Why Are Russian Guns So Great? 

Don’t worry about your “rambling “ . Those of us that are older have no problem paying attention for more than three minutes.

Ramble all you like!It's part of the Show!

I like listening to you talk about the guns and other things too. You’re the kind of guy I could chat with the all day long and I’m sure I’d enjoy every minute. So many interesting stories and good knowledge of the history behind the guns.

USOG with an AK on the table, never thought I'd see the day haha.

Probably my favorite RU-vid gun channel, always informative and interesting...I even like the “ rambling”!

Hello, I am from Chilean Patagonia, I have a 22 toz rifle, it is so good that yesterday I hunted a bird at 106 meters without a telescopic sight, every day it surprises me more, it must be that because of the cold the rifle still believes that it is in Russia and that's why it works too, hahaha greetings very good video

No worries, Mike. We know it’s about guns! 😉

I’ve always enjoyed your show! Don’t change how y’all make videos.. ramble all you like

Well greetings from one of those Counties that make it difficult to own a firearm of any kind..

Thank you for your videos,and Thank You for remembering Canadian Thanksgiving !

No worries about 'rambing' sir! We digest the info easy, despite being Dutch :-)

Loved this video especially, because you featured a long standing favourite of mine. . The toz .22lr, I believe maybe its model 17 or 19. My first powder charged rifle was this, in single shot, and boy did I learn to shoot with it. They are superbly accurate, more reliable and accurate than any more "modern or upper class" .22lr I have ever shot. I own 2, and will happily add more to my collection. My single shot and 6 shot cost my father 70 and 75 dollars respectively I believe. (New zealand dollars) Talk about bang for your buck.

Another excellent video , Thank you.

USOG. Thanks for the video and production. I noticed to your left in background the very end firearm was a left hand bolt action. Im a lefty and my eye is always out for arms made for us who are the undeserved 15% of the population. Its why I love lefty ruger Hawkeyes, leverguns, and single shots.

Great channel. I enjoy when you ramble, it usually leads to more information I've never heard about firearms and i learn something else. Thanks

These videos are some of the best online. Excellent background on firearms

Keep on rambling. It's what makes you stand out. This channel feels very honest and down to earth unlike some other gun channels. Greetings from the Netherlands.

I like your videos despite my complete ignorance when it comes to history... I just like your style, tone & passion

Your "ramblings" are interesting and unique! Ramble on my friend. You are refreshingly unlike any other firearms content producer! Sincere thanks.

You do a fine job explaining keep the videos coming.

just a quick note to say that you have a great RU-vid channel, always informative & you have great taste in firearms !

Really great videos!!! Thank you sir

I truly love this channel. Have for a while. I learned so much, and I truly appreciate you.

Thanks for the video brother, it was great. & I like detail & stories witch people with no attention span call rambling. But whenever I want to see wonderful firearms that are pieces of art in always go to your channel. I can go on & on about that. But I just wanted to say thank you along with saying how much I enjoy your videos. Take care brother

Good job thanks for the info greattings from Canada

The .22 looks like an early Model TOZ 17 before they had a dovetail put in the receiver. Model 16 was the single shot . I believe they come from the factory with floated barrels . They are pretty common in NZ , they were they budget rifle in their day before china was invented . A good one still commands a reasonable price on the second hand market. Its not unusual to go through 500-1000 rounds in a days hunting and a toz will do that with out a clean.

Just last weekend I was plinking targets with my father, and I tried out his made in Russia single shot, break action 7.62x39, what a beautiful rifle. My love is for the Mosin Nagant however 💪 keep up the great and informative videos !

SKS and Mosin are national firearms of Canada ;-)

That first .22 rifle looks like the live child between a 91/30 Mosin and a Brno ZKE-2M

I enjoy when you ramble because you are a knowledgeable gentleman, plus your channel is unique keep up the great work Sir, thank you👍

Love your channel keep up the good work

I’m in U.K. nearly 80 been around firearms all my life and still hunting every day. You seem very familiar to me, but I can’t place it. However I would like to say that I find your videos extremely informative and interesting and your presentation very calming and enjoyable. Please continue to put these out.

Don't change, you do a great job of explaining and giving information to your viewers.

Also, you don't wear out those firearms.... they wear you out! Love your videos always have always will!

the old 22 is TOZ-17 ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%9E%D0%97-17 and Medved is not an AK variant, it is based on SVD action. The first model was in 9.3x54R caliber. It`s very rear in Russia too

you, sir, are a treasure. i can not recall one of your episodes that I did not watch in its entirety. ramble on, good sir. ramble on.

Fun vid. I lived in the former SSR for years and went hunting with an IZH 27, found them for sale at home, bought one, and it’s the perfect grouse/woodcock gun.

I watch for the chatting. Keep up the chat!

I enjoy your discussions and cleverly disguised wit. With or without the guns.

I love the gun videos and I also love the rambling. Lol

Great Video! Keep up the good work

Very good. Thank you.

