Can you ID this rifle?

[CLP]

This article is about a woman, a former KGB agent no less, that's won a 4th gold medal in the biathlon. Anyone know what rifle she shoots? Does everyone use the same rifle more or less? I don't need to ask to know that they're on the pricey end of things.

 

[sean m]

Izamesh?

 

[JT-AR-MG42]

I'd bet most all of the competitors, including her, use Anshutz rifles.

JT

 

[CLP]

I'd bet most all of the competitors, including her, use Anshutz rifles.

JT

Anshutz would've been my guess but only bc I don't know of any other manufacturers making biathlon rifles

 

[LoonWulf]

besides the front of the action looking rounder (which could just bit lighting/image quality etc), it looks like an Anshutz to me as well.

 

[Legionnaire]

Given she's Belarussian, I'm guessing it's an Izhmash in a Biatar stock.

http://www.biatar.com/biathlon-rifle-stocks/biathlon-rifle-stocks-rs-2/

 

[hdwhit]

At the Olympic level, most biathletes use an Anschutz rifle with a Fortner straight pull bolt. See:
http://www.fortner-biathlon.com/

 

[Legionnaire]

That does look like the same Anschutz action ...