06-059-979

NAME – SPAS-12 (Special [Sporting] Purpose Automatic Shotgun)

TYPE – Dual-action Slide action or Semiautomatic Shotgun

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN –

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1979

CALIBER – 18.5x70mmR (12 Gauge 2 ¾ inch)

OVERALL LENGTH – 78.7 cm (31 in) with stock folded, 104 cm (41 in) with stock extended

BARREL LENGTH – 54.6 cm (21.5 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – Smoothbore

CHOKE – Improved Cylinder (standard) Interchangable screw-on chokes available

LOAD – 00 Buckshot

LOAD WEIGHT – 34.2 g (522 grains)

PELLET DIAMETER – 8.6 mm (0.34 in)

NUMBER OF PELLETS – 9

WEIGHT OF PELLET – 3.8 g (58 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 365 m/s (1197 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 2252 j (1661 ft/lb)

MUZZLE ENERGY PER PELLET – 250 j (185 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 3.68 kg (8 lb 1.8 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 4.10 kg (9 lb 0.6 oz) with 8 rounds in magazine + 1 round in chamber

SIGHTS – Open, Iron, fixed, Front sight – Blade, Rear sight – Non-adjustable aperture

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 37 m (40 yards)

OPERATION – Gas operated semiautomatic or manual slide-action

TYPE OF FIRE – Semiautomatic or slide-action repeating

RATE OF FIRE – 27 rpm, 4 rounds in 1 second on semiautomatic

FEED DEVICE – 8 round tubular underbarrel magazine

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.42 kg (14.8 oz) 8 rounds in magazine + 1 round in chamber

BASIC LOAD – 25 rounds (1 box)

LOAD WEIGHT – 1.16 kg (2 lb 8.9 oz)

MANUFACTURER – Luigi Franchi SpA, Via del Serpente 12, Brescia, Italy, Now a branch of Beretta Inc

STATUS – Out of production

SERVICE – Military and Police Forces (Egypt), EKO Cobra counter terrorist forces (Austria), GATE Special Forrces (Brazil), GIGN (France), KomandoPasukanKatic (Kopaska Special Forces (Indonesia), Special Operations Force (Malasia), additional Special Military and Law Enforcement sales, commercial sales