

OPERATION – Manual

TYPE OF FIRE – Slide-action repeater

RATE OF FIRE – 20 rpm

FEED DEVICE – Four round tubular underbarrel magazine 5 rounds with one in chamber

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.21 kg (7.4 oz) 5 rounds

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – 25 rounds (1 box)

LOAD WEIGHT – 1.29 kg (2 lb 13.5 oz)

MANUFACTURER – J. Stevens Arms Co., Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts – Field modified in Vietnam

STATUS – Out of production

SERVICE – U.S. Military individual use