RMB-93

• Name — RMB-93 • Origin — Russia • Type — Shotgun • Is Ranged — yes • Designer — TsKIB SOO (Central Bureau for Hunting and Sporting Arms, now a division of KBP) • Design Date — Early 1990s • Manufacturer — KBP Instrument Design Bureau • Production Date — 1993–2007 • Variants — Several sporting and hunting variants • Weight — 2.5 kg • Length — Stock extended: 920 mm Stock folded: 671 mm • Caliber — 12-gauge • Action — Double action only pump-action • Rate — 12 rpm • Velocity — 340 m/s • Feed — 8-round overbarrel tubular magazine

The RMb-93 "Rys-K" shotgun is commercially available to civilians in Canada, Russia, Italy, and possibly in other Countries. For the civilian distribution in Russia and Canada, the shotgun is provided with a stock disconnector that prevents it from firing if the stock is not extended, so to comply with local laws and regulation about the minimum legal overall length for civilian firearms. Additionally, KBP manufactures several variants of the "Rys" shotgun series for the civilian distribution. The RMb-93 "Rys-K" itself is manufactured with Phosphatized finish to resist salt corrosion (for use in maritime environments). The RMO-93 "Rys" is a purely sporting variant with wooden thumbhole stock and either wooden or synthetic slide-forend; very similar to it is the "Rys-OT" variant has a longer barrel, with either a synthetic or wooden sliding-forend, and standard wooden shotgun stock. The RMF-93 "Rys-F" shotgun is a longer-barreled variant of the RMb-93 "Rys-K", plus equipped with the above-mentioned stock disconnector. RMS-93 Rys (Lynx" (p uzhё m The store on hotniche 93 years) - the civilian version of RMB-93. Available in the following versions: • Rys-F: has an overall length of 809 mm and a 680 mm barrel, with a folding butt up and forward (in RMB-93). • Rys-O: has an overall length of 1080 mm and a 680 mm barrel, with a wooden buttstock. • Rys-OC: has an overall length of 1080 mm and a 680 mm barrel chambered for 12/76. • Rys-K: has a forward folding buttstock and a barrel shortened to 528 mm (in this version, the RMS-93 is similar to RMB-93, but it has an auto-lock trigger mechanism that engages when the buttstock is in the folded position). • Rys-U: has an overall length of 918 mm and a 528 mm barrel, with a wooden thumbhole buttstock. • Rys-CA: has an overall length of 924 mm and a 534 mm barrel, chambered for 12/76. • Rys-L: has an overall length of 928 mm and a 528 mm barrel, with a wooden buttstock. • Rys-LC: has an overall length of 934 mm and a 534 mm barrel, chambered for 12/76.

• Belarus - RMF-93 "Rys-F" is allowed as civilian hunting weapon • Moldova - RMF-93 "Rys-F", RMO-93-2 "Rys-K" and RM-96 "Rys-U" are allowed as civilian hunting weapon • Russia - RMB-93 was acquired in limited numbers by Russian law enforcement. RMO-93 and RMF-93 "Rys-F" are allowed as civilian hunting weapon since August 1996. Also, they were used in private security companies until 1 March 2006