The TOZ-34 (Russian: ТОЗ-34) is a Soviet

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History

The TOZ-34 is produced and sold by Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavod since 1964. In 1965, the shotgun was awarded the golden medal of the

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.Э. Штейнгольд. Отечественные ружья // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 10, 1967. стр.29"''На ярмарке в Лейпциге модель ТОЗ-34 была удостоена Золотой медали и на Всемирной выставке спортивно-охотничьего оружия в Париже в 1972 году это ружье вместе с другими образцами оружия также было награждено Золотой медалью''"
Г. М. Чуднов, О. Н. Савенко. Сокровища Тульского музея оружия. Фото А. В. Либермана, художественное оформление и макет А. Б. Буркатовского. Тула, Приокское кн. изд-во, 1979. In 1967, the price of one standard TOZ-34 was 150 - 160

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. Also, since 1960s these shotguns were sold to foreign countries."''Ружье ТОЗ-34 с первого года выпуска завод поставляет не только на внутренний рынок, но и во многие страны мира: Югославию, Польшу, Швецию, Австрию, ФРГ и другие. За все время экспортных поставок ружей завод не получил ни одной рекламации''"
В. Парамонов. Ещё раз о ТОЗ-34 // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 9, 1975. стр.30-31 In 1970, TOZ-34 and TOZ-34E received the

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. In 1972, the shotgun was awarded the golden medal in

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. In 1974, the first experimental 28 and 32 gauge TOZ-34 shotguns were made. After all tests and trials were completed, they were officially presented at exhibitions in

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and

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in 1976. Since autumn 1976, Tula Arms Plant began serial production of 28 gauge TOZ-34 shotguns. In 1977, TOZ-34 and TOZ-34E were among the ten most common hunting shotguns in the

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.Н. А. Валев. Охотничье оружие и боеприпасы. М., "Физкультура и спорт", 1977. стр.29-30 Since 1982 began the production of

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s based on TOZ-34 design (TOZ-34-5,6/20 and TOZ-34-5,6/28), although only a small number of them was made and sold to hunters until July 1987.Наши ружья. ТОЗ-34 // журнал "Охота и охотничье хозяйство", № 7, 1987. стр.48 In 1985, IZh-27 and TOZ-34 were the most common hunting shotguns in the Soviet Union. In April 1987, it was announced that

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would begin mass production of the new

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shotgun and this gun will replace in production TOZ-34,

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and

TOZ-57 The TOZ-57 (''ТОЗ-57'') is a family of Soviet double-barreled shotgun, double-barreled high-quality skeet shotguns.М. М. Блюм, И. Б. Шишкин. Охотничье ружьё. М., «Лесная промышленность», 1983. � ...

. However, after the fall of the Soviet Union and the 1990s economic crisis in the Russian Federation, TOZ decided to discontinue production of

and to continue production of TOZ-34. In 1990s, the prices of firearms increased. In September 1994, the cost of a one new TOZ-34 shotgun was from 430 thousand roubles to 1.4 million roubles.М. Блюм. Тульский оружейный - охотникам. Интервью с директором Тульского оружейного завода Николаем Дмитриевичем Масленниковым // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 3, 1995. стр.28-30 More than one million TOZ-34 shotguns have been made.

Design

The TOZ-34 is an over and under

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smoothbore shotgun, with one barrel above the other. The

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are chrome-plated and have

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at the muzzle end. Soviet TOZ-34 have a

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stock and fore-end. TOZ-34-5,6/20 and TOZ-34-5,6/28 may be equipped with PO-2,5x20 (''ПО-2,5х20'') optical sight or PO-1 (''ПО-1'') optical sight

Variants

* TOZ-34 (''ТОЗ-34'') - standard variant, 3.15 kg * TOZ-34E (''ТОЗ-34Е'') - variant with

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, since 1968, 3.2 kg * TOZ-34ER (''ТОЗ-34ЕР'') - TOZ-34E with rubber

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on its

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* TOZ-34R (''ТОЗ-34Р'') - TOZ-34 with rubber recoil pad on its shoulder stock * TOZ-34-5,6/20 (''ТОЗ-34-5,6/20'') - over/under combination gun with a rifled .22 LR barrel over a 20 gauge smoothbore barrel. It was announced in March 1980директор Тульского оружейного завода Н. Масленников. Тульские оружейники - промысловикам // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 3, 1980. стр.31 * TOZ-34-5,6/28 (''ТОЗ-34-5,6/28'') - over/under combination gun with a rifled .22 LR barrel over a 28 gauge smoothbore barrel The first test prototype was built in 1980 * TOZ-34-1 (''ТОЗ-34-1'') -

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shotgun, since 1995

Users

* - was allowed as civilian hunting weapon * - unknown number of shotguns were sold as civilian hunting weapon * - is allowed as civilian hunting weapon * - is allowed as civilian hunting weapon * * - they were on the territory of

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in Soviet times, now they are allowed as civilian hunting weapon«''2.3.2. Охотничье огнестрельное оружие гладкоствольное ... 8. Ружье двуствольное ТОЗ-34''»
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Museum exhibits

* TOZ-34 and TOZ-34E shotguns are in collection of Tula State Arms Museum in

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References

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Sources

* Э. Штейнгольд. Разборка ружья ТОЗ-34 // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 1, 1972. стр.38-39 * Отечественное охотничье оружие. ТОЗ-34 // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 2, 1981. стр.21 * Г. Коновалов. ТОЗ-34 в эксплуатации // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 6, 1985. стр.20-21 * Николай Аксенов. 30 лет тульской тридцатьчетверке // журнал «Охота», No. 11-12, 1999 * А. В. Кузьминский. Оружие для охотника: практическое пособие / под общ. ред. А. Е. Тараса М., ООО «Издательство АСТ», 2002. стр.146-150 * Охотничье ружьё ТОЗ-34 // В. Н. Шунков. Охотничьи ружья России. М., ЭКСМО, 2010. стр.190

External links

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