US police to buy Russian shotguns
January 31st, 2012 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANSMoscow, Jan 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Izhmash, the manufacturer of the legendary Kalashnikov AK-47, will supply Saiga-12 semi-automatic smoothbore shotguns to a number of police forces in the US, Izhmash reported on its web site Tuesday.
The contracts were signed at the Shot Show exhibition in Las Vegas Jan 17-20. “The first Saiga-12 deliveries to US law enforcement were already made in January 2012,” Izhmash General Director Maxim Kuzyuk said.
At the exhibition, Izhmash also signed an agreement on exclusive imports to the US market with Russian Weapon Company and an agreement with Fime Group as Izhmash’s partner for manufacturing classic firearm models.
Shot Show also provided an opportunity for buyers from Central American countries to sign contracts on direct delivery of Izhmash sporting and hunting weapons for the first time. Previously they had only been able to buy Izhmash products via intermediaries in the US.
“The results of the exhibition are inspiring. The American market in non-military weapons is booming. We project a 20 percent increase in deliveries this year,” Kuzyuk said.
–IANS/RIA Novosti
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