[3][4][2] Since 1961, a new varnish with improved characteristics has been used to protect the wooden parts of the gun.

[6] In total, 477 695 IZh-54 shotguns were made[1] from 1954 to 1969[2] and more than seventy thousands of them were sold to foreign countries.

[4][7] It was the first shotgun of the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant that was sold abroad in large quantities.

[4] In January 1980, a detachable diopter sight was proposed for IZh-54 shotguns.

Mainsprings were made from chromium-vanadium steel 50ХФА (GOST 4543-48).