Smoothbore Federation (Right to Bear Arms)

The Smoothbore Federation (Russian: Гладкоствольные Федерация) is a firearms-advocacy group in the Russian Federation. It is the oldest gun rights group in Russia, and was formed in 2000 during the presidency of Vladimir Putin. It was also one of the first gun rights organizations to have formed from the former Soviet bloc.

It was formed by Nikolay Patrushev, a veteran of the Soviet Armed Forces, and later the Russian Armed Forces.

The group's goals were to "..restore gun culture in the glorious Motherland". At the time of its forming, smoothbores, along with double-barrel shotguns were among one of the only firearms legal for citizens, earning the name "Smoothebore" Federation.

The Smoothbore Federation currently educates Russian citizens on the history of firearms in Russia, and the impact they had on Russian lives, especially for those living in the Ural Mountains and rural areas where hunters lived.

Currently, the Smoothbore Federation is one out of three major national gun-rights organizations in Russia, the other two being the Russian National Shooters Organization and the Motherland Rifle Coalition. The Smoothbore Federation contains the most members, numbering at 1,341,314, though the Russian National Shooters Organization contains more political influence. Despite this, the three gun rights organizations work hand-in-hand to protect and revive gun culture in Russia.