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06-059-979
NAME – SPAS-12 (Special [Sporting] Purpose Automatic Shotgun)
TYPE – Dual-action Slide action or Semiautomatic Shotgun
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN –
DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1979
CALIBER – 18.5x70mmR (12 Gauge 2 ¾ inch)
OVERALL LENGTH – 78.7 cm (31 in) with stock folded, 104 cm (41 in) with stock extended
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) – 3.68 kg (8 lb 1.8 oz)
WEIGHT (LOADED) – 4.10 kg (9 lb 0.6 oz) with 8 rounds in magazine + 1 round in chamber
SIGHTS – Open, Iron, fixed, Front sight – Blade, Rear sight – Non-adjustable aperture
EFFECTIVE RANGE – 37 m (40 yards)
OPERATION – Gas operated semiautomatic or manual slide-action
TYPE OF FIRE – Semiautomatic or slide-action repeating
RATE OF FIRE – 27 rpm, 4 rounds in 1 second on semiautomatic
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 – Military and Police Forces (Egypt), EKO Cobra counter terrorist forces (Austria), GATE Special Forrces (Brazil), GIGN (France), KomandoPasukanKatic (Kopaska Special Forces (Indonesia), Special Operations Force (Malasia), additional Special Military and Law Enforcement sales, commercial sales
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