The MTs 5 (''МЦ 5'') is a family of Soviet double-barreled high-quality custom hunting shotguns, combination guns and rifles.Э. В. Штейнгольд. Всё об охотничьем ружье. 2-е изд., испр. и доп. М., «Лесная промышленность», 1978.

History

MTs 5 was designed and produced by

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since 1950. It 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 In November 1965, the price of one new MTs 5 was between 350 and 400

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. According to the official statement of TsKIB SOO specialists, it was the most durable and reliable civilian hunting weapon ever made in the USSR (by this time several MTs 5 guns had already withstood from 100,000 to 150,000 shots without breaking). In June 1981, the price of one new MTs 5 was between 250 and 600

. After the model MTs 105 was developed, the production of MTs 5 was discontinued.

Design

MTs 5 is an over and under

hammerless A hammerless firearm is a firearm that lacks an exposed hammer or hammer spur. Although it may not literally lack a hammer, it lacks a hammer that the user can pull directly. One of the disadvantages of an exposed hammer spur is the tendency t ...

gun, with one barrel above the other. All guns have a walnut

shoulder stock A gunstock or often simply stock, the back portion of which is also known as a shoulder stock, a buttstock or simply a butt, is a part of a long gun that provides structural support, to which the barrel, action, and firing mechanism are attach ...

(with or without cheekpiece) and fore-end, some of them were decorated with engravings. MTs 5 hunting rifles and combination guns can be equipped with detachable optical sight. The first MTs 5 guns were equipped with 3.5× optical sight P.O.T. (''П.О.Т.''), later they were equipped with 4× optical sight TO-4 and other optical sights."''оптический охотничий прицел П.О.Т. предназначен для охотничьего ружья МЦ 5, но может быть использован и для других охотничьих ружей и винтовок''"
Л. Жиляев. Оптические прицелы // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 2, февраль 1961. стр.37-40 MTs 5 was the first Soviet serial firearm equipped with optical sight that was sold as civilian hunting weapon.

Variants

The MTs 5 was produced in twenty nine different versions.Отечественное охотничье оружие. МЦ 5 // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 6, июнь 1981. стр.19 * MTs 5 (''МЦ 5'') - a smoothbore double-barreled hunting shotgun with 750mm barrels, 3.0 - 3.2 kg * MTs 5-01 (''МЦ 5-01'') - а hunting

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with 600mm barrels (

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and 6.5mm rifle cartridge), 3.2 - 3.4 kg.; it was equipped with 3.5× optical sight P.O.T. * MTs 5-02 (''МЦ 5-02'') - а hunting rifle with 600mm barrels (

and

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), 3.2 - 3.4 kg.; it was equipped with 4× optical sight TO-4 * MTs 5-09 (''МЦ 5-09'') - а hunting rifle with 600mm barrels (

and

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barrels), 3.2 - 3.4 kg. * MTs 5-12 (''МЦ 5-12'') - а combination gun with 675mm barrels (32 gauge smoothbore barrel and

rifled barrel), 2.25 - 2.5 kg. * MTs 5-14 (''МЦ 5-14'') - а combination gun with 675mm barrels (28 gauge smoothbore barrel and

rifled barrel), 2.6 - 2.8 kg. * MTs 5-15 (''МЦ 5-15'') - а combination gun with 675mm barrels (20 gauge smoothbore barrel and

rifled barrel), 2.8 - 3.0 kg.; it was equipped with 2× optical sight * MTs 5-18 (''МЦ 5-18'') - а combination gun with 675mm barrels (16 gauge smoothbore barrel and

rifled barrel), 3.0 - 3.25 kg. * MTs 5-20 (''МЦ 5-20'') - a 20/70 smoothbore double-barreled hunting shotgun with 675mm barrels, 2.6 - 2.8 kg * MTs 5-24 (''МЦ 5-24'') - а combination gun with 600mm barrels (28 gauge smoothbore barrel and

rifled barrel), 3.0 - 3.2 kg. * MTs 5-26 (''МЦ 5-26'') - а combination gun with 675mm barrels (20 gauge and 6.5mm rifle cartridge), 3.2 - 3.4 kg * MTs 5-27 (''МЦ 5-27'') - а combination gun with 675mm barrels (20 gauge and

), 3.2 - 3.4 kg * MTs 5-28 (''МЦ 5-28'') - a 28/70 smoothbore double-barreled hunting shotgun with 675mm barrels, 2.4 - 2.6 kg * MTs 5-32 (''МЦ 5-32'') - a 32/70 smoothbore double-barreled hunting shotgun with 675mm barrels, 2.2 - 2.4 kg * MTs 5-35 (''МЦ 5-35'') - а combination gun with 675mm barrels (20 gauge smoothbore barrel and 5.6×39mm rifled barrel), 3.0 - 3.2 kg. * MTs 105 (''МЦ 105'') - next modelОтечественное охотничье оружие. МЦ 105 // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 2, 1982. стр.21

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* Охотничье двуствольное ружьё МЦ 5 // Охотничье, спортивное огнестрельное оружие. Каталог. М., 1958. стр.21-22 * Охотничье двуствольное ружьё МЦ 5 // Спортивно-охотничье оружие и патроны. Бухарест, "Внешторгиздат", 1965. стр.58-59 * Виктор Рон. Пятёрочка // журнал "Оружие", № 3, 2012. стр.64 - ISSN 1728-9203 Double-barreled shotguns of the Soviet Union Combination guns TsKIB SOO products 5.6×39mm firearms 7.62×54mmR firearms 9×53mmR firearms