Toz-78 is back as a WINCHESTER

[Tozman]

Winchester has closed its last factory in the USA. All the Winchesters are now imported to North America.

The newest Winchester which will be soon on the market is the .22 Wildcat. It is basically the Russian Toz-78 with a better looking stock and different sights.

www.winchesterguns.com/prodinfo/catalog/detail.asp?cat_id=525&type_id=100&cat=018C

The Toz-78 is a great gun. Those who bought it from Armrus in Montreal are happy owners.

 

[Khalnath]

$230 US, huh? Makes me feel good about paying $100 cdn.

Good news, though. Hopefully they'll catch on, and I'll be able to get a decent stock for it eventually.

 

[muh-muh-muh-mauser]

uh, i dont like it, look what they did to the bolt and what sights are those...peep? BLASPHEMY! no thanks, ill keep my $100 Toz-78 thank you...

 

[Speckfire]

I like the wood. that's all. But for $230 as Mauser said I'll keep my Toz

 

[Goose25]

Wonder if they will ever come out with aftermarket parts for the Wildcat?

PM sent to Speckfire

 

[Setanta]

is the toz still available?

 

[RobSmith]

Gotta give it to the americans to take a 30 year old (I'm assuming that the 78 means 1978), make a few "improvements", and then sell it to you for several times what it's worth (and some people want to jump up and down with joy)! And then we ##### when Norinco takes a <50> year old design, makes a few improvements, mostly to simplify it a bit, then sell it to you for HALF of what an American design costs (and we ##### and moan about how blasphemous it is for them to copy someone else's designs ...)

 

[MPI]

Gotta give it to the americans to take a 30 year old (I'm assuming that the 78 means 1978), make a few "improvements", and then sell it to you for several times what it's worth (and some people want to jump up and down with joy)! And then we ##### when Norinco takes a <50> year old design, makes a few improvements, mostly to simplify it a bit, then sell it to you for HALF of what an American design costs (and we ##### and moan about how blasphemous it is for them to copy someone else's designs ...)

Well the Win-toz's are still made at the toz factory and the barrels are stamped toz.

 

[MPI]

 

[Can-down]

Well at least it will be easier for us to get TOZ 78 parts is we ever need them! I wonder if they smoothed out the bolt.....

 

[Goose25]

Did you polish the bolt handle? or did it come that way?

 

[Spitzer]

I guess they know a good thing when they see it.

 

[MPI]

Did you polish the bolt handle? or did it come that way?

That's the Win version, I think they are SS now. Got that pic from the Gunblast site, it's taken at the 06 shotshow.

 

[muh-muh-muh-mauser]

i noticed they moved the reciever markings to the right side on the winchester

 

[hunterhenderson]

wildcat

Im absolutely loving my wildcat, awesome gun and accurate to boot