Bars (hunting rifle)
- Name
- Bars
- Field
- carbine
- Period
- 1960
- Region
- Soviet Union
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• Name — Bars • Origin — USSR • Type — Bolt-action rifle • Is Ranged — yes • Designer — A.I. Nesterov • Manufacturer — Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant • Production Date — Since 1960s • Weight — 3.0 kg • Length — 1,030 mm • Part Length — 600 mm • Cartridge — 5.6×39mm 7.62×39mm.223 Remington • Rate — Variable • Feed — 5-round magazine, loaded individually • Sights — Iron sights Optical sight The Bars is a Soviet and Russian bolt-action hunting rifle.
History
History
"Bars" was designed in the early 1960s. In May 1965, the price of one standard rifle was between 120 and 140 roubles. In 1967, "Bars" was awarded the golden medal of the Leipzig Trade Fair and Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant began its serial production in large numbers. In 1993, Kazan Optical-Mechanical Plant began production of night-vision device for "Bars", "Los-4" and "Los-7" hunting rifles. In the 2000s, Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant began production of PKO-2 (ПКО-2) reflector sight for "Bars-4" hunting rifles. In 2017, Kalashnikov Concern announced its intention to replace the production of "Bars" hunting rifles and previous models of "Los" hunting rifles with a new model (Baikal 145 "Los"). In June 2018, the start of its production was announced and production of "Bars" hunting rifles was discontinued.
Design
Design
The barrel is chrome-plated. The "Bars" has staggered column detachable box magazine. It has manual safety switch All variants of "Bars" rifles have iron sights, and they were equipped with scope base for optical sight. • PO-4×34 (ПО-4×34) and TO-4 scopes were standard optical sights, although custom aftermarket variants are known. "Bars-223" was equipped with PO-4×24 (ПО-4×24) scope made by Novosibirsk Instrument-Building Plant.
Variants
Variants
• "Bars-1" (КО-5,6–60 «Барс-1») – first model, 5.6×39mm. Its barrel has six grooves • "Bars-4" («Барс-4») – second model, 5.6×39mm and 7.62×39mm, since 1985 • "Bars-4-1" («Барс-4-1») – since 1990s, 5.6×39mm and 7.62×39mm • "Bars-223" («Барс-223») – "Bars-4-1" chambered in.223 Remington, it was designed in early 2000s, in 2001 – 2002 small number were made, in January 2003 its serial production was announced.
Users
Users
• USSR – was allowed as civilian hunting weapon • Belarus - is allowed as civilian hunting weapon • Kazakhstan • Moldova - is allowed as civilian hunting weapon • Russian Federation – is allowed as civilian hunting weapon • Ukraine – is allowed as civilian hunting weapon • - the import was allowed
Museum exhibits
Museum exhibits
• Illustration — A "Bars" hunting rifle in the collection of M. T. Kalashnikov Museum in Izhevsk • one "Bars" hunting rifle is in the collection of M. T. Kalashnikov Museum in Izhevsk
Chronology
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Chronology
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1960
Bars (hunting rifle) first recorded.
1960
Bars (hunting rifle) is recorded from 1960.
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- 1.«Барс» // А. И. Благовестов. То, из чего стреляют в СНГ: Справочник стрелкового оружия. / под общ. ред. А. Е. Тараса. Минск, «Харвест», 2000. стр.557–559
- 2.А. В. Кузьминский. Оружие для охотника: практическое пособие / под общ. ред. А. Е. Тараса М., ООО «Издательство АСТ», 2002. стр.183–186
- 3.Отечественные ружья // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 5, 1965. стр.25
- 4.Анатолий Анатольев. Надёжный друг – "Барс" // журнал "Оружие и охота", № 1, 1999
- 5.Производственное объединение "Казанский оптико-механический завод" предлагает // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 10, 1993. стр.44-45
- 6.д. тех. н. В. Г. Волков. Коллиматорные прицелы для индивидуального оружия // журнал "Спецтехника и связь", 2012. стр.34–47
- 7.Baikal 145 Лось: новинка для охотника // официальный сайт корпорации "Ростех" от 15 июня 2018
- 8.Отечественное охотничье оружие. «Барс-1» // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 9, 1982. стр.23
- 9."Барс" с новыми когтями // журнал "Калибр", № 7–8 (20), 2003. стр.34–39
- 10.ОАО "Концерн "ИЖМАШ"" начинает выпуск карабина "Барс-4-1" под патрон .223 Rem // журнал "Мастер-ружьё", № 2 (71), февраль 2003. стр.5
- 11.«2.1.1.1-1/004 Карабин охотничий Барс-4-1» Указ Президента Республики Беларусь № 71 от 13 февраля 2003 года «Об утверждении Положения о порядке ведения и издания Государственного кадастра служебного и гражданского оружия и боеприпасов и Положения о порядке проведения сертификации служебного и гражданского оружия и боеприпасов» (редакция от 10 июля 2015 г.)
- 12.Постановление Кабинета министров Республики Казахстан № 110 от 2 февраля 1995 г. "О мерах по реализации Закона Республики Казахстан "О государственном контроле за оборотом отдельных видов оружия""
- 13.Постановление Правительства Республики Казахстан № 289 от 3 марта 1997 г.
- 14."2.1.2. Охотничье нарезное оружие ... 1. Карабин "Барс-4" кал. 5,6 х 39 мм Россия. ОАО "Ижевский машиностроительный завод"" Постановление правительства Республики Молдова Nr. 1173 от 19 декабря 1997 г. "Об отнесении некоторых моделей оружия к индивидуальному оружию"
- 15."2.3.1. Охотничье огнестрельное оружие с нарезным стволом... 19. Карабин "Барс-4", "Барс-4-1" кал. 7,62х39" Распоряжение Правительства РФ № 1207-р от 3 августа 1996 г. "Перечень служебного и гражданского оружия и боеприпасов к нему, вносимых в Государственный кадастр служебного и гражданского оружия"
- 16.А. Анатольев. Надёжный друг - "Барс" // журнал "Оружие и охота", № 1, 1999
- 17."ANNEX A. Firearms Permitted to Be Imported into the United States from the Russian Federation ... BARS-4 Bolt Action Carbine" [https://tcc.export.gov/Trade_Agreements/All_Trade_Agreements/exp_005371.asp AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ON EXPORTS OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION FROM THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA]
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- Охотничий карабин "Барс-1" // Спортивно-охотничье оружие и патроны. Бухарест, "Внешторгиздат", 1965. стр.44-45
- Е. В. Кудрявцев. Охота (краткий справочник). 3-е изд., доп. М., Агропромиздат, 1985. стр.17
- Карабин малокалиберный магазинный "Барс" // Охотничье и спортивное оружие, патроны. М., Внешторгиздат, 1989.
- журнал «Оружие», № 2, 1997.
- Виктор Рон. Ижевский "Барс" // журнал "Оружие", № 5, 2017. стр.63–64 – ISSN 1728-9203
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Bars (hunting rifle) is associated with Soviet Union. Classified as a carbine. Recorded from 1960. Connected to 1 other published record in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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