Thread: Baikal semi

another cackhander here and my advice -dont pay extra for a lefthand model ,the fuckers only make money out of us.have used ordinary weapons all my life and apart from TFtimes with a brengun Ihad no difficulties. mate had a baikal and i fired it -no problems.I use an escort magnum -no probs.thart baikal will be bloody ideal.

ok most of my rifles are right handers i thought a left handed shot guns had different cast or something

My brothers a lefty everything he shoots is right handed he doesn't seem to have a problem. Though he used a left hand .308 the other day and said it felt quite nice

Ive used one lefthanded 12g,a benelli to boot with 26"barrel -very weird i must admit.It just didnt feel right.buggered if i could work it out.light toand a nice wee unit to boot ,though my preference is the more chunky models.

The baikal mp 155 comes in left handed also, not sure what parts are plastic as mentioned in an earlier post

Im a lefty and shoot all maner of shoties with a semi auto it is easy to make up your own shims to give them some left hand cast or at least neutral cast works for me

i must admit ive got 1 left handed rifle and it does feel quite good i guess ill have to have a feel of it and see

@northdude did you get a baikal mp155

no havent had a chance to go and have a look at one im hping o in the next couple of weeks as i want to get a rifle the mrs can use on deer as well so kill two birds with one stone

so that plan went a bit sideways went to have a look at the Baikal but the place that has them was closed so went to another shop that was open and ended up coming home with a Remington versamax put 50 rounds through it yesterday and it went well im happy with it

Another lefty here and reckon I'll pick up the MP155 this weekend for this season.

Just bringing this thread back. I went in to the store to look at the Baikal Mp155 and almost bought it. Sent them an email and spoke to them in the week and they said it had no problems cycling lighter loads. When it came to it though and I got in there they said don't buy it if you're intending to practice at the range. It's not guaranteed to cycle 28gr or lighter loads. Read a lot of conflicting reviews, some saying it's ok after 100 rounds of at least 32gr etc. @upnorth_uplander do you have one of these? Ever shot clays with it?

Originally Posted by Dogroll

Just bringing this thread back. I went in to the store to look at the Baikal Mp155 and almost bought it. Sent them an email and spoke to them in the week and they said it had no problems cycling lighter loads. When it came to it though and I got in there they said don't buy it if you're intending to practice at the range. It's not guaranteed to cycle 28gr or lighter loads. Read a lot of conflicting reviews, some saying it's ok after 100 rounds of at least 32gr etc. @upnorth_uplander do you have one of these? Ever shot clays with it?

pm c404 he had one and shot clays alright with it as i remember.
fuctional tough but heavy,s my opinion but pm him

I have a mate that currently has a mp153 & we have hammered the magpies & rabbits with trap 7s with his & I have coached a guy that shot skeet with a nice wood stocked mp153 too but picking up empties was the biggest hassle with that.

folks had same problem with my escort magnum on clays but -a bloody kind bloke(grant?????)from waihora gunclub put me on to Barry Foster "Fosters stihl shop" blenheim rd Christchurch- .Now Barry imports Hull DTL100&300 trap ammo and boy does my gun love these.I use one as my 1st round with a std clay rd as second -works every time. now that recipe is for the escort &my old bentley pointer. those rds are doing 1400-1600fps ample to cycle the action.
however just recently i was at H&F tower junction CHCH and picked up some late model trap ammo for pigeons. loaded a full 8rds into the escort and did a trial run -a single jam about the 5th rd into the sequence. jeez i do love a 12g drum roll occasionally and it does wake the boys up!