Saiga shotgun series

The Saiga shotgun series is a series of AK-derived civilian semi-automatic shotguns developed and manufactured by Izhmash (now known as Kalashnikov Concern). The Saiga is primarily manufactured in three different calibers: 12 gauge (Saiga 12 series), 20 gauge (Saiga 20 series), and .410 bore (Saiga .410 series).
Each of these three types of Saiga shotguns generally have three main variants:
* The unsuffixed base variant, with long barrel, fixed buttstock, and no pistol grip. This variant can also be manufactured with a quick-detachable buttstock and quick-detachable pistol grip.
* The S variant with long barrel, folding stock, and pistol grip.
* The K variant with short barrel, folding stock, and pistol grip. The civilian versions of the K variants are equipped with a trigger locking mechanism that prevents the trigger from being pulled when the stock is folded; this is because the Russian law prohibits shotguns with barrel lengths below 500 mm (20") and also overall lengths below 800 mm (32"), and the Saiga K variants go below the length limit when their stocks are folded, necessitating the safety block to follow Russian regulations. Police, military, and export variants of the K variants are not equipped with this mechanism.
Sporterized BATFE approved semi-auto versions of the Saiga shotgun were available for sale to civilians in the United States prior to various sanctions against Russia, and many clones of the design (of varying quality) are still sold. Media occasionally depicts Saiga shotguns as fully automatic or select-fire. No production version with such a feature exists, but such modification is possible.
==Specifications==
(1994 - Present)
* Type: Shotgun
*Caliber: 12 gauge (Saiga-12), 20 gauge (Saiga-20), .410 (Saiga .410)
*Operation: Gas operated, rotating bolt
*Barrel Length: 580 mm (22.8") (Saiga 12/12S); 430 mm (16.9") (Saiga 12K)
*Overall Length: 1145 mm (45.1") (Saiga 12); 1060/820 mm (41.7/32.3") (Saiga 12S, stock open/folded); 910/670 mm (35.8/26.4") (Saiga 12K, stock open/folded)
*Weight: 3.6 kg (7.9 lbs) (Saiga 12/12S); 3.5 kg (7.7 lbs) (Saiga 12K)
The Saiga shotgun series have been featured in the following video games and television series:
==Saiga 12==
=== Film ===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Notation 	Date
Russia 88 	 	Neo-Nazi 	12K 	2009
Gamer 	Terry Crews 	Hackman 	with removed buttstock, 10 inch barrel, and 20-round drum magazine 	2009
The Expendables 	Terry Crews 	Hale Caesar 	with removed buttstock, 10 inch barrel, and 20-round drum magazine 	2010
Gun (2010) 	50 Cent 	Rich Taylor 	Saiga 12K Converted to fully auto 	2010
Drive Angry 	Billy Burke 	Jonah King 	Fully Automatic with removed buttstock, 10 inch barrel, and 20-round drum magazine	2011
Contraband 	 	Gonzalo's thugs 	with buttstock, 10-inch barrel and 20-round straight magazines 	2012
The Baytown Outlaws 	Zoe Bell 	Rose 	20-round drum magazine, short barrel, no flash hider 	2012
The Baytown Outlaws 	Daniel Cudmore 	Lincoln 	20-round drum magazine, short barrel, no flash hider 	2012
The Avengers 	 	Loki's thugs 	Saiga-12K 	2012
Osombie 	 	Whiskey 	 	2012
The Last Stand 	 	Cartel gunmen 	with removed buttstock, 10-inch barrel, Aimpoint sight and 20-round drum magazine 	2013
Do Not Wake Me Up (Ne budi menya)	Roberto Fleites 	Bartender 	 	2020
Do Not Wake Me Up (Ne budi menya)	Vitaliy Krivonos	Ray 	 	2020
Extraction 2 	Megan Anderson 	Nagazi mercenary	 	2023
=== Television ===
Show Title / Episode 	Actor 	Character 	Notation 	Air Date
Burn Notice 	 	 	With 10 inch barrel, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, EOTech red dot sight, and 20-round drum magazine; "Center of the Storm"	2009
Deadliest Warrior 	 	 	"Green Berets vs Spetsnaz" 	2009
The Walking Dead - Season 7	Brian Porter 	Savior 	w/CAA SBS stock and ProMag 10-round magazine; "The Well" (S7E02) 	2016
The Walking Dead - Season 7	Unknown 	Savior Member	"Service" (S7E04) 	2016
The Walking Dead - Season 7	Norman Reedus 	Daryl Dixon 	"Service" (S7E04) 	2016
The Walking Dead - Season 7	Unknown 	Savior Member	"Service" (S7E04) 	2016
Arrow - Season 5 	 	 	with 10-rounded magazine; seen in gunstore; "Vigilante" (S5E07) 	2016-2017
The Walking Dead - Season 8	Unknown 	Savior Member	"Mercy" (S8E01) 	2017
Territory 	Konstantin Itunin	Kalina 	 	2020
Territory 	Evgeni Mundum 	Six-Fingered 	 	2020
===Video Games===
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| Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror || "AS-12" || || || 2002
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| Battlefield 2 || S12K || Rib sight, skeletonized stock || Saiga-12K || 2005
