Baikal MP-153

The Baikal MP-153 is a 12 gauge gas-operated semi-automatic shotgun manufactured by Kalashnikov Concern (originally by the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant) in Russia.[1]

Baikal MP-153
TypeSemi-automatic shotgun
Place of originRussia
Production history
DesignerChief Designer Alexander U. Dorf
Designed1997 & 1999
ManufacturerKalashnikov Concern
Produced2001-
No. built500,000 (2011)
Variantswood
polymer black
polymer camo
Specifications
Masswood stock 3.45 kilograms (7.6 lb) polymer stock 3.5 kilograms (7.7 lb)
Length1,250 millimetres (49 in) with 750 millimetres (30 in) barrel
Barrel length610 millimetres (24 in) to 750 millimetres (30 in)
Cartridge12 gauge
ActionSemi-Automatic
Feed systemThree- or five-round tubular magazine

The shotgun is available with 12/76mm or 12/89mm chambers and either 610, 650, 710 or 750 mm barrels.

The MP-153 is manufactured with fixed choke available as Cylinder, Modified or Full variants, or with screw in chokes with Cylinder, Improved Cylinder, Modified, Improved Modified, Full and Extra Full variants available. Normally there are 3 or 4 chokes included with multi choke variants of the shotgun and a spanner that duplicates as a choke extractor and gas screw adjustor. Screw in chokes come as lead or steel proofed versions.

History

Development began in 1997 of a 12/70mm unit based on the IZh-81M. With increasing market demand for 12/89mm guns, further development of a gun capable of firing light skeet and trap load as well as heavier magnum game loads commenced in February 1999[2]

The developers retained characteristics from the IZh-81:-

  • barrel locking by a single, retractable lug on the top of the bolt that cams into a recess cut into the barrel extension (analogous to the J.M. Browning patent) and applied in Remington 870 model and its semi-auto options;
  • under-barrel tube magazine.[2]
  • Baikal MP-133
  • Baikal MP-155[3]

Users

Museum exhibits
  • one MP-153 shotgun is in collection of Tula State Arms Museum in Tula Kremlin[6]
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References
  1. "MP-153 & MP-153C Semi-Automatic Guns". Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  2. "IZH Press Release March 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  3. "MP-155 Semi-Automatic Gun". Archived from the original on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  4. «Регистрационный номер: 2.3.2/056. Ружье одноствольное самозарядное охотничье МР-153»
    Постановление Правительства Республики Казахстан № 1367 от 25 декабря 2002 года "Об утверждении Государственного кадастра гражданского и служебного оружия и патронов к нему"
  5. Виктор Рон. MP-153 - ижевское самозарядное // журнал "Оружие", № 5, 2015. стр. 64-65
  6. "Имеются... современные модели Ижевского механического завода – одноствольные ружья ИЖ-18ЕМ-М, МР-153, двуствольные ружья"
    Оружие спортивное и охотничье / официальный сайт Тульского государственного музея оружия

Sources
  • Виктор Гуров, мастер спорта по стендовой стрельбе. Ижевское MP-153 на стенде и на охоте // журнал "Оружие", № 3, 2003. стр.38-43

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