Bars is a family of Soviet shop hunting carbines intended for commercial hunting of an average beast. Since 2018, it has been discontinued, the version of the Baikal 145 carbine Elk with a short receiver, chambered for .223 [2] , is being released instead.
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Type of | carbine |
A country | the USSR |
Production history | |
Constructor | A. I. Nesterov [1] |
Designed by | 1960 |
Manufacturer | Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant [1] |
Specifications | |
Weight, kg | 3.0 [1] |
Length mm | 1030 [1] |
Barrel length, mm | 600 [1] |
Cartridge | 5.6 × 39 mm (Bars-1) 7.62 × 39 mm ("Leopard-4") |
Work principles | longitudinal slide |
Maximum range, m | 300 [1] |
Type of ammunition | 5- round box magazine |
Content
Description
The carabiner bolt is longitudinally sliding rotary, with two lugs in the middle. At the rear of the gate there is a window for the output of the firing pin platoon and slots for fastening the coupling. Inside the gate there is a channel to accommodate a drummer with a return spring. The receiver has a window at the bottom for the magazine and the trigger box [3] .
The barrel is fixed in the receiver on the threaded connection, the barrel bore and the chamber are chromed.
The upper window of the receiver is used to equip a magazine with cartridges and remove a spent cartridge case. The trigger is adjusted when the hammer is cocked (after the barrel and receiver are separated from the stock) by rotating the lower front screw, which sets the required amount of engagement with the trigger. On the right side of the receiver above the trigger mechanism is a safety catch, which locks in two positions due to the cam and spring in the right side of its axis. Protection against accidental firing is performed by simultaneously locking the bolt and the hammer (with a loaded carbine). After a shot, the safety lock button set in the vertical position prevents the spontaneous opening of the shutter. When removing the bolt from the receiver, it is pulled back and the fuse is turned to a vertical position, after which the bolt is removed from the receiver.
The store is detachable, for 5 rounds located in a staggered manner.
Sights: a rectangular front sight and a rear sight of a drum type with divisions of 100, 200, 250 and 300 m. In addition, the TO-4 and PO-4x34 four-sight riflescopes can be mounted on the karabiner, as well as PO4h39 and PO- 3 optical sights. 9x38, PO3-9x39 [4] .
Birch or nut stock, pistol-shaped with a protrusion under the cheek, on the butt of the butt - rubber shock absorber. The outer surfaces of the metal parts of the weapon are phosphated and varnished. Wooden surfaces are also varnished [3] .
The carabiner is convenient in operation and is intended for hunting in any climatic conditions at an ambient temperature from - 40 to + 50 ° С [3] .
Variants and modifications
- KO-5,6-60 "Bars-1" - a model chambered for 5.6 × 39 mm (18% of parts are unified with the Los-4 carbine, the carbine was produced in 1960 in small batches, in 1967-1990. - serially, in 1990, out of production) [5] ;
- "Bars-4" is a model for cartridges of 5.6 × 39 mm and 7.62 × 39 mm , developed in 1985, 80% of parts are unified with the Los-7 carbine [5] .
- "Leopard-4-1" - a model chambered for 5.6 x 39 mm and 7.62 x 39 mm, developed by the early 1990s
- "Bars-223" - modification of "Bars-4-1" chambered for 5.56x45 mm , developed in the early 2000s [6] (in 2001-2002 it was produced in small batches, in January 2003 it was announced the start of the serial production and during January, 50 pieces of the first serial carbines chambered for the .223 Remington [7] were manufactured.
In addition, in October 2003, by order of Concern IZHMASH OJSC, the Legion company began the piece release of Bars carbines of the Premier series (guaranteed accuracy) [8] .
Additional Information
- in Russia, carbines are certified as civilian weapons [9] , and the Bars-4 and Bars-4-1 models are in service with the units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of the Interior [10] and the guard and paramilitary units of the FSUE “Protection” of the Ministry of the Interior [ eleven]
- In Kazakhstan, carbines were put into service by certain categories of workers of the production association of hunting, fishing and zoological enterprises (PO Okhotzooprom) of the state concern Kazmestprom [12] and were allowed to use the Institute of Zoology and Animal Gene Pool as self-defense weapons (listed in the status of firearms and military supplies for employees of the Institute of Zoology and Animal Gene Pool of the Ministry of Science - Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan) [13]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Leopard" // A. I. Blagovest. What they shoot in the CIS: Handbook of small arms. / under ed. A. E. Tarasa. Minsk, "Harvest", 2000. p. 577-559
- ↑ The Kalashnikov Concern has opened an order for a hunting carbine Baikal 145 Los - Kalashnikov Concern . kalashnikov.com. The appeal date is July 4, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 A.V. Kuzminsky. Weapons for the hunter: a practical guide / under ed. A.E. Taras M., LLC Publishing AST, 2002. pp. 177–180
- ↑ Carbines hunting Leopard-4 and Leopard-4-1 / site of the weapons exhibition "VTTV-1999"
- ↑ 1 2 A.V. Kuzminsky. Weapons for the hunter: a practical guide / under ed. A.E. Taras M., Publisher AST LLC, 2002. pp. 183-186
- Бар "Bars" with new claws // Magazine "Caliber", № 7-8 (20), 2003. pp. 34-39
- ↑ Concern IZHMASH, JSC starts the production of the Bars-4-1 carbine chambered for .223 Rem // magazine Master-gun, No. 71, February 2003. p.5
- ↑ Company "Legion" // magazine "Master-gun", № 10 (79), October 2003. p.4
- ↑ " 2.3.1. Hunting firearms with a rifled barrel ... 19. Carabiner" Leopard-4 "," Leopard-4-1 "cal. 7.62x39 "
Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1207-p dated August 3, 1996 "List of service and civilian weapons and ammunition to be entered into the State Cadastre of Service and Civilian Weapons" - ↑ " 3.2.1.5. 7.62 mm carbine" Leopard-4 "," Leopard-4-1 "chambered for 7.62 x 39. "
Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs No. 173 dated February 17, 2001 “On Approving the Lists of Special Means, Types, Types and Models of Firearms and Gas Weapons, Ammunition for It, Standards for Providing the Employees of Paramilitary and Security Units with Private Security under the Internal Affairs Bodies” - ↑ Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 611 dated August 4, 2006 "On Approving the Lists of Special Means, Types, Types and Models of Fire and Gas Weapons, Ammunition and Ammunition to It, Standards for Providing the Employees of the Paramilitary and Sentinel Divisions of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Okhrana MIA Rossii" with them
- ↑ Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 110 of February 2, 1995 "On measures to implement the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan" On state control over the circulation of certain types of weapons ""
- Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan N 289 of March 3, 1997
Literature
- E. V. Kudryavtsev. Hunting (quick reference). 3rd ed., Ext. M., Agropromizdat, 1985. p.17
- A. Anatolyev. Reliable friend "Bars" (rus.) // Weapons and hunting. - 1999. - № 1 .
- Two epochs. Comparison of carbines "Leopard-4-1" and "Orsis 120" (Russian) // Kalashnikov: weapons, ammunition, equipment. - 2016. - № 9 . - pp . 12-17 .