Izhmash BARS

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The BARS (Russian: Барс, meaning "Snow leopard") is a Soviet and Russian bolt-action hunting rifle designed by A.I. Nesterov in the 1960's. It is (currently?) manufactured by Izhevsk Machine Building Plant (Izhmash), which is actually now Kalashnikov Group, which has locations in Izhevsk and Moscow, Russia.

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The "BARS", a bolt-action sporting and hunting rifle originating in the Soviet Union. Came in calibers 5.6x39mm (aka .220 Russian), 7.62x39mm, as well as .223 Remington.


History & Timeline

"Bars" was designed in early 1960s.

In May 1965, the price of one standard rifle was between 120 and 140 rubles.

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 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[7] and production of "Bars" hunting rifles was discontinued.


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