IL-81

The reloading mechanism is a longitudinally sliding fore-end (“pump-action” reloading).

The barrel is locked by a sliding bolt, which engages with the barrel clutch by means of a swinging wedge. With this method of locking, the receiver does not perceive the pressure of powder gases, which made it possible to make it from an aluminum alloy. The locking wedge and the movement of the shutter are controlled by a special slider connected to the forend through the rod. When reloading, the forearm slides along the outer surface of the tubular underbarrel magazine.

The IZH-81 and IZH-81M cartridges are fed from the under-barrel tubular magazine, while the rifles of the first years of production had a magazine capacity of 4 rounds ^[1] . Since 1995, all IZH-81 models began to be produced with a store of increased capacity: for the IZH-81 model it has seven rounds, and for IZH-81M it has six.

The IZH-81K and IZH-81KM cartridges are fed from a detachable box magazine with a capacity of 4 cartridges (another cartridge can be charged into the chamber) ^[2] .

Warranty weapon life is 10,000 shots ^[1] .

IZH-81 shotguns were produced in several different modifications and versions:

• IZH-81 - a hunting rifle chambered for 12/70 mm with a barrel length of 700 mm and a permanent stock ^[1]

• IZH-81M - modification of IZH-81 chambered for 12/76 mm Magnum

• IZH-81 "Jaguar" - a model for security and police structures with a shortened barrel to 560 mm, a pistol grip and no stock. The total length of the gun is 800 mm.
• IZH-81 “Fox Terrier” is a model for security and police structures with a barrel shorter than 600 mm, a pistol grip and a folding plastic butt from an AK-74M assault rifle .
• IZH-81K - model chambered for 12/70 mm with a barrel length of 700 mm with a detachable 4-charge box magazine ^[2]

• IZH-81KM - modification of IZH-81K chambered for 12/76 mm Magnum

• MP-151 - self-loading shotgun based on IZH-81. The decision to develop this model was made in 1997, the first prototype was made in 1998, and in 1999 the MP-151 demo was presented at the IWA-99 arms exhibition in Nuremberg, but a decision was subsequently made to produce the MP self-loading shotgun -153 based on the design of MP-133 ^[4] .

•   Bangladesh - a batch of IL-81 purchased for the police ^[5]
•   Bosnia and Herzegovina - IL-81 is in service with the Bosna police special forces of the Ministry of the Interior of Bosnia and Herzegovina ^[6] .
•   Kazakhstan - a gun adopted by the customs authorities ^[7] , used by private security agencies ^[8] .
•   Russia - the gun is certified as a civilian weapon ^[9] ; from August 14, 1992 ^[10] to March 1, 2006 ^[11] it was allowed to be used as official weapons by private security agencies .

• as of the beginning of 2000, IL-81 was the most common gun used by employees of Russian private security structures and security services ^[12]

1. ↑ ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7} IZH-81 // A.I. Of the good news. What They Shoot From The CIS: A Handbook of Small Arms. / under the general ed. A.E. Taras. Minsk, Harvest, 2000. pp. 544-565
2. ↑ ^{1 2 3} A.V. Kuzminsky. Weapons for the hunter: a practical guide / ed. A. E. Tarasa M., LLC AST Publishing House, 2002. p. 217
3. ↑ Nikolai Aksenov. Novelties-2000 // The Arms magazine, No. 8, 2000. pp. 20-28
4. ↑ Alexander Kalugin, Marat Sibiryakov. Self-loading "Izhmeha": from design to production // journal "Kalashnikov. Weapons. Ammunition. Equipment", No. 9, 2012. pp. 34-36
5. ↑ Kalashnikov magazine. Arms, ammunition, equipment, No. 2, 2000
6. ↑ Zoran Milosevic. Foreign Special Forces: Bosna: Police Special Forces // Bratishka magazine, February 2013
7. ↑ Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 65 dated January 22, 2004 “On the approval of categories of customs officials who exercise the functions of law enforcement agencies in accordance with legislative acts vested with the right to carry, store and use firearms, lists of types of firearms and ammunition and special means applied by customs officials ”
8. ↑ Armament Archived copy of September 14, 2013 on the Wayback Machine / website of the private security company LLP “Korgau kyzmeti” (Kazakhstan)
9. ↑ " 2.3.2. Hunting firearms smooth-bore ... 16. Single-barreled multiple-shotgun IZH-81 cal. 12/70; 12/76 "
   Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1207-r dated August 3, 1996 "List of service and civilian weapons and ammunition to it, entered in the State Cadastre of service and civilian weapons"
10. ↑ Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 587 of 08/14/1992, "Issues of private detective and security activities"
11. ↑ " 3. To establish that firearms acquired in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation by non-state (private) security companies prior to the entry into force of this resolution and not included in the list of weapons of guards, approved by the Government of the Russian Federation of August 14, 1992 N 587 (as amended by this resolution) may be in service with the guards until March 1, 2006. "
    Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 179 of April 4, 2005
12. ↑ Igor Skrylev. The private security guard's rifle reserve: from Bekas to Saigi // Security World, April 2000, pp. 50-51

• Mikhail Dragunov. Magazine smooth-bore gun IZH-81 // magazine "Master-gun", No. 7/8, 1996. pp. 16-26

• Baikal IZH-81 / Internet Movie Firearms Database (use in motion pictures)
• Izh-81, Izh-81K / Modern Small Arms