06-059-981

NAME – LAW-12

TYPE – Semiautomatic shotgun

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Italy

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1981

CALIBER – 18.5x70mmR (12 Gauge 2 ¾ inch)

OVERALL LENGTH – 104 cm (41 in)

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) – 2.78 kg (6 lb 2.1 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 3.20 kg (7 lb 0.9 oz) with 8 rounds in magazine + 1 in chamber

SIGHTS – Front bead

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 37 m (40 yards)

OPERATION – Gas-operated

TYPE OF FIRE – Semiautomatic

RATE OF FIRE – 27 rpm

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 – Special Military and Police units world-wide, Commercial sales