Many talented master engravers, who create the beautiful samples of engraving art, work at the enterprise. All of them are apprentices and followers of Leonard Mikhailovich Vassev the gifted artist, who has exerted a great influence upon the engravers’ work. He has invented the new method of precious metal inlay into the "dovetail" slots; introduced the method of multicolor inlay and unique engraving technique of a "frost" style.
There is a gunsmith school at the enterprise that was founded in 1956 for training of the skilled technicians. This unique training Centre prepares the production workers for main professions, related to manufacturing and decoration of arms.
The range of outward styling of arms models and their modified versions, produced at the FSUE "IMZ", suggests the expensive, award and gift arms with high aesthetic and consumer features.
The artistic decoration of arms is accomplished as a unique style, based on the traditional Izhevsk school of engraving as for bas-relief and relief engraving techniques using the precious metal inlay method (silver and gold) and different types of decorative coatings.














