TOZ .22 Caliber Rifle Series

The Russian company Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavod (TOZ) manufactured .22 caliber bolt action rifles from 1920s until present days. Early models were intended for basic shooting training but they quickly became popular among hunters. The most widely produced models are single shot TOZ-7, TOZ-8 (more than one million produced) and TOZ-12, and magazine TOZ-17 and TOZ-18. In modern days TOZ produced TOZ-78 model.

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The TOZ .22 Caliber Rifles and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

TOZ-1

A drawing of TOZ-1 - .22LR

Single-shot TOZ-1 rifle was designed in 1927 by V. Selivanov and Ya. Kanevsky. TOZ-1s were used in late 1920s - early 1930s for basic shooting training, until replaced with improved TOZ-7 and TOZ-8 rifles.

Specifications

(1927 - late 1920s)

• Type: Bolt Action Rifle
• Weight: 5.3 lbs (2.4 kg)
• Length: ????
• Barrel length: ????
• Caliber(s): .22 LR
• Feed system: Single Shot

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Sniper		Trainees on shooting range		1931
Nail in the Boot (Gvozd v sapoge)		A group of Soviet youth		1932

TOZ-8

TOZ-8 - .22LR

TOZ-8 - .22LR

Single shot TOZ-8 was designed in 1932 by D. Kochetov. It was the main basic shooting training rifle in USSR in 1930s. TOZ-8 became a base for several improved rifles: 5-shot TOZ-9, and single shot TOZ-12 and TOZ-16.

Specifications

(1932 - mid-1950s)

• Type: Bolt Action Rifle
• Weight: 6.6 lbs (3 kg) - 8.8 lbs (4 kg)
• Length: ????
• Barrel length: 23.6 in (60 cm) - 25.2 in (64 cm)
• Caliber(s): .22 LR
• Feed system: Single Shot

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Notes	Year
Revolt of the Fishermen (Vosstaniye rybakov)	Daniil Vvedenskiy	A fisherman		1934
	Aleksei Dikij	Kedenek
		Fishermen
Julbars	Andrey Fayt	Kerim		1935
		Brigands, Caravan drivers, Peasants
Alamases's Gorge (Ushchelye Alamasov)	Daniil Sagal	Dyndyp		1937
	Aleksandra Popova	Granya Steblina
	Nikolay Poplavsky	Krylatkin
		Soviet-Mongolian explorer
The Mirror (Zerkalo)	Ignat Daniltsev	Alexei		1975
	Yuriy Nazarov	Shirokov (Military Instructor)
	uncredited	Asafiev
		Markov
		Assistant Military Instructor
		Students

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Notes	Year
Mirage	Regimantas Adomaitis	Frank Morgan	With PSO-1 scope	1983
	Ints Burans	Ed Black

TOZ-11

TOZ-11 - .22LR

TOZ-11 is a magazine hunting rifle, based on TOZ-8. It was designed in 1946 and produced for a decade.

Specifications

(1946 - 1957)

• Type: Bolt Action Rifle
• Weight: 4.3 lbs (2 kg) - 5.1 lbs (2.3 kg)
• Length: 39.4 in (100 cm)
• Barrel length: 19.8 in (50.2 cm)
• Caliber(s): .22 LR
• Feed system: 10-shot box magazine or Single Shot (TOZ-11 Mod.2)

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Notes	Year
Treasures of the Flaming Cliffs (Sokrovishcha pylayushchikh skal)	Valery Panarin	A mercenary sniper	Fitted with fake box magazine, Cutts compensator and sniper scope	1969

TOZ-17/18

TOZ-17 and TOZ-18 - .22 LR

TOZ-17 is a 5-shot .22 caliber rifle, designed in late 1950s and based on single shot TOZ-16. TOZ-18 is a version of TOZ-17, fitted with sniper scope. Generally both models are the same rifle.

Specifications

(1957 - ????)

• Type: Bolt Action Rifle
• Weight: 6 lbs (2.7 kg) (TOZ-17), 6.6 lbs (3 kg) (TOZ-18)
• Length: ????
• Barrel length: 21.1 in (53.6 cm)
• Caliber(s): .22 LR
• Feed system: 5-shot box magazine

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Cold Summer of 1953 (Kholodnoe leto pyatdesyat tretego)	Sergey Vlasov	Vityok		1987
Ricochet (Rikoshet)	Andrey Sokolov	Arseny	With sniper scope	1997
	Aristarkh Livanov	"Psychologist"
I Am a Dummy (Ya - kukla)	Olga Sumskaya	Gerda	With sniper scope	2001
	Aleksandr Domogarov	Viktor Vorobyov

TOZ-78

TOZ 78-01 - .22LR

TOZ-78 is an improved version of TOZ-17/18, designed in late 1980s.

Specifications

(1987 - Present)

• Type: Bolt Action Rifle
• Weight: 6 lbs (2.7 kg) - 6.6 lbs (3 kg)
• Length: 39.4 in (100 cm)
• Barrel length: 21.1 in (53.6 cm)
• Caliber(s): .22 LR
• Feed system: 5- or 10-shot box magazine

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
D-Day (Den'D)		An assassin	TOZ-78-01	2008

See Also

• Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavod - A list of all firearms manufactured by Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavod.