.22 bolt from USSR
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HI Husky - The TOZ 17s are great rifles.
Since the Russians have a completely different perspective than most other manufacturers, they built in a vibration damper right on to the end of the barrel. I have a 17 and an 8, both shoot very well. The irons on them are excellent, easy to adjust and shoot with, and usually pretty much bang on for elevation.
Make sure it has a magazine, they are hard to find and expensive.
The stocks are usually birch with the reddish shellac style finish. Not elegant but very functional.
You won't regret buying it.
Since the Russians have a completely different perspective than most other manufacturers, they built in a vibration damper right on to the end of the barrel. I have a 17 and an 8, both shoot very well. The irons on them are excellent, easy to adjust and shoot with, and usually pretty much bang on for elevation.
Make sure it has a magazine, they are hard to find and expensive.
The stocks are usually birch with the reddish shellac style finish. Not elegant but very functional.
You won't regret buying it.
I will second Lever30’s response. My father has a Toz-17 and it’s the 22 I learned to shoot on. They are accurate and reliable, great little guns. His does not have the dovetail like the one in the pic. You could mount a scope on there if you wanted. I would recommend!
I've never owned one but if I could find a deal on one I'd grab it . even if it was a single shot one . I like the Russian red stained stocks . think about it . they are a utilitarian type firearm . made to work in lousy conditions . I saw a guy on CGN looking for a firing pin for his . non existent I gather . make sure it shoots and check the face of the firing pin to make sure some moron wasn't dry firing it a lot. nothing like pulling the trigger and hearing click to make you a little upset LOL . not funny . especially if your out in the bush . I've heard that they are very accurate. check the extractor firing pin etc. see if you can shoot it and check the impact the firing pin makes on the cartridge . good luck and happy shooting .
I’ll take it! Oh, just showing off I guess.
It's not in my hands yet...but soon.
Asking to share info on a 65 yr rifle that might be available from an estate sale...really?
I did not start this thread to "show off" wtf...
So every time a member posts a picture of a rifle or item he finds and shares with us is "showing off" in your eye?
Hope not.
Asking to share info on a 65 yr rifle that might be available from an estate sale...really?
I did not start this thread to "show off" wtf...
So every time a member posts a picture of a rifle or item he finds and shares with us is "showing off" in your eye?
Hope not.
A joke sir. Mags for those rifles are like finding 410 in stock locally.It's not in my hands yet...but soon.
Asking to share info on a 65 yr rifle that might be available from an estate sale...really?
I did not start this thread to "show off" wtf...
So every time a member posts a picture of a rifle or item he finds and shares with us is "showing off" in your eye?
Hope not.
Hello HuskyDude -
Glad to see you decided to go ahead and buy it, like I said you won't regret it. The Russian firearms have an appeal all their own, and the rimfire ones have a market for sure. At one point Winchester was selling the last bolt actions and semiautos as Winchester Wildcats (not to be confused with the ammo by the same name).
Simple, durable, functional, accurate, and reliable. Check out some of the Youtube videos of guys shooting their TOZ 8s at ridiculous distances with irons.
I've bought brand new 22s from very good manufacturers who couldn't even get them to feed properly or shoot worth a dang (cough, ejem, Howa 1100). Enjoy!
Glad to see you decided to go ahead and buy it, like I said you won't regret it. The Russian firearms have an appeal all their own, and the rimfire ones have a market for sure. At one point Winchester was selling the last bolt actions and semiautos as Winchester Wildcats (not to be confused with the ammo by the same name).
Simple, durable, functional, accurate, and reliable. Check out some of the Youtube videos of guys shooting their TOZ 8s at ridiculous distances with irons.
I've bought brand new 22s from very good manufacturers who couldn't even get them to feed properly or shoot worth a dang (cough, ejem, Howa 1100). Enjoy!
Finally got this puppy home.
The condition is better than I thought, put a patch down the barrel with some Wipeout and it came out clean.
That in it's self is very satisfying.
Time for some pics.
To the range I go.
The condition is better than I thought, put a patch down the barrel with some Wipeout and it came out clean.
That in it's self is very satisfying.
Time for some pics.
To the range I go.
Brutus
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Info: Don't shoot Stingers. You will bulge the fired cases. Remington Vipers and its hollowpoint twin were fine & accurate enuf to plopp jackrabbits at closer distances, with head shots.
Is one of the few rimfires can handle Aquila SSS somewhat accurately, less than 100 meters.
IIRC, with the rear slider set at around 100 or 110 meters, easy to hit a popcan sized target at 60 meters.
Someone else told me this experiment of SSS is more disappointing at minus temps. But I don't know myself.
They are good small game hunting rifles with the right fodder and holdover.
Is one of the few rimfires can handle Aquila SSS somewhat accurately, less than 100 meters.
IIRC, with the rear slider set at around 100 or 110 meters, easy to hit a popcan sized target at 60 meters.
Someone else told me this experiment of SSS is more disappointing at minus temps. But I don't know myself.
They are good small game hunting rifles with the right fodder and holdover.
I have one, a single shot. It's one of my favorite 22 rifles. Was a bargain at 189 plus tax. Heavy barrel, good open sights adjustable to over 100m, good trigger. Somewhat front heavy so I put some lead weight in the stock to help balance it out while shooting offhand. Your repeater looks quite nice. The singles, like mine, are often quite beat up.
Found this somewhere on the web..
The TOZ-8 is a single shot .22LR bolt action cadet rifle conceived in 1932 by the designer-gunsmith D. M. Kochetov and serially produced at the Tula Arms Plant. The TOZ-8 is a simple device, trouble-free and reliable in operation. It was widely used for primary education in the school shooting, gunsmith and DOSAAF paramilitary organization in the USSR for decades. About one million TOZ-8s were made from the early 1930s to the late 1950s. Many TOZ-8 rifles are currently in civilian circulation and it is still used for hunting small game.
Found this somewhere on the web..
The TOZ-8 is a single shot .22LR bolt action cadet rifle conceived in 1932 by the designer-gunsmith D. M. Kochetov and serially produced at the Tula Arms Plant. The TOZ-8 is a simple device, trouble-free and reliable in operation. It was widely used for primary education in the school shooting, gunsmith and DOSAAF paramilitary organization in the USSR for decades. About one million TOZ-8s were made from the early 1930s to the late 1950s. Many TOZ-8 rifles are currently in civilian circulation and it is still used for hunting small game.
Brutus
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I am fairly certain that somewhere out there on the net is a picture of Lee Harvey Oswald.
Loaned what is most likely a Toz-8 by a generous factory co-worker. He was invited on a hunt with several others.
During his few years in the USSR.
Loaned what is most likely a Toz-8 by a generous factory co-worker. He was invited on a hunt with several others.
During his few years in the USSR.
- Location
- Nova Scotia
I always liked TOZ rifles. I like my TOZ 8M.. You'll like yours.
MapleSugar
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- On the loose from NIMH
Finally got this puppy home.
The condition is better than I thought, put a patch down the barrel with some Wipeout and it came out clean.
That in it's self is very satisfying.
Time for some pics.
To the range I go.
That is a gorgeous rifle!