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| Project Reality || S12K || Rib sight, skeletonized stock || Saiga-12K ||2005
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| Rainbow Six: Vegas || || || Saiga 12K, cut weapon||2006
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| Alliance of Valiant Arms || || Skeletonized stock, AK-style sights, wood handguard & pistol grip || Saiga-12K || 2007
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| Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 || || || Saiga 12K, cut weapon || 2008
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| 7.62 High Calibre || || || || 2008
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| Battlefield: Bad Company|| "S20K" || Rib sight, skeletonized stock || Saiga-12K ||2008
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| Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots || || Rib sight || Saiga-12K || 2008
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| ArmA II || || Rib sight || Saiga-12K || 2009
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| SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 || S-12K || || || 2010
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| Battlefield: Bad Company 2|| "Saiga 20K Semi" || Rib sight, skeletonized stock || Saiga-12K ||2010
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| Battlefield Play4Free || "S12K" || Rib sight, skeletonized stock, tan pistol grip, handguard, and magazine || Saiga-12K || 2011
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| Breach || || AK-style sights, wooden handguard, skeletonized stock || ||2011
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| War Inc. Battlezone || || || ||2011
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| Battlefield 3 || Saiga 12K || Rib sight, skeletonized stock || Saiga-12K; Camouflaged (Single player only), 5+1 & 10+1 Capacity || 2011
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| Ghost Recon: Future Soldier ||Saiga 12|| RIS handguard, BUIS, and skeletonized stock; optional attachments available || Saiga-12K ||2012
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| Call of Duty: Black Ops II || S12 || RIS rails, Magpul MOE stock, large muzzle brake, rail-mounted HK-style iron sights; optional attachments available || Saiga 12K || 2012
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| State of Decay || "Russian 12K" || || Saiga-12K || 2013
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| DayZ || Vaiga || || Tactical ||2013
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| Survarium || || || Saiga-12S || 2013
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| Metro: Last Light || Saiga || AKS-74U stock, wooden furniture; optional upgrades || Saiga-12K || 2013
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| Splinter Cell: Blacklist || "SASG-12" || RIS handguard, telescoping stock; optional attachments available || Saiga-12K ||2013
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| Payday 2 || "IZHMA 12G" || Hybrid receiver with AKMS features, AKMS stock; optional attachments available || Saiga-12K || 2013
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| rowspan="4" | Warface || "Saiga" || 8-rounded magazine, Magpul UBR GEN2 stock||LSA Saiga 12 Signcutter CS-VLR || rowspan="4" | 2013
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| "Saiga Bullpup" || 8-rounded magazine and Magpul MBUS Gen.2 sights ||AKU-94 bullpup kit
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| "Saiga H.G.C. Custom" ||Salvo-12 suppressor, folding stock, 8-rounded magazine and Magpul AFG grip ||H.G.C. Custom
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| "Saiga Spike"|| slug rounds, 5-rounded magazine and muzzle brake || CBRPS bullpup kit
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| Watch_Dogs || "RSG-12" || RIS handguard, skeletonized stock; optional attachments available || Saiga-12K || 2014
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| Contract Wars || || || Saiga-12K; standard and custom versions || 2014
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| Grand Theft Auto V || "Heavy Shotgun" || Optional flashlight, angled grip, suppressor and extended magazine || Saiga-12K; uses slugs; added in "Last Team Standing Update" DLC || 2014
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| World of Guns: Gun Disassembly || Saiga 12K 030 || Aimpoint sight, recoil pad 6G15U for GP-25, Insight M3 flashlight, laser sight, FAB Defense grip || Saiga 12K 030 || 2014
