MTs 8


The MTs 8 is a Soviet double-barreled high-quality custom skeet shotgun.

History

MTs 8 was designed in 1953 and produced by TsKIB SOO.
These shotguns were used by Soviet teams in shooting competitions.
In October 1962, at the 38th World Shooting Championships in Cairo, Soviet shooter N. D. Durnev, armed with MTs 8 shotgun, set an absolute world record, hitting 200 of 200 targets.
In 1970, at the 40th World Shooting Championships in Phoenix, Soviet shooter Yu. V. Sidorova, armed with MTs 8 shotgun, became the winner.
In September 1981, the price of one standard MTs 8 shotgun was about 700 roubles.

Design

MTs 8 is an over and under hammerless smoothbore 12 gauge shotgun, with one barrel above the other.
It is equipped with safety mechanism and ejector.
All guns have a walnut shoulder stock and fore-end, some of them were decorated with engravings.

Variants

MTs 8-0 - test prototypeMTs 8-1 - first model, a skeet shotgun with 750mm barrelsMTs 8-2 - second model, with different trigger mechanismMTs 8-3 - third model, MTs 8-1 with second pair of 675mm barrelsMTs 8-4 - MTs 8-2 with second pair of 675mm barrels
At least several MTs 8 shotguns were equipped with third pair of barrels.

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