06-059-979

NAME – SAS-12 (Slide Action Shotgun)

TYPE – Slide-action repeater

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Italy

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1979

CALIBER – 18.5x70mmR and 18.5x76mmR (12 gauge 2 ¾ and 3 in)

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 – 76 mm (3 in) Magnum 00 Buckshot

LOAD WEIGHT – 56.38 g (870 grains)

PELLET DIAMETER – 8.6 mm (0.34 in)

NUMBER OF PELLETS – 15

WEIGHT OF PELLET – 3.8 g (58 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 330 m/s (1083 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 3073 j (2266 ft/lb)

MUZZLE ENERGY PER PELLET – 205 j (142 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 3.08 kg (6 lb 12.6 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 3.72 kg (8 lb 3.1 oz) with 8 rounds in magazine + 1 in chamber

SIGHTS – Front bead

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 37 m (40 yards)

OPERATION – Manual slide-action

TYPE OF FIRE – Repeating

RATE OF FIRE – 24 rpm

FEED DEVICE- 8-round tubular underbarrel magazine

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.64 kg (1 lb 6.5 oz) 8 rounds in magazine + 1 round in chamber

BASIC LOAD – 25 rounds (1 box)

LOAD WEIGHT – 1.78 kg (3 lb 14.8 oz)

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

STATUS – Out of production

SERVICE – Law enforcement and commercial sales