Mts-2-3 [ МЦ-2-3 ]

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Zdzislaw
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Mts-2-3 [ МЦ-2-3 ]

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Lucky me. I've been just visited by Santa
He didn't have a white beard or a red fur coat, there were no sleighs or reindeer. :D
He even made me pay for the gift.
And yet, I am very pleased with his visit - he dropped me a Soviet Mts-2-3 pistol.
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The average dispersion of my pistol, declared by the manufacturer in 1965, at 50 meters for a 10-shot series is 2.38 cm ( shot 60 cartridges, from the rest ).
I hope I can get close to this result.
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Since 1952, 5,233 Mts-2 pistols have been manufactured, in at least three versions. The exact date of the end of production is not known, but based on photos collected on the Internet, I assume that production ended in 1969. I did not find any photos of this gun with a serial number starting with 70 - the first two digits of the serial number indicated the year of manufacture.
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So, with over five thousand pistols produced, I hope that quite a few of them survived and there will be some owners who will share their opinions and shooting experiences.
I wonder if an electronic version of the Manual and technical instruction are available? I happen to speak Russian so I can read the original Soviet Manual.
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Very cool.
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :vcool:
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Is there a mark indicating where they were made ? The (No) mark makes me think Tula.
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They were made in Tula - in the 50's some of them bear also the logo of TOZ - Тульский оружейный завод ( see the one from 1957 ) but all of them were manufactured by ЦКИБ / TsKIB -
The Central Design and Research Bureau of Sporting and Hunting Arms [ Центральное конструкторско-исследовательское бюро спортивного и охотничьего оружия ].
It is even included in the weapon's name - МЦ - Модель ЦКИБ - Model by Tskib.
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