I bought a Baikal MP-153 as my first shotgun and have never seen any reason to buy another - it's fantastic! I've fired everything from cheap 2-3/4" skeet loads up to heavy 3.5" goose slaying loads without any need to adjust the gas system and honestly treated it like garbage since picking it up from another shooter over 6 years ago. A bit of oil on a rag and a quick pull-through the barrel is all I've done to keep it from rusting after most outings to the swamp and she has only choked up on me twice, both times probably my fault for failing to clean out the gas system after leaving it to sit in the swampy water for too long while on the call.
Check out this video of the guy havin at er. He's being pretty nice to his Baikal but I can assure you they'll take more than that and run like a top, especially is you decide to take care of it!
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