Carbine "Leopard": price, reviews. Hunting carbine "Bars"

Since 1962, the most famous domestic weapons factories in Tula and Izhevsk launched the mass production of a 5.6-millimeter cartridge of the central battle. He had a high initial speed and a very powerful impact action. In those years, two types of cartridges were produced. The first bullet, weighing three and a half grams, had an incomplete shell reaching only to the middle. Its initial speed reached 1000 m / s. The second cartridge had a full shell, and the speed reached one thousand two hundred meters per second.

History of creation

The contents of the store already existed, but there was no weapon that would shoot them. And then the Izhevsk gunsmiths developed and launched a hunting carbine "Bars-1" of the store type. The cartridge itself received the characteristic of the universal and began to be designated, as it was done abroad, as 5,6x39.

The very first carbine "Bars" was intended for hunting various animals. When using the first type of cartridge with an incomplete shell, it was possible to shoot such medium-sized prey as a wolf, roe deer, or saiga. But with bullets of the second execution it was possible to hunt animals of comparatively smaller size. At that time, many fishers crossed over to the "Bars" carbine.

Characteristics

This weapon has many design features. They are borrowed from the SCS - a self-loading carbine Simonov, which was adopted for service in the Soviet Army. "Bars-1" - a carbine, the price for which was originally quite high - about nine hundred rubles when equipped with an optical sight, - has a rotary slideway and two warheads in the middle. The barrel of the weapon, fixed in the box by a threaded connection, is chrome plated.

The "Bars-1" carbine has a trigger mechanism, which is adjusted when the drummer is cocked by rotation of the lower screw, by means of which the necessary amount of engagement of the trigger is established. On the right side on the receiver there is a flag safety device. It is fixed in two positions due to the cam on the right side of the axis and the spring.

Design features

Like many other hunting weapons, the "Bars" carbine protects against random shots by simultaneously blocking the hammer and the bolt in a charged state. After the cartridge is released, the fuse in the vertical position prevents the spontaneous opening completely. The shutter is removed from the receiver by retracting it. After that, the fuse turns into a vertical position, and the part is taken out of the receiver.

Description

Carbine "Leopard", the price of which depends on the material from which the bed is made - birch or walnut, has a comfortable butt with a ledge under the cheek. A rubber shock absorber is mounted on its obtuser. All exterior surfaces on the metal parts of the carbine are phosphated. They, like the wooden parts, are varnished.

Hunting carbine "Bars" has a detachable store for five cartridges, which are located inside in a staggered order. The following aiming devices are provided: a rectangular fly, and a drum type with a barrel having divisions: 100, 200, 250 and 300 meters. In addition, a four-time optical sight can be installed on the "Bars" carbine, which reviews are mostly positive .

Main quantitative parameters

Carbine "Bars-1" has a length of 1044 millimeters. The trunk is sixty centimeters long, with a sighting line of 490 mm. The number of cuts is six (with a step of 4.2 centimeters). Carbine "Leopard" without an optical sight and bracket weighs 2.7 kilograms.

Application

This hunting weapon is convenient in operation and is very actively used for shooting animals in any climatic conditions. At the same time, the temperature regime in the environment is very wide: from forty degrees of frost to fifty heat. Apparently, that's why in the last century it was successfully used in Central Asia and the Far East.

Hunting with a carbine "Bars" is popular with hunters-fishers in both the southern steppes of the European part and in Kamchatka. It's not for nothing that a large gold medal and a diploma were awarded to these weapons at the traditional international Leipzig fair.

Modifications

On the basis of the first model, it was created, in the opinion of many, its best modification - the hunting carbine "Bars-4", which also works under the cartridge 5.6x39. The designers have completed the development of this weapon in order to unify the details and mechanisms of the two models produced at the plant, including such as the "Los".

Modifications were several: "Bars-4-1", launched in production since 1990, the 223rd model, which until 2003 was produced in small batches. And only since January of this year the first batch of fifty pieces for ammunition was produced. 223 Remington.

