| TOZ-34 | |
|---|---|
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| Type | double barreled shotgun |
| Place of origin | USSR |
| Production history | |
| Designer | N. I. Korovyakov [1] |
| Manufacturer | Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavod |
| Produced | since 1964 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 3.0 - 3.3 kg [2] |
| Length | 1160mm [2] |
| Barrel length | 711mm [2] |
| Caliber | 12, 20, 28 and 32 gauge [1] |
| Action | Break action [1] |
| Rate of fire | variable |
| Sights | iron sights |
The TOZ-34 (ТОЗ-34) is a double-barreled shotgun.
TOZ-34 is produced and sold by Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavod [2] since 1964. In 1965, the shotgun was awarded the golden medal of the Leipzig Trade Fair. [3] [1] [4]
In 1967, the price of one standard TOZ-34 was 150 - 160 roubles. [3] Also, since 1960s these shotguns were sold to foreign countries. [5] [6]
In 1970, TOZ-34 and TOZ-34E received the State quality mark of the USSR. [7] In 1972, the shotgun was awarded the golden medal in Paris. [4]
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 Petrozavodsk and Yakutsk in 1976. [8] Since autumn 1976, Tula Arms Plant began serial production of 28 gauge TOZ-34 shotguns. [9]
In 1977, TOZ-34 and TOZ-34E were among the ten most common hunting shotguns in the Soviet Union. [10]
Since 1982 began the production of combination guns based on TOZ-34 design (TOZ-34-5,6/20 and TOZ-34-5,6/28), [1] although only a small number of them was made and sold to hunters until July 1987. [11]
In 1985, IZh-27 and TOZ-34 were the most common hunting shotguns in the Soviet Union. [12]
In April 1987, it was announced that Tula Arms Plant would begin mass production of the new TOZ-84 shotgun and this gun will replace in production TOZ-34, TOZ-55 and TOZ-57. [13] However, after the fall of the Soviet Union and the 1990s economic crisis in the Russian Federation, TOZ decided to discontinue production of TOZ-84 and to continue production of TOZ-34. [14]
In 1990s, the prices of firearms increased. [15] In September 1994, the cost of a one new TOZ-34 shotgun was from 430 thousand roubles to 1.4 million roubles. [14]
More than one million TOZ-34 shotguns have been made. [2]
TOZ-34 is an over and under hammerless smoothbore shotgun, with one barrel above the other. [2] [1] The barrels are chrome-plated and have chokes at the muzzle end. [3]
Soviet TOZ-34 have a walnut, birch or beech stock and fore-end. [3]
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 [16]
Soviet Union - was allowed as civilian hunting weapon [5] 
Austria [5] - unknown number of shotguns were sold as civilian hunting weapon
Belarus - is allowed as civilian hunting weapon [19] 
Moldova - is allowed as civilian hunting weapon [20] 
Poland [5] 
Russian Federation - they were on the territory of RSFSR in Soviet times, [5] now they are allowed as civilian hunting weapon [21] 
Sweden [5] 
West Germany [5] 
Yugoslavia [5] The TOZ-106 is a small, lightweight bolt-action shotgun produced and sold by Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavod.
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