The MBO-1 (''МБО-1'') is a Soviet bolt-action target rifle for competitive
shooting sports
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100 meter running deer
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exercise and
Olympic games).
Design
The MBO-1 has heavy
barrel
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with six grooves (420 mm twist rate) and non-detachable internal box magazine.
All rifles had a wooden stock and fore-end.
Variants
* MBO-1 (''МБО-1'') - first model, 4.3 kg, 730 mm barrel,
diopter sight
* MBO-1M (''МБО-1М'') - second model, 5.0 kg, 680 mm barrel
* MBO-1K (''МБО-1К'')
* MBO-2 (''МБО-2'') - last model, 5.0 kg, 560 mm barrel, with
muzzle brake and optical sight
Users
*
* - is allowed as target rifle
* : at least until February 2012 ex-Soviet target rifles were stored in the warehouses of the
Ministry of Defense of Ukraine["''5,6 мм гвинтівка МБО-1 ... військова частина А4558, м. Ніжин Чернігівської області''"Розпорядження Кабінету міністрів України № 108-р від 29 лютого 2012 р. "Про утилізацію стрілецької зброї"]
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References
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Sources
* Спортивная винтовка МБО-1 // Спортивно-охотничье оружие и патроны. Бухарест, "Внешторгиздат", 1965. стр.99
* Сергей Юрчук, Михаил Коноплев
// журнал "Оружие и охота", № 5, 2011
5.6×39mm firearms
Bolt-action rifles of the Soviet Union
Izhevsk machine-building plant products