The incentive for the emergence of this model was the fact that the caliber of 5.6x39, used for the "Bars", is not considered an international standard. Therefore, to increase the export potential, a trial lot was issued, which initially had some shortcomings. These were insufficiently qualitative alignment and mounting of the sight, which eventually were eliminated.

The carbine "Bars-4-1" was originally intended for hunting a large bird and a medium beast. Its trigger mechanism makes it possible to adjust the descent, the stroke of the hook and the force. The design of the carbine "Bars-4-1" allows shooting with a mechanical sight, designed for a hundred and three hundred meters, without having to dismantle the optical. The box of this weapon can be made of such types of wood as birch, beech and walnut.

In addition, since October of the same 2003, the Legion company commissioned the Izhmash Concern to launch the Premier series. This carbine "Leopard", reviews which testify to the high operational qualities of this weapon, had guaranteed accuracy.

Cost

The cheapest in this model range is the first issue, which has long since disappeared from production. "Bars-1" - a carbine, the price of which now depends on the condition of the gun, today you can buy only from private traders.

The cost of other models varies depending on the caliber of the cartridge used. Today, the fourth modification is produced in three versions of the bullet. For example, the price for "Bars 4-1" caliber 5.6x39 starts with twenty-seven thousand rubles. The most expensive are the carbines that work with the .223 Remington cartridge. In the shops they cost from thirty-one thousand.

Hunting

With the carbine "Bars" in the middle of the last century, even the most inveterate shooters went fishing. For those times there was no analogue to this weapon in the domestic industry.

The distinguishing characteristic of the carbine "Bars-1" was the longitudinal sliding slide and the locking of the stem channel by turning the handle to the forward forward position. The shooting cartridges of this hunting weapon were removed from the chamber by the thrower. "Bars-1" fired quite clearly, and at that time it was considered a real fishing carbine.

However, when in the early nineties of the twentieth century it was replaced by a new model - the fourth one, developed by the designers of the Izhmash plant, among the hunters at first expressed obvious discontent with the innovations introduced.

The fact is that the carbine "Bars-4" had one basic technical difference: the safety mechanism itself and several details in the trigger mechanism, which, as a rule, were placed outside the shutter device in previous versions, were introduced into the shutter system. As a result, both setting and removing from the fuse began to require increased attention. Hunters had to constantly monitor the red stripe, which is visible on the button.

However, in time, users rated the "Bars-4" carbine. It, like the previous model, is equipped with an optical sight, mounted using easily removable brackets. One of the most practical design decisions, as many believe, is the ability to shoot from a mechanical sight, without analyzing the "optics". This characteristic is especially appreciated by hunters who understand the whole need for this innovation.

Reviews

The "Bars-4" carbine, as many experts believe today, having kept all the best qualities of its previous models and acquiring new and original design innovations, practically does not have foreign comparable counterparts.

Quality of manufacture, as the experienced hunters say, this weapon as a whole is pretty decent. Users are especially pleased with the mirror and concentric trunk channel of the trunk, which resulted in high accuracy, which speaks for itself. In addition, the barrel and its box are constructively and reliably connected to the lodges, which contributes to the consistently high combat indices.

However, of course, without flaws can not do. Some users believe that the base of the carbine's flies is somewhat skewed. However, according to opponents, this drawback is absolutely insignificant, since almost all shoot from such weapons with an optical sight in order to fully realize its potential.

Additional Information

On the territory of our country, carbines are generally certified as civilian weapons, and such hunting models as "Bars-4" and "Bars-4-1", in addition to its main purpose - shooting of medium animals and large game, are armed with special units of private security Ministry , As well as in the guard and paramilitary departments of FSUE "Okhrana".

In the Republic of Kazakhstan, the "Bars" carbine has long been adopted for certain categories of specialists in the system of hunting and fishing and zoological enterprises, for example, in the state concern "Kazmestprom".