Russian Target rifles

[BigBen]

hope this is the right place for this but anyone else have a Mts13? I cant post pics for some reason.....

[TORSI]

Desirable rifle! It is very rare even here in Russia...

[BigBen]

ah it is all original with its tool box.... what rifles do you have?

[BigBen]

[BigBen]

[John Marchant]

I remember having a similar accessory box with my Vostok MTS12 rifle when it was new in 1970. Great value for money at the time.

[BigBen]

I'm telling you that the Tula mts12 were never called Vostoks....... Vostok is a spotter branch of Izhmash and To is the spotter brand of Tula. Even then the only real time one of these rifles is called a to is the model Toz61..... There is a great deal of brand confusion between western shooters and the Eastern block firearms.

[John Marchant]

Thanks BigBen for your update, however when these rifles were sold in the UK in 1969-1970, they were certainly advertised as Vostok MTS12, but heyho, that is a long time ago and maybe they were exported under the brand you mentioned for whatever reason.

[Tim S]

Blame one of the UK dealers: https://www.rifleman.org.uk/Vostok_Target_Rifle.htm

The NSRA simply listed the MTs 12 and Strela as "Russian".

[John Marchant]

Thanks Tim for that great input of information.

[BigBen]

Yeah I don't mean to be a dick or nothing.