The MTs 111 (''МЦ 111'') is a Soviet and
Russian
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double-barreled high-quality custom hunting shotgun.
["''Модели охотничьих ружей с индексом МЦ - самые дорогие и великолепно исполненные образцы отечественного оружия... В ЦКИБ СОО делают два ружья самого высокого класса: с вертикальным расположением стволов МЦ109 и горизонтальным - МЦ111''"]
Двустволки с индексом МЦ // журнал "Охота и охотничье хозяйство", № 12, 1987. стр.32-33[Товары народного потребления. Каталог. Автомобили. Мотоциклы. Мотороллеры. Спортивно-охотничье оружие и патроны / сост. Н. В. Аксенов. М., 1988.]
History
MTs 111 was designed by
TsKIB SOO, it is being produced in small numbers
since 1968. It was offered for
export
An export in international trade is a good produced in one country that is sold into another country or a service provided in one country for a national or resident of another country. The seller of such goods or the service provider is a ...
to other countries.
MTs 109 and MTs 111 custom shotguns were the most expensive of all hunting firearms made in USSR.
* In December 1981, the price of one custom MTs 111 shotgun was 1,500
roubles.
[Отечественное охотничье оружие. МЦ 111 // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 12, декабрь 1981. стр.19]
* In December 1987, the price of one custom MTs 111 shotgun was between 2,100 and 3,000 roubles.
In 1988, it was announced that 20 gauge MTs 111 shotguns would be manufactured,
but such guns are unknown.
Design
MTs 111 is a side by side
hammerless
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smoothbore shotgun.
It is equipped with
safety mechanism and
ejector.
All guns have a walnut
shoulder stock
A gunstock or often simply stock, the back portion of which is also known as a shoulder stock, a buttstock, or simply a butt, is a part of a long gun that provides structural support, to which the barrel, action, and firing mechanism are attac ...
(with or without cheekpiece) and fore-end,
some of them were decorated with engravings.
MTs 111-07 and MTs 111-09 hunting rifles can be equipped with optical sight.
Variants
* MTs 111-01 (''МЦ 111-01'') - MTs 111 with different trigger mechanism
["''2.3.2. Охотничье огнестрельное оружие гладкоствольное... Ружье двуствольное МЦ 111-01 кал. 12/70 и 12/70''"]
Распоряжение Правительства РФ № 1207-р от 3 августа 1996 г. "Перечень служебного и гражданского оружия и боеприпасов к нему, вносимых в Государственный кадастр служебного и гражданского оружия"
* MTs 111-07 (''МЦ 111-07'') - produced since 1982,
7.62×54mmR hunting rifle with 600mm or 650mm barrels,
* MTs 111-09 (''МЦ 111-09'') -
9×53mmR double-barreled hunting rifle with 600mm or 650mm barrels (3.8 kg)
[МЦ 111-07 и МЦ 111-09 // В. Н. Трофимов. Отечественные охотничьи ружья нарезные. М., ДАИРС, 2007. стр.287]
* MTs 111-12 (''МЦ 111-12'') - a 12/70 smoothbore double-barreled shotgun
References
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Sources
* М. М. Блюм, И. Б. Шишкин. Охотничье ружьё. М., «Лесная промышленность», 1983. стр.83, 92-93
* МЦ 111 // Д. М. Закутский, В. А. Лесников, В. В. Филиппов. Охотничье огнестрельное оружие отечественного производства (1968 - 1986 гг.): учебное пособие. М., ВНИИ МВД СССР, 1988. стр.18-20, 32-33
* М. М. Блюм, И. Б. Шишкин. Твоё ружьё. М., "Физкультура и спорт", 1989. стр.72
* МЦ 111 // В. Н. Трофимов. Отечественные охотничьи ружья гладкоствольные. М., ДАИРС, 2000. стр.183-184
External links
Ружья охотничьи двуствольные МЦ111 с горизонтальным расположением стволов// TsKIB SOO official website
Double-barreled shotguns of the Soviet Union
Double-barreled shotguns of Russia
TsKIB SOO products
7.62×54mmR firearms
9×53mmR firearms