Bars (hunting rifle)

The Bars () is a Soviet and Russian bolt-action hunting rifle.
History.
"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 and production of "Bars" hunting rifles was discontinued.
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.
"Bars-223" was equipped with PO-4×24 (ПО-4×24) scope made by Novosibirsk Instrument-Building Plant.