IZh-54

The IZh-54 (ИЖ-54) is a Soviet double-barreled shotgun.

History
IZh-54 was designed in 1951-1954, since 1954 began its serial production.

Since 1961, a new varnish with improved characteristics has been used to protect the wooden parts of the gun.

In December 1964, the price of one standard IZh-54 was 90 roubles. The price of one custom IZh-54 shotgun (with engravings, walnut stock and walnut fore-end) was between 170 and 250 roubles.

In total, 477 695 IZh-54 shotguns were made from 1954 to 1969 and more than seventy thousands of them were sold to foreign countries.

It was the first shotgun of the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant that was sold abroad in large quantities.

In January 1980, a detachable diopter sight was proposed for IZh-54 shotguns.

Design
IZh-54 is a side by side hammerless smoothbore shotgun.

It has a walnut or beech stock and fore-end. It has a chrome-plated bores made from 50А steel (GOST 5160-49). Mainsprings were made from chromium-vanadium steel 50ХФА (GOST 4543-48).

Variants

 * IZh-57 (ИЖ-57) - 16 gauge variant, since 1957

Users

 * USSR
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - unknown number of shotguns were sold as civilian hunting weapon
 * 🇺🇸 USA - the import was allowed