The TOZ-57 (''ТОЗ-57'') is a family of Soviet double-barreled high-quality skeet shotguns.М. М. Блюм, И. Б. Шишкин. Охотничье ружьё. М., «Лесная промышленность», 1983. стр.87

History

Development of the TOZ-57 began in connection with the growing popularity of skeet shooting in the USSR in the 1970s.П. Бобковский, В. Попов. Новые тульские спортивные ружья // журнал "Охота и охотничье хозяйство", № 4, 1980. стр.20 The first prototypes were made in the second half of the 1970s. In 1977, TOZ-57 shotgun was awarded the golden medal of the

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and received the

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.Ружья гладкоствольные спортивные ТОЗ-57Т, ТОЗ-57Т-1С, ТОЗ-57К, ТОЗ-57К-1С и спортивно-охотничьи ТОЗ-57, ТОЗ-57-1С. Паспорт ТОЗ-57 000.000 ПС In July 1978, TOZ-57K and TOZ-57K-1S were officially announced as new models of skeet shotguns.В. Захаров. Над чем работают тульские оружейники // журнал "Охота и охотничье хозяйство", № 7, 1978. стр.28-29 After tests and trials, in January 1979, TOZ-57K и TOZ-57T shotguns were 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 and

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began the

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of these shotguns.директор Тульского оружейного завода Н. Масленников. Тульские оружейники - промысловикам // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 3, 1980. стр.31 In summer 1981, the price of one standard TOZ-57K (or TOZ-57T) shotgun was 640

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. At the beginning of 1983, it was proposed to produce versions of

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and TOZ-57 shotguns with "paradox" rifling for hunting in densely populated areas In February 1983, TOZ-57-12E was presented at the hunting weapons exhibition in

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. In April 1987, it was announced that

would begin mass production of new

TOZ-84 The TOZ-84 (''ТОЗ-84'') is a Soviet double-barreled shotgun.ТОЗ-84 // В. Н. Трофимов. Отечественные охотничьи ружья гладкоствольные. М., ДАИРС, 2000. стр.201-203 History The sh ...

shotgun and this gun will replace in production

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and TOZ-57."''ТОЗ-84 имеет вертикальное расположение стволов и предназначено для промысловой и любительской охоты. Модель разработана на Тульском оружейном заводе взамен ТОЗ-34, ТОЗ-55 «Зубр», ТОЗ-57Т-1С и ТОЗ-57К-1С.''"
Н. Коровяков, С. Попиков. Новая базовая модель ТОЗ-84 // журнал "Охота и охотничье хозяйство", № 4, 1987. стр.21 After this, production of TOZ-57 was discontinued.М. М. Блюм, И. Б. Шишкин. Твоё ружьё. М., "Физкультура и спорт", 1989. стр.77 These shotguns were used by Soviet teams in international shooting competitions (incl. the

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and the

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Design

TOZ-57 is an over and under

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shotgun, with one barrel above the other. The design is based on

and

models, but it has different barrels, receiver and trigger mechanism It was equipped with detachable

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. TOZ-57 has a walnut

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and fore-end without sling swivels.

Variants

* TOZ-57 (''ТОЗ-57'') - hunting and skeet shooting shotgun with 711mm barrels * TOZ-57K (''ТОЗ-57К'') - skeet shooting shotgun with 675mm barrels * TOZ-57K-1S (''ТОЗ-57К-1С'') - skeet shooting shotgun with 675mm barrels (TOZ-57K with different trigger mechanism) * TOZ-57T (''ТОЗ-57Т'') - skeet shooting shotgun with 750mm barrels * TOZ-57T-1S (''ТОЗ-57Т-1С'') - skeet shooting shotgun with 750mm barrels (TOZ-57T with different trigger mechanism) * TOZ-57T-12E (''ТОЗ-57Т-12Е'') - custom skeet shooting shotgun for the Olympic Games and other international competitions (TOZ-57T variant with special trigger mechanism and special lightweight fore-end)

Museum exhibits

* TOZ-57 shotgun is in collection of Tula State Arms Museum in

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Г. М. Чуднов, О. Н. Савенко. Сокровища Тульского музея оружия. Фото А. В. Либермана, художественное оформление и макет А. Б. Буркатовского. Тула, Приокское кн. изд-во, 1979.

References

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Sources

* Ружьё двуствольное ТОЗ-57 // Охотничье и спортивное оружие, патроны. М., Внешторгиздат, 1989 * Юрий Максимов. ТОЗ-57. Спортивный потомок ТОЗ-34 // журнал "Охота", № 11 (159), 2011. стр.64-70 * Евгений Копейко. Редкое, но меткое // "Охота и рыбалка - XXI век", № 3, 2017. стр.12-17 - ISSN 1727-5539 Double-barreled shotguns of the Soviet Union Tula Arms Plant products