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
