Thread: Crazy idea #213 :-)

Originally Posted by huntsika

Why not simply rechamber to 303 British - which will be moreorless the correct bore size (.310 v .311) and, I expect, be better with a modified Baikal extractor (given it is a rimmed case you will not need the silly little spring loaded pin that is on the 7.62x39?).

Or buy a whole new gun as others have said for the purposes of swapping barrels (but would still pay to check head space and I am not sure Baikal engineering is sufficiently accurate to allow fore-end/attachment etc to swap straight over?)

You might be plesently surprised with the Baikals Huntsika.

I have two, one in .222 and the other.223, Barrels and forends are interchangeable without any noticable difference.

But @ $399 I'd just buy a new Baikal in the calibre I wanted and sell the one I didn't want to keep.

Resale on these Baikals is around the $250-$300 mark

Cheers
Pete

Originally Posted by P38

You might be plesently surprised with the Baikals Huntsika.

I have two, one in .222 and the other.223, Barrels and forends are interchangeable without any noticable difference.

But @ $399 I'd just buy a new Baikal in the calibre I wanted and sell the one I didn't want to keep.

Resale on these Baikals is around the $250-$300 mark

Cheers
Pete

Pete, are both your baikals wood ?

Not sure of the synthetic stock and wood bits are interchangeable. reloaders only have the plastic 308, and my 7.62x39 is wood.

If you ever need someone to work on the triggers, I can highly recommend Scott @ SSRNZ in Featherston, he did a brilliant job on mine.