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Ideally custom tooling will be able to be commissioned. Shot cups, wads, and other components are still a work in progress as well, though after picking up a copy of 4 and 8 Bore Shotguns by Tom Armbrust it has offered me several specialists who may be able to offer assistance. Slugs will be happening for this one way or another, but it appears I may have to machine my own molds. While there are countless lead mold makers out there, all that I’ve contacted most won’t stray above anything bigger than 12 gauge and hearing. Birdshot, buckshot, and other exotics like a complete 12ga shell (they fit perfectly and I intend to fire a few) are easy enough only needing a wad and shot cup but slugs, not so much. Further, the projectiles themselves have also proven difficult. There is also talk of repurposing 26.5mm flare shells for reloading which I will be looking into as well, though I would question their longevity. With that in mind it will be easy albeit expensive ($45 a pop) to turn some on a lathe for reloading. Barring that, the chamber dimensions are accessible – approximately 1.05” OD and slightly under 3” in depth. That is why I can’t say no.Īmmunition will also be challenging – again I would gladly import some factory made shells from a Russian source but this has proven difficult so far. Many would consider this sacrilege for something that has so very few in existence, and I agree completely. Or at the very least, as close as I’m able to get by fabricating my own furniture and forgoing a rifled barrel unless a Russian connection can be made. I will be frank with you, I fully intend to get a Short Barreled Shotgun stamp for this and convert it to a true KS-23 format. The stock, complete with gorgeous striations. Hopefully not enough to affect the reloadability and longevity of shells. Not something you’d want to see often.Ĭuriously, the shell rim shoulder has a slight bevel to it. The sight itself sits in a dovetail allowing for windage adjustments. Note that it is a simple ring assembly pressed on then a pin drilled and pressed through the barrel holding it in place, similar to the locking lug. Note the spring loaded detent which interfaces with the magazine endcap, as well as the pin drilled through the barrel holding the piece in place.įront sight. The locking ring which holds the barrel to the end of the magazine tube. Due to the lug design, this interestingly allows the extractor to act as a psuedo locking lug. Seen here is a 3D printed prototype which will later be resin cast.Ī cutout in the barrel allows for the extractor to enter and rotate downward with the bolt. I’m in the process of fabricating imitation KS-23 furniture for a conversion. Red specs are from the 3D printed forend, it needed a bit of fitment.įCG, angled view, reverse direction, hammer down.Įntire bolt length, from firing pin to bolt face (not including extractor. Rear of the receiver, with stock screw hole and indentation for snug fitment. The raised section acts as both a guide for the bolt as well as a place to rivet in the rear sight, as far as I can tell.Īforementioned rear sight, receiver seen from above. Underside of the receiver, looking inward.

Note: magazine tube not removed for fear of damaging it if forced. Note that the red forend at the top is a 3D printed prototype for fabricating something closer to the original KS-23 furniture.