Saiga 12
Name: Saiga 12
Model: Izhmash Saiga 12 Shotgun
Caliber: 12 gauge
Type: shotgun
Scale: character
Skill: firearms
Ammo: 2, 5, 8, or 10
Ammo Container: magazine
Weight: 3.6kg
Cost: $735
Ammo Cost per Round: $0.49
Availability: 3
Fire Mode: semiautomatic
Rate of Fire: 2, 5, 8, or 10 per round
Range: 1-10 / 48 / 95 m
Damage: 6D+1 (slug)
Capsule: The Saiga-12 is a Kalashnikov-pattern 12 gauge combat shotgun available in a wide range of configurations. Like the Kalashnikov rifle variants, it is a rotating bolt, gas-operated gun that feeds from a box magazine. All Saiga-12 configurations are recognizable as Kalashnikov-pattern guns by the large lever-safety on the right side of the receiver, the optic mounting rail on the left side of the receiver and the large top-mounted dust cover held in place by the rear of the recoil spring assembly.
The looser clearances offered in an AK style design result in high reliability—an enormous boon on a semi-automatic shotgun, as this class of weapon had previously tended towards unreliability.