Baikal MP-153 explained
| Baikal MP-153 |
| Origin: | Russia |
| Type: | Semi-automatic shotgun |
| Is Ranged: | yes |
| Designer: | Chief Designer Alexander U. Dorf |
| Design Date: | 1997 & 1999 |
| Production Date: | 2001- present |
| Number: | 500,000 (2011) |
| Manufacturer: | Kalashnikov Concern |
| Variants: | wood
polymer black
polymer camo |
| Weight: | wood stock 3.45kg (07.61lb) polymer stock 3.5kg (07.7lb) |
| Length: | 1250mm with 750mm barrel |
| Part Length: | 610mm to 750mm |
| Cartridge: | 12 gauge |
| Action: | Semi-Automatic |
| Feed: | Three- or five-round tubular magazine |
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]
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]
In November 2010, 500,000 shotguns were produced, and their production continued.[3]
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]
Related firearms
- Baikal MP-133
- Baikal MP-155[4]
Users
Museum exhibits
- one MP-153 shotgun is in collection of Tula State Arms Museum in Tula Kremlin[8]
Sources
- "American Rifleman", February 2001
- Виктор Гуров, мастер спорта по стендовой стрельбе. Ижевское MP-153 на стенде и на охоте // журнал "Оружие", No. 3, 2003. стр.38-43
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: MP-153 & MP-153C Semi-Automatic Guns. 25 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140228123347/http://imzcorp.com/en/company/95.html. 28 February 2014. dead.
- Web site: IZH Press Release March 2011. 23 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140323140252/http://imzcorp.com/res_en/0_hfile_394_1.pdf. 23 March 2014. dead.
- Евгений Александров. Тираж - полмиллиона // журнал «Калашников. Оружие. Боеприпасы. Снаряжение», No. 2, 2011. стр.40-43
- Web site: MP-155 Semi-Automatic Gun. 25 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20130923133902/http://imzcorp.com/en/company/315.html. 23 September 2013. dead.
- «2.1.1.2-1/020 Ружье охотничье самозарядное МР-153»
Указ Президента Республики Беларусь № 71 от 13 февраля 2003 года «Об утверждении Положения о порядке ведения и издания Государственного кадастра служебного и гражданского оружия и боеприпасов и Положения о порядке проведения сертификации служебного и гражданского оружия и боеприпасов» (редакция от 10 июля 2015 г.)
- «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"
- Виктор Рон. MP-153 - ижевское самозарядное // журнал "Оружие", № 5, 2015. стр. 64-65
- "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
Belarus - is allowed as civilian hunting weapon[5]
Kazakhstan[6]
United States - Remington Spartan 453