The firearm is capable of shooting a 12 gauge slug and a 7.62×39 round of rifle ammo. The gun itself is pretty sweet looking and boasts two triggers. One of the triggers is in charge of firing the slug while the other trigger fires the rifle ammo. Overall a very cool looking gun!
the weapon is quite comfortable to shoot. It certainly inspires shooters to go at it fast. As you’d imagine, the sights are all AK, and rifle sights on a shotgun aren’t the best. Yet, they work, and at shotgun
“As dumb kids we’d fire the Berdan with small shotgun shells or black powdered 45-60 rounds.” BTW: Many Berdan rifles which were withdrawn from service were converted to shotguns. Following variants were available: 12 gauge, 16 gauge, 24 gauge, 28 gauge, 32 gauge, chambers length was...