MTs 30

The MTs 30 (МЦ 30) is a family of Soviet high-quality custom hunting combination guns designed in the 1960s and 1970s by M. I. Skvortsov, A. P. Glinskiy, and I. P. Korneychev. The first information about the experimental three-barrelled MTs 30 was published in October 1960, with the MTs 30-13 announced in August 1961. Production began in small numbers by TsKIB SOO in 1979, with the MTs 30-09 shotgun displayed at the VDNKh exhibition in Moscow. In January 1979, the price of one custom MTs 30-09 was up to 2,000 roubles. The MTs 30 is a hammerless combination gun with one barrel under two others. Variants like MTs 30-01, -02, and -03 feature rifled barrels with specific calibers and groove configurations, while others, such as the MTs 30-09, combine smoothbore and rifled barrels. The guns include safety mechanisms, ejectors, walnut stocks with cheekpieces, and optional engravings. Some models are equipped with optical sights like PO-4×34 or TO-6PM. The MTs 30 family includes several variants, such as the MTs 30-09 with two smoothbore 12/70mm barrels and one 9×53mmR rifled barrel, and the MTs 30-12 with two 9×53mmR rifled barrels and one smoothbore 12/70mm barrel. The MTs 140 model features two 650mm smoothbore 12/70mm barrels and one 9×53mmR rifled barrel. In the Soviet Union, Belarus, Latvia, and the Russian Federation, these guns were used for civilian hunting. However, in Russia, a federal law signed in 1996 prohibited possession of firearms chambered for handgun ammunition, leading to the ban of certain MTs-30 models ...