title: IZh-27
text: # IZh-27
  
  The IZh-27 (ИЖ-27) is a double-barreled shotgun.
  
  ## History
  
  IZh-27 was designed in early 1970s as a successor to the IZh-12. The first standard serial shotguns were made in 1972 and mass production began since 1973
  
  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 (IZh-27M chambered in 12/76 mm Magnum shotgun shells) began.
  
  In September 2008, IZh-27 was renamed into MP-27 (Mechanical Plant - 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.
  
  The chrome-plated barrels are made from heat-treated 50RA steel (сталь 50PA)
  
  It has a walnut or beech stock and fore-end. Some shotguns were equipped with rubber recoil pad.
  
  ## Variants
  
  * IZh-27 (ИЖ-27)
  
     * IZh-27-1S (ИЖ-27-1С) with a single selective trigger
  * IZh-27E (ИЖ-27Е), with automatic ejectors - since 1973
  
     * IZh-27E-1S (ИЖ-27Е-1С), with automatic ejectors and a single selective trigger - in 1976 it was awarded the golden medal of the Brno Exhibition
  * IZh-27ST (ИЖ-27СТ), with 760mm barrels 3.3 - 3.4 kg
  * IZh-27SK (ИЖ-27СK), with 660mm barrels 3.2 - 3.3 kg
  * IZh-27M (ИЖ-27М) In September 2008, it was renamed into MP-27M
  * IZh-27MM (ИЖ-27МM)
  
  ## Users
  
  * Soviet Union - was allowed as civilian hunting weapon
  * Belarus - is allowed as civilian hunting weapon
  * Bulgaria
  * Kazakhstan - is allowed as civilian hunting weapon
  * Moldova - is allowed as civilian hunting weapon
  * Russian Federation - is allowed as civilian hunting weapon
  * USA - European American Armory began importing IZh-27 shotguns from Russia in 1999. In January 2004, a contract was signed between Remington Arms (Madison, North Carolina) 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.
  