Where in Russia can I pay to shoot an AK-47?
I'm planning a trip to Russia in October (primarily Moscow and St Petersburg) and recently I read this question and liked the idea of being able to use military equipment, specially AK-47, as this rifle was created in Russia.
I did some research and found some tours like this one, but it doesn't allow pictures to be taken at the shooting range. Other ones allow photos to be taken, but are a bit expensive like this one that advertises one price, but charges extra for photos and has a minimun amount of bullets one should buy at extra charge.
I'm looking for a tour that would be as cheap as possible (I thought of 50 USD), take like a few hours at most (lets say 4 hours round-trip time) and would me allow to take photos with the equipment. If my expectations could not be filled, I would be interested to know that also!
Best Answer
If you are interesting in AK-47, I recommend you to visit Kalashnikov Museum in Izhevsk city. It's about 2 hours by plane from Moscow or St.Petersburg.
In museum you can see great exhibition of AK-models from all over the world, and other rifles. Also you learn Mikhail Kalashnikov's biography in details. And of course, here you can shoot from arms.
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Can you buy a Russian AK in the US?
Models with semi-automatic settings are available and legal in the US. Manufacturers cannot make or import fully automatic weapons for the civilian market. But you can still legally buy a fully automatic AK-47.How many AK-47s are in Russia?
The AK-47, officially known as the Avtomat Kalashnikova (Russian: \u0410\u0432\u0442\u043e\u043c\u0430\u0442 \u041a\u0430\u043b\u0430\u0448\u043d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0430, lit....AK-47Designed1946\u20131948ManufacturerKalashnikov Concern and various others including NorincoProduced1948\u2013presentNo. built\u2248 75 million AK-47s, 100 million Kalashnikov-family weapons.22 more rowsDoes Russia still use AK-47s?
The AK-74, designed in the early 1970s by Mikhail Kalashnikov, is still in use in Russia and many other former Soviet countries. \u201cWe are designing new firearms, and we currently have 10 million Kalashnikovs for our army of one million servicemen,\u201d said General Nikolai Makarov, chief of the armed forces general staff.Which countries still use AK-47?
About 50 standing armies use the AK-47 \u2014 including those of China, Egypt, Cuba, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Iran and Iraq.RUSSIA: 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF KALASHNIKOV AK 47 MACHINE GUN
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Answer 2
Many clubs can give you a chance: for example
- Price http://www.strelclub.ru/ceny/odinochnye-poseshcheniya/boevoy-tir/
- Weapon catalog : http://www.strelclub.ru/katalog-oruzhiya/boevoy-tir/
Just google it "?? 47 ?????? ???"
If you have money you can even fly on Mig-29 to edge of space http://29mig.com/
Answer 3
I have been to Labyrinth. They have an English website and many friendly English speaking instructors. I don't know if they allow you to take photos in the range though. http://en.strelclub.ru/
Answer 4
Have you tried these guys? www.russiarocks.me/listing/spb-shooting Give it a go, as I've tried a tour with them with some mates and everything went just perfect (I loved the hotel pickup and a return transfer with English speaking guide especially).
Answer 5
Before coming to Moscow I booked two tours from this company http://www.moscowguntours.com/, I found it on TripAdvisor https: https://www.tripadvisor.ie/Attraction_Review-g298484-d12621727-Reviews-Moscow_Gun_Tours-Moscow_Central_Russia.html , I fired both the Ak-47 and the Makarov pistol, The instructor's name is Evgeny, he speaks perfect English and is a friendly and knowledgeable guy. He actually taught me how to shoot and cared a lot about me actually hitting the bullseye, He told me he operates in different ranges and has a variety of custom marksmanship courses.
Answer 6
Visited Evgeny (www.moscowguntours.com) before Christmas, he is a really cool guy, the range we went to had a wide variety of guns to shoot from, both Russian and Western guns. Evgeny himself is a Russian-Canadian so his English is great! I own quite a few handguns and rifles myself and can say that Evgeny gave me a lot of good tips on how to improve my marksmanship! There are many ranges in Moscow where tourists can shoot but It's important to have a good instructor!
Answer 7
This is the best shooting range in Moscow https://tanksdriving.com/shooting-range-moscow/ They do the lowest price guarantee. Reviews about it https://www.tripadvisor.ru/Attraction_Review-g298484-d19122718-Reviews-Shooting_range_Moscow-Moscow_Central_Russia.html
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