The DP-12 is a

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12-

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pump action Pump action or slide action is a repeating firearm action that is operated manually by moving a sliding handguard on the gun's forestock. When shooting, the sliding forend is pulled rearward to eject any expended cartridge and typically to ...

double-barreled shotgun A double-barreled shotgun is a break-action shotgun with two parallel barrels, allowing two single shots to be fired in quick succession or simultaneously. Construction Modern double-barreled shotguns, often known as ''doubles'', are almost u ...

Standard Manufacturing Standard Manufacturing is an American firearms manufacturer based in New Britain, Connecticut. The company is best known for the design and manufacture of the DP-12, a 12-gauge double-barreled pump shotgun. History Standard manufacturing was ...

. It has two tube

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, each of which feeds its own barrel. Each magazine tube can hold up to seven

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shotshells or six shotgun shells. 16 (2¾") or 14 (3") in total with indicator windows.

Operation

The DP-12 shotgun is a manually operated,

weapon. The first trigger pull fires the right barrel and the second fires the left. The sliding forend is connected to the bolt by dual operating bars. Ammunition is fed from two independent

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tubes, located below the barrels. Rounds are loaded into the magazines through a large loading/ejection port, located at the bottom rear of the gun in the stock, behind the pistol grip. Empty shells are ejected down through the same port. The

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is a cross-bolt manual safety button located above the grip. This, coupled with the center loading and ejection, makes the gun fully

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. Sighting equipment is not included, but

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and/or a

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can be installed using the standard

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located above the barrels. A second Picatinny rail at the end of the slide (under the muzzles) can be used for a forward grip or other accessories.

Chokes

The barrels come threaded with a Tru-Choke thread pattern and two flush-mount spreader choke tubes. There are two optional chokes from the manufacturer, the doorbuster tactical choke and stiletto choke.

Colors

There are several different color variants of this shotgun. They include black, flat-dark earth, green, tan, gold and black & gold two-tone.

References

External links

Standard Mfg Co.

User Manual
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Operation

Chokes

Colors

See also

References

External links