The Kyrgyz Way of the Gun: Small Arms in Kyrgyzstan

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by Miles

Kyrgyzstan is one of the former Soviet Republics that is not on the firearms media radar too much today, but there is certainly a civilian firearm following in the capital of Bishkek where we went to talk to shop owners, shooters, and instructors about some of the trends and interests in Kyrgyzstan. Similar to other Central Asian countries, firearms ownership is highly regulated with a number of checks, limits, and registration requirements. But despite the legal hoops, many Kyrgyz own firearms for hunting, target practice and self-defense.

Big shout out to TFB Assistant Editor Hrachya for translating the Russian subtitles!

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Miles
Miles

Infantry Marine, based in the Midwest. Specifically interested in small arms history, development, and usage within the MENA region and Central Asia. To that end, I run Silah Report, a website dedicated to analyzing small arms history and news out of MENA and Central Asia.Please feel free to get in touch with me about something I can add to a post, an error I've made, or if you just want to talk guns. I can be reached at miles@tfb.tv

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  • M2AP M2AP on Jan 06, 2020

    Hmm, they have Tulammo branded ammo. Guess the factories had leftover boxes.

  • ASterisk ASterisk on Jan 07, 2020

    How well do those smoothbore AKs work? Does it really have the range to necessitate a scope?

    • Int19h Int19h on Jan 07, 2020

      @ASterisk .366 TKM is not really smoothbore - the last few inches of the barrel are rifled, which is enough to provide most benefits of rifling, but due to the peculiarities of the local gun laws, it's still legally classed as smoothbore.

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