Izhmash announced the development of a new Saiga-12 shotgun variant for practical shooting competition. Saiga-12 fans will likely notice a few differences just from the photo.
My Russian is not very good, but from what I was able to determine, the new Saiga-12 sports several new features, including:
- long Picatinny rail on top of the receiver for optics
- a new muzzle brake
- compatibility with AR-style buttstocks
- a new “push button” type magazine release
- a flared magazine well
- some type of integral hook on the magazines for carrying on the belt in competitions
- reworked gas system
- longer forearm