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NAME – Remington 7188 Mark I

Remington 7180 Mark I

TYPE – Gas-operated, Select-fire Shotgun

7180 – Gas Operated Semiautomatic Shotgun

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1967

CALIBER – 18.5x70mmR (12 Ga 2 3\4 in)

OVERALL LENGTH – 104 cm (40.94 in)

BARREL LENGTH – 51.4 cm (24.24 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – Smoothbore

CHOKE – Full

LOAD – XM162 00 Buck

PELLET DIAMETER – 8.6 mm (0.34 in)

NUMBER OF PELLETS – 9

WEIGHT OF PELLET – 3.8 g (58 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 382 m/s (1252 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY 2464 j (1817 ft/lb)

MUZZLE ENERGY PER PELLET – 274 j (202 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 3.86 kg (8lb 8 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 4.24 kg (9 lb 5.6 oz) fully loaded with 7 rounds in magazine + 1 in chamber, 8 rounds total

SIGHTS – Open, Iron, adjustable, Front sight – Blade, Rear sight – V notch adjustable for range and windage

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 37 m (40 yards)

OPERATION – Gas

TYPE OF FIRE – Selective, semiautomatic and full automatic

7180 – Semiautomatic only

RATE OF FIRE – Practical SS 24 rpm, A 35 rpm, Cyclic 420 rpm

7180 – 24 rpm

FEED DEVICE – 7 round tubular underbarrel magazine

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.38 kg (13.4 oz) 7 rounds in magazine, + 1 in chamber

BASIC LOAD – 20 rounds (2 boxes)

LOAD WEIGHT – 0.95 kg (2 lb 1.5 oz)

MANUFACTURER – Remington Arms Company, Inc. Illion, New York

STATUS – Obsolescent

SERVICE – Vietnam Special Operations units only

SHOT SPREAD AT 30 YDS (27 M) 22.5 in (57.2 cm)