MTs 5

The MTs 5 (МЦ 5) is a family of Soviet double-barreled high-quality custom hunting shotguns, combination guns and rifles[1][2].

MTs 5
Typedouble barreled shotgun
Place of originUSSR
Production history
ManufacturerTsKIB SOO[1]
Specifications
Mass2.2 - 3.4 kg (without optical sight)[1]
Barrel length600mm or 675mm[1][2]
Cartridge16/70, 20/70, 28/70, 32/70[1]
Caliber16, 20, 28, 32 gauge[1]
ActionBreak action[1]
Rate of firevariable
Sightsiron sights[1]
optical sight[1]

History

MTs 5 was designed and produced by TsKIB SOO[1][2].

In November 1965, the price of one MTs 5 was between 350 and 400 rubles. According to the official statement of TsKIB SOO specialists, it was the most durable and reliable civilian hunting weapon ever made in the USSR (by this time several MTs 5 guns had already withstood from 100,000 to 150,000 shots without breaking)[1].

After the model MTs 105 was developed, the production of MTs 5 was discontinued.

Design

MTs 5 is an over and under hammerless gun, with one barrel above the other.[1][2]

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

MTs 5 hunting rifles and combination guns can be equipped with detachable optical sight[1][2]. The first MTs 5 guns were equipped with 3.5× optical sight P.O.T. (П.О.Т.), later they were equipped with 4× optical sight TO-4 and other optical sights[3].

MTs 5 was the first Soviet serial firearm equipped with optical sight that was sold as civilian hunting weapon.

Variants
  • MTs 5-01 (МЦ 5-01) - а hunting double-barreled rifle with 600mm barrels (.22 LR and 6.5mm rifle cartridge), 3.2 - 3.4 kg.[1]; it was equipped with 3.5× optical sight P.O.T.[3]
  • MTs 5-02 (МЦ 5-02) - а hunting rifle with 600mm barrels (.22 LR and 7.62×54mmR), 3.2 - 3.4 kg.[1]; it was equipped with 4× optical sight[4] TO-4[3]
  • MTs 5-12 (МЦ 5-12) - а combination gun with 675mm barrels (32 gauge shoothbore barrel and .22 LR rifled barrel), 2.25 - 2.5 kg.[1]
  • MTs 5-15 (МЦ 5-15) - а combination gun with 675mm barrels (20 gauge shoothbore barrel and .22 LR rifled barrel), 2.8 - 3.0 kg.[1]; it was equipped with 2× optical sight[5]
  • MTs 5-18 (МЦ 5-18) - а combination gun with 675mm barrels (16 gauge shoothbore barrel and .22 LR rifled barrel), 3.0 - 3.25 kg.[1]
  • MTs 5-20 (МЦ 5-20) - a 20/70 smoothbore double-barreled hunting shotgun with 675mm barrels, 2.6 - 2.8 kg[1]
  • MTs 5-26 (МЦ 5-26) - а combination gun with 675mm barrels (20 gauge and 6.5mm rifle cartridge), 3.2 - 3.4 kg[1]
  • MTs 5-27 (МЦ 5-27) - а combination gun with 675mm barrels (20 gauge and 7.62×54mmR), 3.2 - 3.4 kg[1]
  • MTs 5-28 (МЦ 5-28) - a 28/70 smoothbore double-barreled hunting shotgun with 675mm barrels, 2.4 - 2.6 kg[1][6]
  • MTs 5-32 (МЦ 5-32) - a 32/70 smoothbore double-barreled hunting shotgun with 675mm barrels, 2.2 - 2.4 kg[1][7]
  • MTs 105 (МЦ 105) - next model[8]

References
  1. Отечественные ружья // «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 11, 1965. стр.29
  2. Э. В. Штейнгольд. Всё об охотничьем ружье. 2-е изд., испр. и доп. М., «Лесная промышленность», 1978.
  3. "оптический охотничий прицел П.О.Т. предназначен для охотничьего ружья МЦ 5, но может быть использован и для других охотничьих ружей и винтовок"
    Л. Жиляев. Оптические прицелы // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 2, февраль 1961. стр.37-40
  4. МЦ 5-02 // «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 10, 1959. стр.31
  5. МЦ 5-15 // «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 11, 1959. стр.34
  6. МЦ 5-28 // «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 12, 1959. стр.23
  7. МЦ 5-32 // «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 12, 1959. стр.23
  8. МЦ 105 // А. В. Кузьминский. Оружие для охотника: практическое пособие / под общ.ред. А. Е. Тараса М., ООО «Издательство АСТ», 2002. стр.156-158

Sources
  • Виктор Рон. Пятёрочка // журнал "Оружие", № 3, 2012. стр.64 - ISSN 1728-9203
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