TargetTalk

hope this is the right place for this but anyone else have a Mts13? I cant post pics for some reason.....

Desirable rifle! It is very rare even here in Russia...

ah it is all original with its tool box.... what rifles do you have?

I remember having a similar accessory box with my Vostok MTS12 rifle when it was new in 1970. Great value for money at the time.

I'm telling you that the Tula mts12 were never called Vostoks....... Vostok is a spotter branch of Izhmash and To is the spotter brand of Tula. Even then the only real time one of these rifles is called a to is the model Toz61..... There is a great deal of brand confusion between western shooters and the Eastern block firearms.

Thanks BigBen for your update, however when these rifles were sold in the UK in 1969-1970, they were certainly advertised as Vostok MTS12, but heyho, that is a long time ago and maybe they were exported under the brand you mentioned for whatever reason.

Blame one of the UK dealers: https://www.rifleman.org.uk/Vostok_Target_Rifle.htm

The NSRA simply listed the MTs 12 and Strela as "Russian".

Thanks Tim for that great input of information.

Yeah I don't mean to be a dick or nothing.