MTs 7

The MTs 7 (МЦ 7) is a family of Soviet and Russian double-barreled high-quality custom hunting shotguns, combination guns and rifles.[2][3][1]

MTs 7
Typedouble barreled shotgun
Place of originUSSR
Production history
ManufacturerTsKIB SOO[1]
Producedsince late 1950s[2]
Specifications
Mass2.6 - 5.0 kg[2][1]
Barrel length600mm - 750mm[2][1]
Caliber12, 20 gauge[1]
7.62×54mmR[2][1]
9×53mmR[1]
ActionBreak action[2]
Rate of firevariable
Sightsiron sights[2][1]
optical sight[2][1]

History

The first version of MTs 7 (MTs 7-1) was designed in late 1950s by TsKIB SOO as target rifle for competition shooting, although later it was redesigned and since 1960 it was sold as high-quality hunting weapon.[2]

MTs 7 custom guns were among the most expensive of all hunting firearms made in USSR.[3]

  • In August 1981, the price of one custom MTs 7 smoothbore shotgun was 1000 rubles and the price of one custom MTs 7 double-barreled rifle was 1200 rubles[4]
  • In December 1987, the price of one custom MTs7-20 shotgun was 1500 rubles, the price of one MTs7-12 shotgun was 1700 rubles, the price of one MTs7-07 or MTs7-09 rifle was 1800 rubles.[3]

In 1990s it was announced that new MTs 7-17 combination gun will be made.[5] However, due to the economic crisis in the Russian Federation, production of all versions of MTs 7 was greatly reduced.

Design

MTs 7 is an over and under hammerless gun, with one barrel above the other.[2][1]

It is equipped with safety mechanism and ejector.[1]

All guns have a walnut shoulder stock (with or without cheekpiece) and fore-end, some of them were decorated with engravings.[2][1]

MTs 7 hunting rifles and combination guns can be equipped with optical sight PO-4×34 (ПО-4×34)[2][3][1] made by Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant.

Variants
  • MTs 7-1 (МЦ 7-1) - first model, 6.5mm target rifle with 750mm barrels and diopter sight (4 - 5 kg)[2]
  • MTs 7-01 (МЦ 7-01) - second model, 6.5mm hunting rifle with 600mm barrels (3.25 - 3.75 kg)[2]
  • MTs 7-02 (МЦ 7-02) - third model, 7.62×54mmR hunting rifle with 600mm barrels (3.5 - 4.0 kg)[2]
  • MTs 7-07 (МЦ 7-07) - 7.62×51mm hunting rifle with 600mm barrels[3][1]
  • MTs 7-09 (МЦ 7-09) - 9×53mmR double-barreled hunting rifle with 600mm barrels (3.4 - 3.6 kg)[3][1]
  • MTs 7-12 (МЦ 7-12) - a 12/70 smoothbore double-barreled hunting shotgun with 750mm barrels (3.0 - 3.3 kg)[3][1]
  • MTs 7-12S (МЦ 7-12С) - a version of MTs 7-12 shotgun with new trigger mechanism[6]
  • MTs 7-17 (МЦ 7-17) - a combination gun (12 gauge shoothbore barrel and 7.62×54mmR rifled barrel)[5]
  • MTs 7-20 (МЦ 7-20) - a 20/70 smoothbore double-barreled hunting shotgun with 675mm barrels (2.6 - 2.9 kg)[3][1]

References
  1. А. В. Кузьминский. Оружие для охотника: практическое пособие / под общ.ред. А. Е. Тараса М., ООО «Издательство АСТ», 2002. стр.159-160
  2. Ружьё МЦ-7 // журнал "Охота и охотничье хозяйство", № 7, 1960. стр.39
  3. "Модели охотничьих ружей с индексом МЦ - самые дорогие и великолепно исполненные образцы отечественного оружия... Цена МЦ7-20 - 1500 руб., МЦ7-12 - 1700 руб., МЦ7-07 и 09 - 1800 руб."
    Двустволки с индексом МЦ // журнал "Охота и охотничье хозяйство", № 12, 1987. стр.32-33
  4. Отечественное охотничье оружие. МЦ 7 // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 8, 1981. стр.21
  5. «2.3.1. Охотничье огнестрельное оружие с нарезным стволом... Ружьё двуствольное комбинированное МЦ 7-17 кал. 12/70 и 7,62х54R»
    Перечень служебного и гражданского оружия и боеприпасов к нему, вносимых в Государственный кадастр служебного и гражданского оружия (утверждён распоряжением Правительства РФ № 1207-р от 3 августа 1996 года)
  6. Ружья спортивные двуствольные МЦ7-12С // TsKIB SOO official website

Sources
  • Э. В. Штейнгольд. Всё об охотничьем ружье. 2-е изд., испр. и доп. М., «Лесная промышленность», 1978.
  • М. М. Блюм, И. Б. Шишкин. Охотничье ружьё. М., «Лесная промышленность», 1983. стр.89-90
  • М. М. Блюм, И. Б. Шишкин. Твоё ружьё. М., "Физкультура и спорт", 1989. стр.78
  • Виктор Рон. МЦ 7-12С: надёжность и универсальность // журнал "Оружие", No. 12, 2018. стр.63-64 - ISSN 1728-9203
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