1869
Barnaul, Russia

• manufactured by Barnaul Cartridge Plant in Russia
• One of the first cartridge plants founded in St. Petersburg
• originally known as “Arsenal P”
• 1920 renamed “Factory P”
• 1928 renamed “Factory 17”
• World War I  provided Russians with ammo
• 1941 factory was evacuated
• 2009 began steel-cased with a lubricious polymer coating
  – Centaur brand
• 2018 MKS Supply began importing Barnaul-branded ammunition
• Barnaul Machine Tool Building Plant
  – Academy Sports Monarch name
  – Centaur brand
  – lacquer-coated Brown Bear
  – zinc-coated Silver Bear
  – brass-coated Golden Bear steel-cased