TOZ .22 Caliber Rifle Series

The Russian company Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavod (TOZ) manufactures .22 caliber bolt action rifles from the 1920s until the present day. 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), TOZ-12, and magazine-fed TOZ-17 and TOZ-18. In the modern day, TOZ produces the 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

The single-shot TOZ-1 rifle was designed in 1927 by V. Selivanov and Ya. Kanevsky. It was produced for only one year, since it was shortly replaced by an substantially improved TOZ-7. Therefore TOZ-1 was adopted for use as a sporting rifle, and almost never used for hunting. TOZ-1s were used from the late 1920s to the early 1930s for basic shooting training, until it was replaced by the improved TOZ-7 and TOZ-8 rifles.

Specifications

(1927)

• 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

The single-shot TOZ-8 was designed in 1932 by D. Kochetov. It was the main basic shooting training rifle of the USSR in the 1930s. The TOZ-8 became the base for several improved rifles: the 5-shot TOZ-9, single-shot TOZ-12, and the 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
Dzhulbars	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
Black Pea Coats (Chyornye bushlaty)	Aleksandra Tyuftey	Masha Belaya		2018
	Vladimir Novitskiy	A shooting instructor

TOZ-11

TOZ-11 - .22LR

Single-shot TOZ-11 - .22LR

The TOZ-11 is a magazine-fed hunting rifle, based on the 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

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Territory	Aleksey Rozin	Murzin	(Ep. 07)	2020

TOZ-17/18

TOZ-17 and TOZ-18 - .22 LR

The TOZ-17 is a 5-shot .22 caliber rifle, designed in the late 1950s and based on the single shot TOZ-16. The TOZ-18 is a version of the TOZ-17, fitted with a 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
Kill Panther Kill	Gianfranco Parolini	Smoky	With sniper scope	1968
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

The TOZ-78 is an improved version of the TOZ-17/18, designed in the 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.