MTs 21-12 | |
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Type | semi-automatic shotgun |
Place of origin | USSR |
Production history | |
Designer | V. A. Nikolaev [1] |
Manufacturer |
TsKIB SOO Tula Arms Plant [2] [1] |
Produced | since 1965 |
No. built | over 300 000 [1] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 3.7 kg [3] |
Length | 1275 [3]-1285mm [2] |
Barrel length | 750mm [3] [2] |
Width | 65 [3] |
Height | 200 [3] |
Cartridge | 12/70 [3] |
Caliber | 12 gauge [2] |
Feed system | four round tubular magazine, plus 1 in the chamber [2] |
Sights | iron sights [2] |
The MTs 21-12 (МЦ 21-12) is a Soviet semi-automatic shotgun. [2]
The shotgun was designed in 1956-1958 in TsKIB SOO, it was the first Soviet semi-automatic shotgun. In 1965, the shotgun was awarded the golden medal of the Leipzig Trade Fair. [2] [4]
Since 1965 began the serial production of the shotgun by Tula Arms Plant. [2] The price of one standard MTs 21-12 was 350 roubles and custom guns were more expensive. [5]
In February 1981 a detachable ring sight was proposed for this shotgun. [6] In April 1981, the price of one standard MTs 21-12 was 335 roubles and custom guns were more expensive. [7]
In December 1988, MTs 21-12 was the most common semi-automatic hunting shotgun in the Soviet Union (the second was Browning Auto-5), [2] although TOZ-87 had already begun to make.
After the fall of the Soviet Union due to the economic crisis in Russian Federation in the 1990s, the prices of firearms increased. [8] In September 1994, the cost of one new standard serial MTs 21-12 shotgun was from 480 thousand roubles to 3.3 million roubles. [9]
Over 300 000 MTs 21-12 shotguns were produced. [1] Unknown number of shotguns were sold in foreign countries. [4]
MTs 21-12 is a smoothbore shotgun. [7]
The detachable barrel is chrome-plated and has 1mm choke at the muzzle end. [7]
It has a walnut or beech shoulder stock (with or without cheekpiece) and fore-end [7]
Shotgun shells with paper or plastic cases must be used for shooting. [7] It should be taken into account that the USSR produced two different types of 12 gauge plastic cases, and for shooting from MTs 21-12 it was recommended to use plastic cases with a length of 67.5-68 mm, made according to GOST 23568-79. [10]
MTs 21-12 | |
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Type | semi-automatic shotgun |
Place of origin | USSR |
Production history | |
Designer | V. A. Nikolaev [1] |
Manufacturer |
TsKIB SOO Tula Arms Plant [2] [1] |
Produced | since 1965 |
No. built | over 300 000 [1] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 3.7 kg [3] |
Length | 1275 [3]-1285mm [2] |
Barrel length | 750mm [3] [2] |
Width | 65 [3] |
Height | 200 [3] |
Cartridge | 12/70 [3] |
Caliber | 12 gauge [2] |
Feed system | four round tubular magazine, plus 1 in the chamber [2] |
Sights | iron sights [2] |
The MTs 21-12 (МЦ 21-12) is a Soviet semi-automatic shotgun. [2]
The shotgun was designed in 1956-1958 in TsKIB SOO, it was the first Soviet semi-automatic shotgun. In 1965, the shotgun was awarded the golden medal of the Leipzig Trade Fair. [2] [4]
Since 1965 began the serial production of the shotgun by Tula Arms Plant. [2] The price of one standard MTs 21-12 was 350 roubles and custom guns were more expensive. [5]
In February 1981 a detachable ring sight was proposed for this shotgun. [6] In April 1981, the price of one standard MTs 21-12 was 335 roubles and custom guns were more expensive. [7]
In December 1988, MTs 21-12 was the most common semi-automatic hunting shotgun in the Soviet Union (the second was Browning Auto-5), [2] although TOZ-87 had already begun to make.
After the fall of the Soviet Union due to the economic crisis in Russian Federation in the 1990s, the prices of firearms increased. [8] In September 1994, the cost of one new standard serial MTs 21-12 shotgun was from 480 thousand roubles to 3.3 million roubles. [9]
Over 300 000 MTs 21-12 shotguns were produced. [1] Unknown number of shotguns were sold in foreign countries. [4]
MTs 21-12 is a smoothbore shotgun. [7]
The detachable barrel is chrome-plated and has 1mm choke at the muzzle end. [7]
It has a walnut or beech shoulder stock (with or without cheekpiece) and fore-end [7]
Shotgun shells with paper or plastic cases must be used for shooting. [7] It should be taken into account that the USSR produced two different types of 12 gauge plastic cases, and for shooting from MTs 21-12 it was recommended to use plastic cases with a length of 67.5-68 mm, made according to GOST 23568-79. [10]