TOZ rifles, manufactured by the Tula Arms Plant (Russian abbreviation TOZ stands for Tulsky Oruzheyny Zavod), include
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TOZ-8
The TOZ-8 is a single shot rimfire sporting rifle conceived in 1932 by the designer-gunsmith D. M. Kochetov and serially produced at the Tula Arms Plant.
The TOZ-8 is a simple device, trouble-free and reliable in operation. It was widely used for primary education in the school shooting, gunsmith and DOSAAF paramilitary organization in the USSR for decades. It is also used today for hunting small game.
The receiver contains the bolt and trigger mechanism.
The rifle uses bolt action: a rotating bolt locks the cartridge in the chamber, closes bore, ignites the cartridge, and ejects the spent cartridge. Lugs are missing; locking is performed on the charging handle.
When the trigger is pressed, the hammer falls. The trigger is affixed to the rear end of the trigger springs from below. When pressing the trigger rests its ledges in the receiver and move down the release spring high neck than releases the trigger, which, along with hammer, moves forward under the influence of spring and drives the firing pin into the primer, igniting the cartridge and firing the shot.
There is no magazine. In place of the magazine guide is a special guide that controls the motion of the cartridge when it is rammed into the chamber.
Sights include front and rear open sights.
A cover protects the operator from hot gas in the event of case failure during firing (see Firearm malfunction § Case head separation).
The stock connects all parts of the rifle and serves for convenience when shooting; it has a butt, neck, and forearm.
Many TOZ-8 rifles are available in civilian circulation. The carbine is used for hunting in unchanged form.