Barnaul Cartridge Plant JSC (russian: Барнаульский патронный завод) is a manufacturer of industrial goods and ammunition in

Barnaul Barnaul ( rus, Барнау́л, p=bərnɐˈul) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative centre of Altai Krai, Russia, located at the confluence of the Barnaulka and Ob Rivers in the West Siberian Plain. As ...

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History

The factory draws its origins to an ammunition factory established in Saint Petersburg (designated Arsenal "P") in the 19th century. It was evacuated to

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in 1918 during the

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Production was restarted under the Factory "P" designation in 1920 and was redesignated Factory 17 in 1928. During World War 2 it was evacuated again to its current location in Barnaul in 1941. The factory is part of the

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holding. In June 2023,

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was identified as supplying Barnaul Cartridge Plant with gunpowder after the

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Product lines (brands)

*BEAR series ** The BEAR series is a line of hunting ammunition. The cartridges use lead-cored Full Metal Jacketed, Soft-Point (Semi-Jacketed), or Hollow Point bullets, have

steel Steel is an alloy made up of iron with added carbon to improve its strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron. Many other elements may be present or added. Stainless steels that are corrosion- and oxidation-resistant ty ...

cases with Berdan primers, and use a non-corrosive propellant and primers. The sub-brands differ only in the protective coating used on the cartridge case. ** Brown Bear ammunition cartridges have a brown

lacquer Lacquer is a type of hard and usually shiny coating or finish applied to materials such as wood or metal. It is most often made from resin extracted from trees and waxes and has been in use since antiquity. Asian lacquerware, which may be ca ...

coating on the steel case. ** Silver Bear ammunition cartridges have a

zinc Zinc is a chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. Zinc is a slightly brittle metal at room temperature and has a shiny-greyish appearance when oxidation is removed. It is the first element in group 12 (IIB) of the periodi ...

coating on the steel case. ** Golden Bear ammunition cartridges have a

brass Brass is an alloy of copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn), in proportions which can be varied to achieve different mechanical, electrical, and chemical properties. It is a substitutional alloy: atoms of the two constituents may replace each other with ...

coating on the

case. * CENTAUR ammunition cartridges have a polymer coating on the steel case, are berdan primed, use non-corrosive Russian-made propellants produced by Tula machine plant., and are loaded with American-made "

tombac Tombac, or tombak, is a brass alloy with high copper content and 5–20% zinc content. Tin, lead or arsenic may be added for colouration. It is a cheap malleable alloy mainly used for medals, ornament, decoration and some munitions. In older u ...

" jacketed bullets produced by

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. Barnaul began a process of retooling in 2009 to produce a new line of higher-grade ammunition to compete in the American and European markets. The first CENTAUR brand ammunition was produced in 2011. *BARNAUL series ** Barnaul Gold ammunition cartridges, with brass cases. Currently comes in 5.56×45mm NATO and 9×19mm Parabellum. ** Barnaul Silver ammunition cartridges, with zinc-coated steel cases. Currently comes in 5.56×45mm NATO and 9×19mm Parabellum. * Traumatic ammunition pistol cartridges fire less-than-lethal rubber bullets. Currently comes in 9×19mm Parabellum and .45 ACP. * Military (

mil-spec A United States defense standard, often called a military standard, "MIL-STD", "MIL-SPEC", or (informally) "MilSpecs", is used to help achieve standardization objectives by the U.S. Department of Defense. Standardization is beneficial in achievin ...

) ammunition cartridges. Military cartridges made to contractor nation's specifications. It also refers to civilian 5.56×45mm NATO and 7.62×39mm M43 Soviet full-metal-jacketed lead-core bullet hunting cartridges packed in novelty 700-round Warsaw Pact-style oval-shaped vacuum-packed sheet steel "spam cans". *MONARCH (Academy Sports) – Barnaul currently makes the steel-cased ammunition for

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' MONARCH brand. (Academy Sports is an American purchasing and importing group that buys foreign made ammo and resells it under their brands at their own chain of stores).

Ammunition products

Source: Barnaulpatron.ru.

Pistol Cartridges

* 9×19mm Luger (9×19mm Parabellum) *

9×18mm Makarov The 9×18mm Makarov (designated 9mm Makarov by the C.I.P. and often called 9×18mm PM) is a Soviet pistol and submachine gun cartridge. During the latter half of the 20th century it was a standard military pistol cartridge of the Soviet Union an ...

(9mm Makarov) *

.45 ACP The .45 ACP ( Automatic Colt Pistol) or .45 Auto (11.43×23mm) is a rimless straight-walled handgun cartridge designed by John Moses Browning in 1904, for use in his prototype Colt semi-automatic pistol. After successful military trials, it ...

Shotgun Shells

* 410 Magnum * 12 gauge

Rifle Cartridges

* 5.45×39mm cartridges * 5.56×45mm NATO (

.223 Remington The .223 Remington (designated as the 223 Remington by the SAAMI and 223 Rem by the CIP) is a rimless, bottlenecked rifle cartridge. It was developed in 1957 by Remington Arms and Fairchild Industries for the U.S. Continental Army Command ...

) cartridges * 6.5×39mm Grendel cartridges * 6.61×51mm ( .243 Winchester) cartridges *

7.62×39mm The 7.62×39mm (aka 7.62 Soviet, formerly .30 Russian Short) round is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge of Soviet origin. The cartridge is widely used due to the worldwide proliferation of Russian SKS and AK-47 pattern rifles, as ...

cartridges * 7.62×51mm (

.308 Winchester The .308 Winchester is a smokeless powder rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge widely used for hunting, target shooting, police, military, and personal protection applications globally. It is similar but not identical to the 7.62×51mm NATO ...

) cartridges *

7.62×54mmR The 7.62×54mmR is a rimmed rifle cartridge developed by the Russian Empire and introduced as a service cartridge in 1891. Originally designed for the bolt-action Mosin–Nagant rifle, it was used during the late tsarist era and throughout th ...

cartridges * 7.62×63mm (

.30-06 Springfield The .30-06 Springfield cartridge (pronounced "thirty- aught-six" ), 7.62×63mm in metric notation, and called the .30 Gov't '06 by Winchester, was introduced to the United States Army in 1906 and later standardized; it remained in military use ...

) cartridges * 9.3×64mm Brenneke cartridges

References

External links

Barnaul Cartridge Plant (English)
Ammunition manufacturers Defence companies of Russia Companies based in Altai Krai Defence companies of the Soviet Union {{manufacturing-company-stub