TOZ-87
Semi-automatic shotgun
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The TOZ-87 (ТОЗ-87) is a Soviet gas-operated semi-automatic shotgun.[2][6]
| TOZ-87 | |
|---|---|
| Type | Semi-automatic shotgun |
| Place of origin | USSR |
| Production history | |
| Designer | N. V. Babanin[1] |
| Designed | 1978[2] |
| Manufacturer | TsKIB SOO[2] Tula Arms Plant[3] |
| Produced | since 1987[2][1] |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 3.2 kg[3][4] |
| Length | 1240mm[3][4] |
| Barrel length | 711mm[3][4] |
| Width | 60[4] |
| Height | 200[4] |
| Cartridge | 12/70[4][3] |
| Caliber | 12 gauge[4] |
| Feed system | four round tubular magazine, plus 1 in the chamber[3][5] |
| Sights | iron sights |
History
The shotgun MTs 24-12 was designed in 1978-1987 in TsKIB SOO, as a successor to the MTs 21-12 (the first Soviet semi-automatic shotgun), under the leadership of N. V. Babanin.[7] In 1987 it was renamed to TOZ-87[2][4] and Tula Arms Plant began serial production of the shotgun.[6][1]
After the fall of the Soviet Union due to the economic crisis in Russian Federation in the 1990s, the prices of firearms increased.[8] In September 1994, the cost of one new standard serial TOZ-87 shotgun was from 970 thousand rubles to 1.5 million rubles.[9]
The TOZ-87 led to the development of the pump-action TOZ-194 in 1994.
Design
TOZ-87 is a smoothbore shotgun.[1]
It has a beech or walnut fore-end and shoulder stock with rubber recoil pad on it.[4]
Variants
- TOZ-87-01 (ТОЗ-87-01), also known as MTs 24-12 (МЦ 24-12) - the first version with 711mm barrel, wooden stock and wooden fore-end[3][4][1]
- TOZ-87-02 (ТОЗ-87-02) and TOZ-87-03 (ТОЗ-87-03) - with 660mm barrel[3] and interchangeable detachable chokes[1]
- TOZ-87-04 (ТОЗ-87-04) and TOZ-87-05 (ТОЗ-87-05) - with 540mm barrel, 3.1 kg[3]
- TOZ-187 - the second version, with 540mm barrel, plastic folding stock and plastic fore-end, 3.0 kg[10]
- TOZ-187-01 (ТОЗ-187-01)[1]
- TOZ-88 - the last version with 711mm barrel, 3.3 kg
- TOZ-87-4M and TOZ-87-5M - TOZ-87-04 & TOZ-87-05 models with 54 cm barrels[7]
- TOZ-87-06 - rifled slug barrel that can fire Paradox slugs.
Users
Soviet Union[2]
Belarus - is allowed as civilian hunting weapon[5]
Kazakhstan - is allowed as civilian hunting weapon[11]
Russian Federation[1] - is allowed as civilian hunting weapon[12]
