[1] The Type 97 is the base designation attributed to a variety of models with multiple configurations to suit different purposes and applications.

The company designed the Type 97 in the late 90's as well a wide variety of shotguns for both export, and domestic use, and for civilian, hunting, police and military purposes.

[3] The Military/LE variants were designed and are exclusively produced and reserved for military and law enforcement applications.

[4] In both civilian and Military/LE models, shells are fed into the chamber either semi-automatically (gas-operated) or by pump action depending on the system of operation configuration.

Non-lethal ammunition, such as rubber bullets and pepper-spray projectiles, typically lack the power to fully send the bolt carrier to the rear resetting the firing pin in semi-automatic firearms, and thus can only be loaded into pump action guns which rely on the user rather than the energy of the ammunition to cycle the shells.