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| Call of Duty Online || "GPAS-12" || || Saiga-12K; Cosmetically modified || 2015
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| Rainbow Six: Siege || SASG-12 || RIS foregrip, rail-mounted iron sights, aftermarket trigger-guard, Hogue pistol grip, CAA CBS AR-15 stock; optional attachments available || Saiga-12K; Hatcher Gun Company customizations || 2015
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| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Autumn Aurora || || || Saiga-12K Tactical || 2015
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| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades || || Rib sight, skeletonized stock || Saiga-12K || 2016
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| rowspan=2|Escape from Tarkov ||Saiga-12K ver.10 12ga semi-automatic shotgun||Various pistol and tactical grips, muzzle devices, handguards, stocks, charging handles, 5, 10 and 20-round mags, dovetail mount, rails for sights, bipods, flashlights and lasers|| Saiga-12K|| rowspan=2|2016
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| Saiga-12K 12ga automatic shotgun||Various pistol and tactical grips, muzzle devices, handguards, stocks, charging handles, 5, 10 and 20-round mags, dovetail mount, rails for sights, bipods, flashlights and lasers|| Full-Auto Saiga-12K, reference to Contract Wars; added in v0.16.0.0.34447 patch (2024)
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| The Division || || || Saiga-12 and Saiga-12K || 2016
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| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered || "Kamchatka-12" || Optional red dot sight or foregrip || Saiga-12K; Added in update; converted to full-auto, heavily customized || 2017
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| Playerunknown's Battlegrounds || S12K || Can be fitted with several sights, muzzle devices and magazines || Saiga-12K || 2017
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| State of Decay 2 || || || || 2018
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| Call to Arms || || || Izhmash KS-K || 2018
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| Gun Club VR || Saiga-12K || ||| Izhmash KS-K || 2018
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| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Misery || || || || 2018
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| The Division 2 || SASG-12 |||| Saiga-12 and Saiga-12K || 2019
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| Ghost Recon Breakpoint || || || Saiga-12K || 2019
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| Into the Radius VR || "Saiga 12k" || Adjustable choke || With wooden AK foregrip, extra short barrel, conical flash hider, and Galil-style folding stock ||2020
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| Battlefield 2042 || 12M Auto || || Hatcher Gun Company modified version || 2021
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| Paradox of Hope || "Saiga" || With custom rebar stock and handguard, various optional attachments|| Izhmash KS-K, can use 8-round box or 20-round drum mags || 2022
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| S.T.A.L.K.E.R. GAMMA || || || Saiga-12K || 2022
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=== Anime ===
Title 	Character 	Note 	Date
Upotte!! 	Saiga 	Saiga-12K	2012
Magical Girl Raising Project	Calamity Mary	 	2016
==Saiga 20==
===Film===
Title	Actor	Character	Note 	Date
Fara 	 	 	Seen in the gun shop, 20K	1998
=== Video Games ===
Game Title 	Appears as	Mods 	Notation	Release Date
Combat Arms	 	Version available w/ camo paint	 	2004
==Saiga .410==
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
Fara 	 	 	Seen in the gun shop, 410K and 410S	1998
999 	Tolepbergen Baisakalov	Oscar 	410K-01 	2010
999 	Kamila Ermekova 	Linda 	410K-01 	2010
999 	 	Mujaheddin 	410K-01 	2010
999 	 	Oscar's friend	410K-01 	2010
Dark World (Tyomnyy mir)	Maksim Pleshko 	Demon 	410K-04 	2010
Dark World (Tyomnyy mir)	 	Demons 	410K-04 	2010
Suicides (Samoubiytsy) 	 	SOBR member 	410K-04, scopped 	2012
=== Television ===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Notation 	Date
The Sword	Roman Kurtsyn	Konstantin Orlov	Saiga-410K-01	2009
==Kalashnikov USA Shotgun Series==
The Kalashnikov USA KS-12 shotgun is a semi-automatic shotgun, a clone of the Saiga-12 manufactured in the United States by Kalashnikov USA. The KS-12 accepts 2.75” and 3” shells and features an adjustable gas system that allows it to utilize a variety of different shell types.
