The IZh-94 (also known as MP-94) is a Russian double-barreled shotgun.

History

IZh-94 was designed in 1992 as a successor to the IZh-27. In September 2008, all Izhevsk Mechanical Plant firearms were renamed and IZh-94 got the name MP-94 (Mechanical Plant-94).

Design

IZh-94 is an over and under

hammerless A hammerless firearm is a firearm that lacks an exposed hammer or hammer spur. Although it may not literally lack a hammer, it lacks a hammer that the user can pull directly. One of the disadvantages of an exposed hammer spur is the tendency t ...

shotgun, with one barrel above the other. The barrels are detachable. The weapon based on the design of IZh-27M shotgun It has a walnut or beech stock and fore-end. All variants of IZh-94 have iron sights and scope base for optical sight is available.

Variants

* IZh-94 (''ИЖ-94'') - smoothbore shotgun * IZh-94 "Sever" (''ИЖ-94 " Север"'') - combination gun, .20 gauge barrel over 5.6 mm rifled barrel (

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, .22 WMR or 5.6×39mm) * IZh-94 "Taiga" (''ИЖ-94 " Тайга"'') - combination gun, .12 gauge barrel (.12/70mm or .12/76 mm Magnum) over 7.62 mm caliber rifled barrel (

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.308 Winchester The .308 Winchester is a smokeless powder rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge widely used for hunting, target shooting, police, military, and personal protection applications globally. It is similar but not identical to the 7.62×51mm NATO ...

7.62×54mmR The 7.62×54mmR is a rimmed rifle cartridge developed by the Russian Empire and introduced as a service cartridge in 1891. Originally designed for the bolt-action Mosin–Nagant rifle, it was used during the late tsarist era and throughout th ...

) * IZh-94 "Express" (''ИЖ-94 "Экспресс"'') -

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* IZh-94 "Scout" (''ИЖ-94 "Скаут"'') - lightweight combination gun (2.76 kg),

.410 bore The .410 bore is one of the smallest caliber of shotgun shell commonly available (along with the 9mm Flobert rimfire cartridge, and the less common .22 rimfire shot shell). A .410 bore shotgun loaded with shot shells is well suited for small g ...

and .22 LR. The first rifle was introduced in January 2002.

Users

* - is allowed as civilian hunting weapon * - is allowed as civilian hunting weapon * - is allowed as civilian hunting weapon * - is allowed as civilian hunting weapon * - the import was allowed and IZh-94 were sold as the Remington SPR94

Museum exhibits

* one IZh-94 shotgun is in collection of Tula State Arms Museum in Tula Kremlin"''Имеются... современные модели Ижевского механического завода – одноствольные ружья ИЖ-18ЕМ-М, МР-153, двуствольные ружья ИЖ-27ЕМ, ИЖ-94 ''"Оружие спортивное и охотничье
/ официальный сайт Тульского государственного музея оружия

References

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Sources

* Ружьё охотничье комбинированное ИЖ-94. Паспорт ЕИФЮ.776313.002 ПС * ИЖ-94 // журнал "Мастер ружьё", № 9 (78), 2003.
Двуствольное комбинированное ружьё MP-94 Север
/ Izhevsk Mechanical Plant official website .22 LR firearms 5.6×39mm firearms 7.62×39mm firearms 7.62×54mmR firearms Double-barreled shotguns of Russia Combination guns Izhevsk Mechanical Plant products Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1993