IZh-27


The IZh-27 is a double-barreled shotgun.

History

IZh-27 was designed in early 1970s as a successor to the IZh-12, and began serial production in 1972.
In 1985, IZh-27 and TOZ-34 were the most common hunting shotguns in the Soviet Union. Also, a number of these shotguns were sold in foreign countries.
In the 1990s, the production of the IZh-27MM variant began.
In January 2004, a contract was signed between Remington Arms and the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant. In 2005 Remington Arms began importing IZh-27 shotguns from Russia, marketed and distributed as the Remington Spartan 310. Remington ceased importing the shotgun in 2009.
In September 2008, IZh-27 was renamed into MP-27. Over 1.5 million IZh-27 shotguns were made.

Design

IZh-27 is an over and under hammerless shotgun, with one barrel above the other.
It has a walnut or beech stock and fore-end.

Variants