Type Semi-automatic shotgun Designed 1997 & 1999 | Place of origin Russia Produced 2001- | |
Designer Chief Designer Alexander U. Dorf Manufacturer Izhevsk Mechanical Plant | ||
The Baikal MP-153 is a 12 gauge gas-operated semi-automatic shotgun manufactured by the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant in Russia.
Contents
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-81. 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
The developers retained characteristics from the IZH-81:-