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17-505: (Redirected from SR-3 ) SR 3 may refer to: SR-3 Vikhr , a Russian assault rifle SR-3 Blackstar , the first stage of a reported American covert spaceplane program Matich SR3 , an Australian sports car Radical SR3 , an English sports car Saints Row: The Third , a video game Szekely SR-3 , an aircraft engine State Road 3 or State Route 3; see List of highways numbered 3 The third iteration of Solar Roadways ' panels, and

34-635: A Warsaw Pact rail mount, and a new magazine with a 30-round capacity which provides a more reliable feeding during automatic fire whilst still compatible with the 10- and 20-round magazines from the SR-3, AS Val and the VSS Vintorez . It is also worth to mention that the 30-round magazine is also compatible with the AS Val and VSS Vintorez. It was ordered in May 2021 by an unnamed foreign country. The SR-3MP

51-648: A 17 mm dovetail, and there are other solutions such as the Blaser Saddle Mount or Recknagel Swing Mount. Dovetail mounts are today mostly found on light recoiling air guns, but can also be found on some modern rifles for hunting and sport shooting using smokeless powder , although other options such as the Picatinny rail, which has a built-in recoil lug, are becoming more popular. Some examples of rifles with different types of rails: Dovetails are also integrated into some rifles most noticeably

68-590: A dovetail track running perpendicular to the bore, often used for smaller front sights posts and rear sights blades found on handguns and some rifles. This mounting method is meant as a semi-permanent friction fit mounting solution where a slot is milled , for instance in the slide of a pistol, and a sight with a corresponding dovetail is punched or drifted into that slot. Rear sights are offered in many dovetail cut profiles which are non-compatible, and some well known (and incompatible) cut profiles are those from sight manufacturers such as Novak, BoMar, LPA/TRT, Kimber or

85-534: A goal to combine the qualities of the SR-3, AS Val and VSS Vintorez, resulting in a new variant designated as the SR-3M ( СР-3М ). The SR-3 is a compact assault rifle chambered in 9×39mm subsonic cartridge. It is primarily used with the SP-6 armour piercing ammunition with a hardened steel penetrator, that can penetrate a 6mm steel plate at a range of 200 metres. Alongside the SP-6, a lower cost SP-5 ball ammunition with

102-541: A heavy bullet and PAB-9 ammunition is also used. The SR-3 is based on the AS Val , but lacks the integral suppressor. As a result, it is much more compact than the AS Val. The SR-3 is a select fire , gas-operated action with a long stroke piston. It uses the same rotating bolt group from the AS Val, and fires from a closed bolt . It has a more compact, top-folding buttstock and a simplified flip-up rear sight which can be set for 100 metres or 200 metres distance compared to

119-482: Is a 45 degree rail with a width of approximately 16.5 mm. While most dovetail rails are placed on top of the receiver, there are also examples of side-mounted rails. Some service rifles used by Soviet and Warsaw Pact nations armed forces have a distinct type of side-mounted scope, informally known as a Warsaw Pact rail . The mount is found on the left side of the rifle receiver, with machined cutouts for reduced weight and ease of installation; an example

136-510: Is a further modernisation of the SR-3M. It features a new Dovetail rail mount for mounting various optical sights. The handguard receives two Picatinny rails on each side for mounting laser sights, tactical flashlights and other tactical accessories. An additional rail is added below the pistol grip for the folding stock to be mounted for operators who wears a full-face shield mask, bullet-proof helmet or night vision gear to still be able to aim by

153-702: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages SR-3 Vikhr Because the SR-3 Vikhr is a rather expensive lightweight carbine, it was not mass-produced for the Russian military. It was primarily used by the Russian Special Operations Forces and certain government officials' security details. After the adoption of the SR-3 Vikhr, the FSB established new operational requirements with

170-676: Is the PSO-1 optical sight. Similar rails can also be found on rifles such as the Dragunov sniper rifle (SVD), the PSL rifle , the PKM as well as some AK series assault rifles from 1954 onwards. Since 1992 the side rail mount has become standard on all AK rifles. The SVD and the AK rifles use slightly different dovetail mounts. The Warsaw rails are roughly 14 mm wide. Dovetail mount can also refer to

187-673: The L85A2 and A1 variants of the SA80 bullpup rifle for mounting the iron sights and the SUSAT sighting system. But in recent times it has been changed to Picatinny rail in place of it, as Dovetails were not fit for the purpose of making space for ACOG sighting system, according to the MOD Some dovetail rails have integrated recoil lugs. One example is the Aimpoint Acro rail which

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204-481: The hexagonal -profiled Weaver rail and Picatinny rail are also derivative dovetail designs) running parallel to the bore for mounting a scope or diopter sight to a rifle. These are sometimes also called "tip-off" mounts, and allow the user to easily take on or off the sight. Dovetail mount can also refer to a dovetail track running perpendicular to the bore (see "Other uses" below). Dovetails come in several different types and sizes depending on manufacturer, but

221-469: The AS Val. The redesigned charging handle, made in the form of dual sliders above the forearm, and must be grasped by thumb and index finger and then retracted to load the weapon. The trigger unit is generally the same as in the AS Val, but the AK-type safety is replaced by ambidextrous lever above the pistol grip. The fire mode selector is of cross-bolt, push button type and located behind the trigger, inside

238-607: The first to be publicly installed VR Class Sr3 , a Finnish electric locomotive SR3 (album) , an album by K.O [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SR_3&oldid=1111010365 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

255-559: The most common are the 11 mm and 3 ⁄ 8 inch (9.5 mm). Some other less known, but currently commercially available dovetail mounts, are 12, 13, 13.5, 14, 14.5, 16, 16.5, 17 and 19 mm. While the well standardized Picatinny rail mount (and its less standardized predecessor the Weaver rail ) is most known in the U.S., many European gun manufacturers offer proprietary scope base receiver mounting systems for their guns, for example Sako has tapered dovetails, Tikka use

272-539: The shoulder without the stock getting in the way. [REDACTED]   Russia : Used by the Federal Security Service . Warsaw Pact rail A dovetail rail or dovetail mount can refer to several types of sliding rail system found on firearms , primarily for mounting telescopic sights . Colloquially, the term dovetail rail usually refer to any straight mounting bracket with an inverted trapezoid ( dovetail ) cross-section (though

289-429: The trigger guard. The SR-3M is a modernised variant of the SR-3 Vikhr. It has improved polymer furniture, a more convenient charging handle, an AS-style controls (safety lever, semi-automatic/full automatic selector switch is inside the trigger guard), an AS-style side-folding stock, a redesigned handguard with a folding foregrip and where the rear sight is now located, a specially developed quick-detachable suppressor,

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