Soviet TOZ-66 SXS "Coach" Shotgun

[1srelluc]

I picked-up this Soviet made (Tula factory) TOZ-66 12 ga SXS this morning. 20" barrels 2.75" chambers w/"rabbit ear" hammers.

They were produced at Tula in the USSR from 1968-1974.....I could not pass it up for $200.00.

It's not really a "coach gun" in the American since because it has barrels choked full and Improved Modified, it's was designed as a hunting shotgun.

Typical of Soviet manufacture, everything is very robust except the finish which is the typical brownish red shellac over Artic Birch.....The bores are chromed. Crude but cut checkering.

There's some cut engraving on it but I'd not call it "artistic".

Also there are all kinds of Soviet inspection marks on it.

 

[odanny]

Why does it say Miami, Fla. on it? Universal Sporting Goods?

 

[1srelluc]

Why does it say Miami, Fla. on it? Universal Sporting Goods?

That was the USA importer. Firearm imports from the USSR were not banned till 2014 (Obama EO) and expanded in 2021 to include ammo by Biden.

Many TOZ-66 shotguns were imported before then, the vast majority being 28" models. The shorter (20") SXS shotguns were imported in fewer quantities.

Better condition examples of my SXS bring anywhere from $475 to $700.

Most of the old Soviet rifles (Mosins and such) were imported from Ukraine after the breakup of the Soviet Union, not Russia.