The TOZ-28 (''ТОЗ-28'') is a Soviet hunting

combination gun A combination gun is a firearm that usually comprises at least one rifled barrel and one smoothbore barrel, that is typically used with shot or some types of shotgun slug. Most have been break-action guns, although there have been other desig ...

.А. Соколов. Старые модели. ТОЗ-28 // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 12, декабрь 1991. стр.27

History

The gun was designed by G. P. Chetverikova (''Г. П. Четверикова'') in early 1960s. Since 1963 began the production of this shotgun by

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. In 1964 it was shown at VDNKh exhibition in

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. In 1965, this gun was included in the list of firearms offered for export to other countries. 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. As a result, since July 1, 1997, all TOZ-28 guns were banned on the territory of

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

Design

TOZ-28 is a combination gun, with one rifled barrel under two other. * smoothbore barrels are chambered for standard 20/70 mm R shotgun shells. * a rifled barrel was chambered for

7.62×38mmR 7.62×38mmR (also known as 7.62 mm Nagant and Cartridge, Type R) is an ammunition Cartridge (firearms), cartridge designed for use in the Russian Nagant M1895 revolver. A small number of experimental submachine guns (e.g., Tokarev 1927), des ...

round or special 6.5×38mmR round It is equipped with extractor. All guns have a birch

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(with or without cheekpiece) and fore-end.

Museum exhibits

* TOZ-28 shotgun was in collection of Tula State Arms Museum in

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Г. М. Чуднов. Тульская коллекция охотничьих ружей // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 12, 1982. стр.33

References

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Sources

* ТОЗ-28 // История Тульского оружейного завода, 1712 - 1972. М., "Мысль", 1973. стр.484 * Виктор Рон. Тройник от ТОЗа // журнал "Оружие", № 7, 2017. стр.64 - ISSN 1728-9203 Multiple-barrel firearms Shotguns of the Soviet Union Combination guns Tula Arms Plant products 7.62×38mmR firearms Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1963