Thread: Baikal semi

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!

Well bought it and tried Falcon v3 (28gr, 1350). Wouldn't cycle. The bolt only seemed to get 3/4s of the way back and didn't eject the shell. Bought some Inox and stripped it again and worked the action a few hundred times. Got some heavier cartridges to run through it and then I'll give it another go.

had one years ago, it also jammed on trap loads until I put some heavy loads through it.
I reckon they are good value as a goose gun with the 3.5 inch and gas system, they come in camo now too.
the stock wasn't a great fit for me though and the weight of them was noticeable for a walk round gun.

The MP155 seems much lighter and as a lefty it's one of the few options out there. Reduced bag limits/season/access etc mean I'd be happy to spend the money on something a bit more upmarket, but the return is uncertain.

Stick with it Dogroll, burn a few boxes of some heavy loads through it and it should come right!
FWIW I tried changing the gas settings from factory a few times and always ended up going back to the original setting.