[1] IZh-58 was designed by L. I. Pugachev (Л. И. Пугачев), in last months of 1958 first shotguns were made.

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

[5] More than 1.36 million IZh-58 hunting shotguns were produced in all four standard variants.

[6] In addition, one experimental sample of lightweight IZh-58 shotgun was made with aluminium alloy details.

[1][3] It has a walnut, birch or beech shoulder stock and fore-end[1][3]