1216 Ringfire™  (a 12 gauge less-lethal shotgun that will not fire a lethal 12 gauge round). Learn more about the SRM Arms Ringfire™ Less-Lethal Platform.

Law enforcement, police tactical teams, corrections officers, military forces (U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy) require less-lethal tools, such as tasers, pepper spray, and less-lethal shotguns to deescalate situations (crowd control, protests, riots, suicidal persons), to momentarily incapacitate violent, non-compliant subjects and subjects armed with edged weapons (knife/blunt/impact weapons), with the goal of creating safer interactions with the communities they serve.

A trend of using non lethal shotguns as a less-lethal weapon is beginning to be adopted by cities and counties across the country. Some organizations are re-purposing shotguns by fitting them with orange butt-stocks labeled “less-lethal” and orange fore-grip/fore-ends and less-lethal ammunition (drag stabilized bean bags rounds and rubber buckshot). This poses the danger of an accidental use of live rounds, thus the 1216 Ringfire™  is a safer solution.

The more less-lethal tools are available to law enforcement, the safer situations will become. When other non-lethal options are not effective, and subjects are between 20 and 75 feet away, the less-lethal shotgun gives officers the time and distance to communicate and de-escalate before discharging a less-lethal round, with the objective of gaining compliance.

SRM Arms encourages organizations to train in the classroom and on the range before deploying any less-lethal shotgun (a blunt force trauma tool) approach to ensure the safest solution is being used. Policies should be drafted to define when, how, and on whom less-lethal shotguns should be used, to prevent turning them into lethal force and with the purpose to always deescalate volatile situations more safely.

As an innovator in the firearms industry, SRM Arms, Inc. hears the message of what agencies need, thus the 1216 Ringfire™  only fires less-lethal 12 gauge ammunition in order to make all of our communities safer.

1216, orange, Ringfire™  version. Only fires Ringfire™ less lethal ammo. Standard 12 gauge ammunition will not fire in it.