The Weatherby PA-08 is a 12 gauge 3 in (76.2 mm) pump action shotgun

Shotgun

A shotgun is a firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number of small spherical pellets called shot, or a solid projectile called a slug...

 marketed by Weatherby Inc

Weatherby

Weatherby, Inc. is an American gun manufacturer founded in 1945 by Roy Weatherby. The company is best known for its high-powered magnum cartridges, such as the .257 Weatherby Magnum and the .460 Weatherby Magnum...

. The shotgun is economically priced and constitutes the low end of products marketed by Weatherby. The PA-08 is manufactured in Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 for Weatherby.

Weatherby markets three versions of the shotgun, an Upland version which has walnut furniture, the Synthetic which features a injected-molded lightweight stock and the PA-08 TR (Threat Response) which sports a similar stock as the Synthetic. Both the Upland and the Synthetic are available with a 26 in (660.4 mm) or a 28 in (711.2 mm). The PA-08 TR is marketed as a home defense shotgun and has a 18.5 in (469.9 mm) barrel. All versions of these shotguns can handle both 2.75 in (69.9 mm) or 3 in (76.2 mm) 12 gauge shells.

Weatherby also markets the SA-08

Weatherby SA-08

The Weatherby SA-08 is a semi-automatic shotgun marketed by Weatherby Inc. The shotgun is available in either 12 or 20 gauge. Like the Weatherby PA-08 pump action shotgun this shotgun constitutes Weatherby's low-end shotgun line...

, a semi-automatic version of this firearm.