CALIBER – 18.5x76mmR (12 gauge 3 inch) magnum or 18.5x70mmR (12 gauge 2 ¾ in) loads
OVERALL LENGTH – 40 in
BARREL LENGTH – 47 cm (18.5 in)
RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – Smoothbore
CHOKE – Improved cylinder, Interchangeable, screw-in chokes, Skeet, Improved cylinder, Modified, Improved modified, and Full
LOAD – 76mm (3 inch) Magnum 00 Buckshot
BULLET (PELLET) DIAMETER – 8.4 mm (0.33 in)
BULLET (PELLET) WEIGHT – 3.5 g (54 grains)
NUMBER OF PELLETS – 15
MUZZLE VELOCITY – 343 m/s (1124 fps)
MUZZLE ENERGY – 3090 j (2272 ft/lb)
MUZZLE ENERGY PER PELLET – 206 j (151 ft/lb)
WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 3.54 kg (7 lb 12.9 oz)
WEIGHT (LOADED) – 4.03 kg (8 lb 14 oz) with 6 rounds 76mm (3 in) + 1 in chamber (7 rounds)
SIGHTS – Open, Iron, Adjustable, Front sight – Blade, Rear Sight – Aperture, adjustable for windage and elevation
EFFECTIVE RANGE – 40 m (44 yards), 150 m (164 yards) with rifled slugs
OPERATION – Gas, ARGO (Auto-Regulating Gas Operated) system
TYPE OF FIRE – Semiautomatic
RATE OF FIRE – 28 rpm
FEED DEVICE – Six 76 mm (3 in) or seven 70 mm (2 ¾ in) round tubular underbarrel magazine plus one round in chamber – seven 76 mm (3 in), or eight 70 mm (2 ¾ in) rounds total
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.49 kg (1 lb 1.3 oz) Seven rounds 76 mm (3 in)
BASIC LOAD – 25 rounds (1 box)
LOAD WEIGHT – 1.75 kg (3 lb 13.7 oz)
MANUFACTURER – Benelloi Armi SpA, Via della Stazione 50, Urbino (Pesaro)
STATUS – In production
SERVICE – Military and Law Enforcement world-wide, commercial sales
