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
