So Russian MTc-255 can be called one-of-a-kind nowadays’, added Murahovsky. These unique shotguns are intended for professional and amateur hunting. ‘Foreign users prefer semi-auto or pump shotguns to revolving ones. Hunting shotgun MTs 255 (MC-255) Manufacturer: Russia, KBP (Instrument Design Bureau). Today such a revolving shotgun is nothing but an interesting marketing move to attract new people into the hunting world or to enlarge current hunters’ arsenals’ told Russia Beyond Viktor Murahovsky, an editor-in-chief of the ‘Homeland Arsenal’ magazine.Īs he mentions, today such revolving shotguns in the US can be found in museums or private arms collections. Yet this type of weapons didn’t find its favour among American soldiers due to various design flaws.
The first rifles of that kind were made by the Colt corporation. 'Such revolving systems firstly appeared in th American Civil War. This will be a five-shot 12 gauge shotgun for civilians capable of effectively striking down targets up to 100 meter distances. Russian arms production monopolist Rostech corporation announced its plans early March on bringing back to the arms market a revolving shotguns MTc-255.
