TOZ-34


The TOZ-34 is a double-barreled shotgun.

History

TOZ-34 is produced and sold by Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavod since 1964. In 1965, the shotgun was awarded the golden medal of the Leipzig Trade Fair. In 1970, TOZ-34 and TOZ-34E received the State quality mark of the USSR.
In 1972, the shotgun was awarded the golden medal in Paris.
In 1977, TOZ-34 and TOZ-34E were among the ten most common hunting shotguns in the Soviet Union.
Since 1982 began the production of combination guns based on TOZ-34 design, although only a small number of them was made and sold to hunters until July 1987.
In 1985, IZh-27 and TOZ-34 were the most common hunting shotguns in the Soviet Union.
In April 1987, it was announced that Tula Arms Plant would begin mass production of the new TOZ-84 shotgun and this gun will replace in production TOZ-34, TOZ-55 and TOZ-57. However, after the fall of the Soviet Union and the 1990s economic crisis in the Russian Federation, TOZ decided to discontinue production of TOZ-84 and to continue production of TOZ-34.
More than one million TOZ-34 shotguns have been made.

Design

TOZ-34 is an over and under gun, with one barrel above the other.
Soviet TOZ-34 have a walnut, birch or beech stock and fore-end.

Variants