PA3/215

06-059-983

NAME – PA3/215

TYPE – Slide-action shotgun

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Italy

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1983

CALIBER – 18.5x70mmR (12 Gauge 2 3/4 in)

OVERALL LENGTH – 47 cm (18.5 in) with Stock folded, 71.5 cm (28.1 in) with Stock extended

BARREL LENGTH – 21.5 cm (8.46 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 – 285 m/s (935 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 1374 j (1013 ft/lb

MUZZLE ENERGY PER PELLET – 153 j (113 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 2.70 kg (5 lb 15.2 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 2.89 kg (6 lb 5.9 oz) with 4 rounds, 3 in magazine, + 1 in chamber

SIGHTS – None

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 30 m (33 yards)

OPERATION – Manual, Slide-action

TYPE OF FIRE – Repeating

RATE OF FIRE – 12 rpm

FEED DEVICE- 3 round tubular underbarrel magazine

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.186 kg (6.6 oz) 4-rounds

BASIC LOAD – 12 rounds

LOAD WEIGHT – 0.744 kg (1 lb 10.4 oz)

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

STATUS – Out of production

SERVICE – Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza (NOCS) and the Poliza de Stato  (Central Security Operations Service and the State Police of Italy), Law enforcement sales

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