The MTs 30 (''МЦ 30'') is a family of Soviet high-quality custom hunting

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History

The gun was designed by M. I. Skvortsov (''М. И. Скворцов''), A. P. Glinskiy (''А. П. Глинский'') and I. P. Korneychev (''И. П. Корнейчев'') in 1960s - 1970s. The first information and the first photograph of the ''new experimental three-barrelled combination gun MTs 30'' were published in October 1960.Тройник МЦ 30 // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 10, октябрь 1960. стр.38 The MTs 30-13 was announced in August 1961.М. Мардер, Д. Матвеев. Новые ружья для промысловой охоты // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 8, 1961. стp.35-39 After tests and trials, in 1979, the first MTs 30-09 shotgun was shown at VDNKh exhibition in

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.И. Шишкин. Новые ружья на ВДНХ // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 1, 1979. стр.30-31 It was produced by

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in small numbers. In January 1979, the price of one custom MTs 30-09 gun was up to 2,000

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Design

MTs 30 is a

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combination gun, with one barrel under two other. * MTs 30-01, MTs 30-02 and MTs 30-03 have rifled barrels with four grooves * all 9mm rifled barrels have six grooves with 320 mm twist rate. It is equipped with

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and

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. All guns have a walnut

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(with cheekpiece) and fore-end, some of them were decorated with engravings. MTs 30 can be equipped with optical sight. * The first test prototype was equipped with TO-6P (ТО-6П) optical sight, although next guns were equipped with PO-4×34 (ПО-4×34) or TO-6PM (ТО-6ПМ) sights.

Variants

* MTs 30-01 (''МЦ 30-01'') - the first test prototype with two smoothbore 20/70mm barrels and one 5.6mm rifled barrel chambered for experimental cartridge. It was equipped with TO-6P optical sight * MTs 30-02 (''МЦ 30-02'') - the second test prototype with two smoothbore 20/70mm barrels and one 6.5mm rifled barrel chambered for 6.5×38mmR round * MTs 30-03 (''МЦ 30-03'') - test prototype with two smoothbore 20/70mm barrels and one 7.62mm rifled barrel chambered for

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round * MTs 30-09 (''МЦ 30-09'') - model with two smoothbore 12/70mm barrels and one 9×53mmR rifled barrel * MTs 30-12 (''МЦ 30-12'') - model with two 9×53mmR rifled barrels and one smoothbore 12/70mm barrel * MTs 30-13 (''МЦ 30-13'') - test prototype with two smoothbore 20/70mm barrels and one 7.62mm rifled barrel chambered for

round * MTs 30-20 (''МЦ 30-20'') - test prototype with two smoothbore 20/70mm barrels and one 5.6mm rifled barrel chambered for

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round * MTs 140 (''МЦ 140'') - next model with two 650mm smoothbore 12/70mm barrels and one 9×53mmR rifled barrel

Users

* * - MTs 30-12 is allowed as civilian hunting weapon * - one MTs 30 is registered as civilian hunting weapon * - was allowed as civilian hunting weapon. On December 13, 1996, president of the Russian Federation B. N. Yeltsin signed the federal law № 150, which entered into force on July 1, 1997. In accordance with this law, possession of civilian firearms chambered for

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ammunition was prohibited.ст.3 Гражданское оружие // Федеральный закон № 150-ФЗ от 13 декабря 1996 года "Об оружии" As a result, since July 1, 1997, all MTs-30 guns chambered for handgun ammunition were banned on the territory of

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and they had to be handed over to governmental law enforcement agencies for destruction.

References

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Sources

* Охотничье трехствольное ружьё МЦ 30 // Охотничье, спортивное огнестрельное оружие. Каталог. М., 1958. стр.30-31 * Охотничье трехствольное ружьё МЦ 30-20 // Спортивно-охотничье оружие и патроны. Бухарест, "Внешторгиздат", 1965. стр.62 * МЦ-30 // История Тульского оружейного завода, 1712 - 1972. М., "Мысль", 1973. стр.479 * МЦ-30-09 // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 6, 1982. стр.31 * М. М. Блюм, И. Б. Шишкин. Охотничье ружьё. М., «Лесная промышленность», 1983. стр.93-94 * Kulobrokový troják MC-30-20 // «Střelecká revue», 3, 1975 Multiple-barrel firearms Shotguns of the Soviet Union Combination guns TsKIB SOO products 7.62×38mmR firearms 9×53mmR firearms