MTs 6

MTs 6
Typedouble barreled shotgun
Place of originUSSR
Production history
Designed1948
ManufacturerTsKIB SOO
Tula Arms Plant
Specifications
Mass3.0 - 3.6 kg
Barrel length675mm or 750mm

Cartridge.12/70
Caliber12 gauge
ActionBreak action
Rate of firevariable
Sightsiron sights

The MTs 6 (МЦ 6) is a Soviet double-barreled high-quality custom hunting and skeet shotgun.

History

MTs 6 was designed in 1948 by TsKIB SOO and produced by TsKIB SOO and Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavod.

These shotguns were used by Soviet teams in shooting competitions (incl. Olympic Games).

After the model MTs 106 was developed, the production of MTs 6 was discontinued.

Design

MTs 6 is an over and under hammerless smoothbore 12 gauge shotgun, with one barrel above the other.

It is equipped with safety mechanism and ejector.

All guns have a walnut shoulder stock (with or without cheekpiece) and fore-end, some of them were decorated with engravings.

Variants

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Некоторые модели, созданные в ЦКИБе, выпускались серийно на ТОЗ, например МЦ 6"
    М. М. Блюм, И. Б. Шишкин. Охотничье ружьё. М., «Лесная промышленность», 1983. стр.78, 82, 89
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 А. В. Кузьминский. Оружие для охотника: практическое пособие / под общ. ред. А. Е. Тараса М., ООО «Издательство АСТ», 2002. стр.160-161
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Модели МЦ 6-12, МЦ 6-16 и МЦ 6-20 // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 1, январь 1960. стр.35
  4. ↑ Л. Жиляев. Ружьё МЦ-6 // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 6, июнь 1956. стр.41-42
  5. ↑ Алексей Блюм. МЦ 106 в руках охотника // журнал "Оружие", № 4, 2011. стр.64

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