The shotgun also features the traditional AK style side-mounted dovetail mount and a threaded barrel. Most Saiga accessories and parts, such as magazines, chokes, and muzzle devices, are compatible with the KS-12.
The Kalashnikov USA Komrad is a 12 gauge semi-automatic, short-barreled firearm. While essentially a short-barreled shotgun, the Komrad is considered a "firearm" as it does not meet the definition for either a "shotgun" or a "short-barreled shotgun" under United States federal law and thus is not subject to the registration and extra paperwork required to own a similar short-barreled shotgun as outlined in the National Firearms Act. 
The Komrad's barrel length is only 12.5" long, under the 18" length requirement to be considered a "shotgun" by law, however, it has an overall length of 31.5" and lacks a stock, instead being fit with a pistol brace. Like the KS-12, it features an adjustable gas system and is compatible with most Saiga-12 parts and accessories. 
===Specifications===
(2019 - Present)
* Type: Shotgun, SBS
*Caliber: 12 gauge 
*Barrel Length: - - Komrad 12; - KS12
*Length: - - Komrad 12; - KS12
*Weight: - - Komrad 12; - KS12
===Video Games===
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|Warface||"Kalashnikov USA Komrad 12" Kalashnikov USA KHAOS||w/fixed stock, reflex sight, custom pistol grip, extended magazine, tactical grip and muzzle brake||Komrad 12 and KHAOS added in 2021/2023 ||2013
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|S.T.A.L.K.E.R. GAMMA|| || || Komrad 12 ||2022
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==Showtime Saiga-12==
The unique custom Saiga-12 shotgun originates from the 2002 film Showtime, built by gunsmiths Larry Zanoff and Jim Boland. It was later prominently featured in the Firefly TV series, as major character Jayne Cobb's favorite gun "Vera".
=== Movies ===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Notation	Date
Showtime	Pedro Damian	Cesar Vargas	 	2002
Showtime	Mos Def 	Lazy Boy 	 	2002
=== Television===
Show Title / Episode	Actor 	Character 	Notation	Air Date
Firefly 	Adam Baldwin	Jayne Cobb	 	2002
==Kushnapup==
The Kushnapup is an aftermarket synthetic stock made by Kushnapup LLC (based in Utah) for Saiga shotguns and rifles (as well as similar weapons like the Catamount Fury), which converts the gun into a bullpup configuration. The Kushnapup can be used on all common Saiga calibers.
=== Video Games ===
Game Title 	Appears as	Mods 	Notation	Release Date
Ghost Recon: Phantoms	KSP-12 	w/ various attachments	 	2014
==See Also==
* Izhevsk Machinebuilding Plant - A list of all firearms manufactured by Izhmash.
* Kalashnikov Concern - A list of all firearms manufactured by Kalashnikov Concern. 
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