Russian .22 trainers?

[VonXulu]

Are there any? There is a .22 sitting at the shop I am eyeballing. Supposedly it's a Russian .22 trainer? Looking for pics and models to compare to verify. It's bolt action with a five round clip. Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks,
VonXulu

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[edlmann]

Are there any? There is a .22 sitting at the shop I am eyeballing. Supposedly it's a Russian .22 trainer? Looking for pics and models to compare to verify. It's bolt action with a five round clip. Any info would be appreciated.

Also other soviet bloc .22 trainers out there. Many Romanians, both mag-fed and single shot.

[VonXulu]

Thanks Edlmann, but do you have any model numbers or makers names I can do a search on? Looking for a starting point.

[Quadguy]

If you google on Tula trainers you might get some hits. I know that AIM surplus and JG sales were offering them a year or so ago. They were either
the TOZ 71 or 78 models. They are decent shooters and the 78 model came with 5 and 10 round clips.

[CAMPYBOB]

The Romanians used a single-shot, bolt action Model 1956 training rifle and the more often seen Model 1969 bolt-action 5-shot repeater.

There are unconfirmed reports that a version of the AK-74 in .22 Long Rifle (sold in a commercial variant in the states as the AKT-98 imported by Armamentos in Florida and the WASR-22 by Century International Arms) is currently in use as a training rifle.

These were manufactured at Cugir.

Poland used the single-shot, bolt-action Mosin-Nagant Model 1944, rechambered in rimfire and given the Model 1948 nomenclature. The Poles also built some Type III milled receiver AK-47's up in .22 LR for use as trainers.

Bulgaria built the RKKS .22 LR version of the Type III AK-47.

The East Germans built a select-fire AKM/AK-74 variant trainer in .22 LR, the KK-MPi Model 1969 . The sub-caliber magazines were sold here a few years ago and several parts sets were imported by Interordnance. At least one set was built up as a PMDS and was offered for sale maybe three years ago.

The russians use a suppressed, crank-bolt action, folding stock version of the Ihzmash Biathlon rifle as a short range sniping rifle. The designation is SV-99.

Modern Firearms - SV-99 sniper rifle

I own a TULA TOZ-78 (also sold as the Winchester "Wildcat" model here). As far as I know, these are only commercial sale rifles. They seem to be very good shooters, but I don't know that were actually used as military training rifles.

TULA, Ihzmash and Baikal all built various target/match type rifles that may or may not have been used by military rifle teams. While many of these are advertised as 'trainers', the claim is often hard to verify.

[n64atlas]

Poland used the single-shot, bolt-action Mosin-Nagant Model 1944, rechambered in rimfire and given the Model 1948 nomenclature.
The WZ 48 was not a Mosin Nagant re-chambered to 22lr. It was derived from an earlier Polish trainer the Wz31.
Though they look very much alike, they are two different rifles
Wz48 at top
Polish 44 on bottom

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Here is one of the Polish AK-22's with test target

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