The older TOZ 5 round rifle you have is TOЗ -18. Single shot rifle of the same series is ТОЗ -16. They are based on a famous ТОЗ -8M model, but with some modifications. Most notable is Mosin like pull and twist safety. Both models were produced from 1953 till 1965. All of the ТОЗ line of rifles were produced with the match grade chambers, to insure extreme accuracy. Semiautomatic rifle is model ТОЗ- 99.

Great videos I love. Ur channel

And a Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to you too. Tell your producer to lighten up. I very much enjoy what you have to say. You have good information. However I tend to sometimes cut videos short by a couple seconds if I think there might be another commercial coming. I don’t think RU-vid understands just how much I hate commercials. Keep the videos coming

Don't listen to the negativity, as a younger shooter i seek out people with your amount of knowledge on firearms. What they call rambling, i call an expression of wealth of knowledge, music to my ears, keep it up love every minute of your videos.

Same TOZ that helped dozens of Russian shooting champions in the Olympics with their fantastic pistols

I shot that exact model of .22 in Poland - great shooter! I've been looking around to see if I can find the exact model but I only got as far as the TOZ classification. Thanks for the video!

I, as a senior of 71 years, enjoy listening to your depth of understanding of guns and their history. For me, you can speak about guns or investments or whatever. It seems you have a good deal to share. Perhaps it’s about community after all.

Very enjoyable video (as normal), thank you.

Honestly I never mind your "rambling". I tend to learn things. And it reminds me of listening to my dad and grandpa tell shooting stories.

Hi Mike. The only Russian guns I have experience with is Shotguns, namely the Baikal . I used to shoot a Baikal 12 Bore O&U. It was a superbly well made gun, it was my friends and he told me that if it had the name Webley or Winchester on it, it would be double the price. It was very well made and was my favourite shotgun for sporting clays. Alas, in the UK we are one of those country`s that has very restrictive legislation, when it comes to firearms. Keep safe Mike.👍

Over here (NZ) we refer to them as Toz 17's, but there may be a no. difference between the single-shot and repeater, as someone mentioned 19. I've owned both, still have a single-shot (1972) with original sling and pull-through. Their legendary accuracy may be due to the chrome-bore which I've never noticed on other .22's. Keep up the 'rambling' , better than all the 'slick' U-Tubers out there

When you get to my age and your kids tell you you've told them a particular thing multiple times what's a little ramble between friends you ramble all you want I'll still be here listening and enjoying the content again and again fond regards from an old shooter in beautiful North Wales

Keep 'rambling'. We love it!

Rambling is good so keep it up .

TOZ- Тульский оружейный завод- Tul'skii Oruzheynyy Zavod (Tula Arms Factory). I have a TOZ 78 bolt action. Looks just like your TOZ 99 but turn-bolt. Works great, decently accurate! One of my favorite knock around 22's!

Toz-99 has one major design flaw, the sear always breaks on them and there is no way to get replacements.

We like the rambling Sir!

Another great Vid, only catching up on a couple now, Interesting little fact about TOZ is that they produced a bolt action .22 for Winchester, It was really a TOZ 78 I believe, but Winchester re-named it the Wildcat, awesome little gun

We are not going to lose our right to have guns. I am almost 70 and have been hearing that my whole life. I have 17 rifles and I love them all. As far as rambling... I didn't notice and you have a good program , what ever you do it goes well. Good historical and educational.

Own three Baikal shotguns. Two over/under in 12 and 20 and a side by side 12. They are great shotguns. Just under $300 each. My nephew has an over/under in 20. Told him he should grab one in 12 also. He said “they’ll be around”. I never miss an opportunity to rub that line in!

Nice Job 👍🏼

I enjoy all of your videos, whether you are rambling about various other subjects or not. Your taste in firearms is a little bit higher end than mine, but we share a love for them just the same. Keep up the good work.

Thanks so much for the information. I always learn a lot that other gun videos just do not seem to cover. Maybe you could give a video about where online to find some of these more obscure guns. My small gun stores just seem to have mostly Glocks and carbon copy variants of them that they think people want to purchase. The beautiful, quirky guns are few and far between.

Hey, I don't mind the "rambling." I think you are very informative, and I really enjoy the channel!

Sir, you are polite, respectful, open-minded and knowledgeable. Quintessentially Canadian. Thank you.

On the Toz 34 they might describe those arcs the action pivots on as barrel mounted trunnions. I'd imagine they're hardened and also ride in hardened grooves. A friend has the same Toz bolt action 22 as you and I always thought that extra steel near the muzzle acted as a barrel weight and vibration dampener like match rifles. I figured that based on how accurate his is too.

I have one of those over under shotguns to use up on the ranch. It has had more than 5000 shells run through it at least, and it still tight against the face. I like the weight of it.

Your "ramblings" are like pronouncements from the Mount. Keep up the good work ! 😇

The Russian Mosin Nagant 91/30 and the British SMLE have seen military service for more years and in more countries than any other rifles. They make great sporters and collector's items too.

I would like to see a video on the marlin 336. I've had two, .35 remington being my favorite

Ramble on! love every episode! I think our friend B.Frew (aka SunRise Kid) has one of those 22s, I'll bring this video to his attention in case he missed it.

