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KO-8,2 (hunting rifle)

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KO-8,2
Type bolt-action rifle[1][2]
Place of origin USSR
Production history
Designer D. M. Kochetov[1][2]
Designed 1931
Manufacturer Tula Arms Plant[2]
Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant[3]
Produced 1932 - 1941[2]
1946[3] - 1965[2]
Specifications
Mass 3.6 kg (KO-8,2)[2]
3.0 kg (KO-8,2M)[4]
Length 1020 (KO-8,2)[2]
1000 mm (KO-8,2M)[4]
Barrel length 500mm[2] - 520mm[4]
Cartridge 8.2×66mmR[2]
9×53mmR (KO-9)[4]
Rate of fire variable
Feed system 5-round magazine, loaded individually[2][4]
Sights iron sights[2]
optical sight (KO-8,2M)[2]

The KO-8,2 is a Soviet bolt-action hunting rifle based on 7.62mm M1891/30 military rifle.[4][2][5][6]

History[]

In the early 1930s, it was decided to develop a large-caliber hunting cartridge with an expanding bullet and a hunting rifle for this cartridge based on the design of well-known standard military rifle. In 1932, Tula Arms Plant began serial production of the NK-8,2 mm hunting carbine,[1] which lasted until 1941.[2]

After the end of World War II, production continued, with the weapon being renamed KO-8,2.[2][4][3]

After start of the serial production of new hunting rifles (Bars, Los and Medved), the production of KO-8,2 hunting carbines and 8.2×66mm cartridges for them was discontinued.[2]

Design[]

The NK-8,2 (KO-8,2) hunting rifle is a standard M1891/30 military rifle without bayonet with a new 8.2mm barrel and new bolt.[2]

The NK-8,2 (KO-8,2) hunting rifle had a birch stock and fore-end.[6]

A small number of rifles were equipped with detachable folding bipod.[6]

Variants[]

  • NK-8,2 (НК-8,2)[4] - first model, pre-war production, made by Tula Arms Plant[2]
  • KO-8,2 (КО-8,2) - first model, post-war production (renamed without changes in design)[2]
  • KO-8,2M (КО-8,2М) - second model, since August 1961. It has new 500mm barrel with four right grooves (320mm twist rate), new wooden gunstock and detachable scope base for optical sight[4] ТО-4[2]
  • KO-9 (КО-9) - third model (9mm version of KO-8,2M for 9×53mmR ammunition). It had new 600mm barrel with muzzle brake, different wooden gunstock with recoil pad and detachable scope base for optical sight, one test prototype was built[4]

Also, in 2005, the Vyatskiye Polyany Machine-Building Plant announced that it would begin production of new VPO-103 (ВПО-103) hunting carbine (a surplus 7.62mm M1944 military carbine converted to fire 9×53mmR ammunition).[7]

Users[]

  • Flag of the Soviet Union USSR – was allowed as civilian hunting weapon[6]
  • Flag of Mongolia Mongolia - at least several NK-8,2 rifles were sold to Mongolia as civilian hunting weapon[6]

Museum exhibits[]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 История Тульского оружейного завода, 1712—1972. М., «Мысль», 1973. стр.475-476
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 А. Соколов. Старые модели. КО-8,2 // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 11, ноябрь 1991. стр.29
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 И. Дерюшев. Охотничьи карабины "Ижмаша" // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 12, декабрь 1985. стр.16-17
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 М. Мардер, Д. Матвеев. Новые ружья для промысловой охоты // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 8, август 1961. стp.35-39
  5. ↑ А. В. Кузьминский. Оружие для охотника: практическое пособие / под общ.ред. А. Е. Тараса М., ООО «Издательство АСТ», 2002. стр. 190
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Виктор Рон. От винтовки Мосина к карабину Кочетова НК-8,2 // журнал «Оружие», № 5, 2021. стр.57-58
  7. ↑ ВПО-103. Второе рождение патриарха // журнал «Калибр», № 10, октябрь 2005. стр.14-22
  8. ↑ "В начале 1930-х гг. Д. М. Кочетов разработал охотничий карабин НК-8,2. Основой для его создания послужила трехлинейная винтовка С. И. Мосина. Тульский музей оружия располагает десятью карабинами Кочетова, время изготовления которых относится к 1932 - 1940"
    Хроника ружейного производства // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 10, октябрь 1987. стр.20-21

Sources[]

  • А. Я. Зеленков. Универсальное охотничье ружье для промысловой охоты // Рационализация охотничьего промысла. Выпуск 4. М., Заготиздат, 1955. ("Библиотека промыслового охотника")
  • В. Н. Трофимов. Отечественные охотничьи ружья нарезные. М., ДАИРС, 2007. стр.106-109
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