Thread: Baikal rail issue

Originally Posted by vulcannz

I had a Baikal in 243 years ago, it was a good setup (happily did < 1" @ 100m) so I did some digging. This is I used: https://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/hun...2706131849.htm (I looked back in my trademe history)

We have used a few of those as well. If you look atthe picture relatively closely, you can see where the grub / recoil screw goes through to the bottom.

The choice of mount system we used on the Baikals varied depending on what scope the owner wanted. Rails like the one listed there were good for "normal" 3-9x40s etc as it allowed enough height with rings to clear the rear blade sight if it was retained.

For compact or similar scopes we used one piece units and occasionally drilled and tapped the top to fit a flat rail for low profile scopes or ones that were wanted low mounting.

In the second one down, the air gun mount has had the underside modified significantly so that it would mount around the flare on the front of the dovetail. We milled out the clamping surfaces.

I am not a fan of using the "two rings" in the lower image as that does not support the scope as well as it could. With shorter scopes it may work depending on eye relief.

The flat rail that has been fitted would also need the rear sight ramp to be filed down so it is lower than the top of the dovetail. If this is not done the rifle will not fully close and it won fire if the chamber is not closed (or it shouldn't) If you look carefully you can see under the rail there is a groove for the recoil screws. (Please note in that image the rail is sitting on the rifle and is not screwed into place- it was done to show the lowest mounting height.