Keep rambling, it's what makes your videos great. Lots of good info. in those ramblings.

Thank-you for making up my mind on picking up the TOZ-99 (or it's variant here in Canada the Baikal TOZ-99) and thank-you to Trapdoor Springfield Model 1888 for pointing me here when I asked about the rifle on a previous video.

My wife and I had several different Asian tourists ask to take pictures with us while we were in Glacier National park because we were carrying guns.

TOZ 34 one love, as for me the best and most convenient hunting shotgun for a person of average height (I own this 75 year of manufacture)

I am the guy who regularly watching your video. Thank you very much for this. I also like when you uther word "Friend" in the video. I am not from English country but I understand your each word very clearly because of your polite way of talking. No doubt the Russian make great gun. I own model 27 over under shotgun made by Baikal of Russia since 1991 and still run like a machine even after hard use. You requested to please make next video on Baikal Mp 155 hunting Sami auto shotgun or Model 27 over under shotgun if available in UK. I shall be very very thankful.

The receiver on the semi-auto .22 looks like that of a Winchester Model 74.

Ha, tell your producer that I enjoy and learn from your rambling. Keep up the good work and simply be real as the person you are at your core.

I may not watch the entire video, but I still like the videos. I just have a list of things to get through and skip around a bit.

TOZ is actually Tula, the T shaped hammer reminds me of the stamping on the receiver I have.

The Winchester .22 Wildcat is very similar to the TOZ .22. Here in Australia the Baikal shotguns and O/U double rifles are budget in price but are built like tanks.

Tell your producers I enjoy your rambling commentary.

Glad you said that, my attention span is like a goldfish's and I need to be constantly entertained in a manner that appeals to me.

In 1960s you can buy this 22 lr TOZ rifle in each sport store in US SR. Without any permission. You has to be older 18, and that's enough. Today you have to get own shotgun 5 years, and after this you can purchase your rifle... Sad...

Two years late to the show, go ahead ramble all you like, you have a pleasant and joyful way of conversating with us .

I wouldn't worry about the rambling, I enjoy the video 👍

Greetings from Finland!Keep up your good work introducing interesting firearms.Have you heard Finnish-made LYNX straight pull bolt action rifles?They have interesting locking mechanism. Many thanks!

Every gun has a story. It may be bad, it might be good, you never know unless you say something about it.

Russian TOZ-17 & TOZ-99 very reliable and economic 22 LR rifles, i remember the classic TOZ-8 single shot too; the russians sport guns like Toz-35 (with morini grips), Baikal Izh-35M and Baikal MCM - Margolin 22 LR are well made but not cheap.

The 22 looks like my TOZ17 without the dovetail on receiver

My first deer rifle was an old Russian hex receiver with the Czarist mark on it. I bought it through the mail from some outdoors shop. This was back before the US allowed the importation of USSR stuff. I was so happy when I got it because I would not have to use the shotgun anymore. Then I found out a box of ammo (Norma) cost more than I paid for the gun. Oh well. It was so long I had to put it on a log or tree branch to shoot it. It was well made and very accurate, not like the war production and later scrap that is imported now. I did get a deer the first year. It was so far out I could barely tell it was a buck. Knocked it down with one shot. Back then lots of guys used old military rifles to hunt. Up your way probably the .303 more than the Russian stuff.

That .22 and shotgun are really nifty

Just when I thought my 22 rifle collection was complete! Ugh ... you're going to have to explain this to my wife! LOL ... just kidding ... actually she's very supportive. That Toz bolt rifle might be a model 17, 18 or 19.

Don't worry about the talking. It's interesting. I have slowed down watching anything but I still watch your videos we i have the chance. Its just a bunch of stuff comes up this time of year. Cutting hay around the rain. Keeping hogs out of the hay and getting ready for dove and deer season.

The TOZ 17 is one of the most durable and reliable.22lr bolt actions ever sold in NZ. There are still people looking to buy spare magazines. The breech bolt appears to have designed to mimic the the Moisin function, possibly for use in a Soviet school cadet capacity. The newer TOZ .22lr bolt action was imported for a while but supplies seemed to dry up when it was being supplied to Winchester as the Winchester Wildcat. The current trade restrictions over the Ukraine issues obviously do not help. I have used the Vostok CM2 target rifle from Izhevsk and recently purchased an IZH rifle. It is a Bars 1 bolt-action rifle chambered in 7.62x39, with a 22”, 1-12” twist barrel. Break-action IZH rifles are popular here, partly because they will never let you down and also because they are proper stalking ‘extractor’ guns. The cheap Yank farmer’s guns are fitted with ejectors. Good for farmers but not for bush hunting safety. This encourages some shooters to leave the action closed with a round up the spout because they are afraid of accidentally ejecting a round.

Those Tula .22lr rifle were at some point produced and marketed under Winchester brand here in US. I would suggest author to check russian Vostok Ural MTZ Baikal CM .22 competition rifles

Love your channel how would I find what you put up for sale please let us know I am interested in it because of your great knowledge thanks so much you are much appreciated

I have shot one before and loved it.