The TOZ-250 (''ТОЗ-250'') is a Soviet double-barreled

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.ТОЗ-250 // История Тульского оружейного завода, 1712 - 1972. М., "Мысль", 1973. стр.485Что представляет собой ружьё ТОЗ-250? // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 6, 1994. стр.27

History

On March 17, 1958, gunsmith designers K. I. Shekhvatov (''К. И. Шехватов'') and V. L. Chernopyatov (''В. Л. Чернопятов'') submitted to the Committee on Inventions and Discoveries of the

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an application for the invention of a universal double-barreled combination gun for small and medium-sized game hunting.К. И. Шехватов, В. Л. Чернопятов. Универсальное двухствольное охотничье ружьё. Патент на изобретение № 117431 (класс 72a, 2). In the spring of 1965, information about the TOZ-250 was published. In August 1965 the public learned about preparations for the production of the first batch of guns of this model at the Tula Arms Plant (the cost of the gun at that time was estimated at 90-100

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).К. Шехватов. О ружье ТОЗ-250 // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 8, 1965 стр.36 Later, the decision to manufacture TOZ-250 was cancelled and

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of this gun has not been started.

Design

TOZ-250 is an over and under

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gun, with one barrel above the other. Both barrels are detachable. It was a semi-automatic weapon (16/70 gauge shotgun and .22 LR carbine equipped with detachable box

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). To reduce the weight of the gun, the TOZ-250 receiver was made of light alloy, and its

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, shoulder stock and trigger guard were made of plastic.

Variants

* TOZ-250-5,6/16 (''ТОЗ-250-5,6/16'') - the only known version

References

Shotguns of the Soviet Union Semi-automatic rifles of the Soviet Union Tula Arms Plant products Trial and research firearms of the Soviet Union Combination guns .22 LR firearms {{firearm-stub