Anyone Own A Baikal 45/70 Double Rifle ?

[bigpete]

Dammit. Seems its not coming today

[Daddybang]

Dammit. Seems its not coming today

Maybe today bp!!! Good luck

[bigpete]

Well allegedly it's in SA according to its tracking number....

[bigpete]

Got it !

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[Daddybang]

Good on ya BP!!! Looks the goods

[darwindingo]

Good stuff, tried it out yet ?

[bigpete]

After tea I'll go out for a play.

[bigpete]

Well all I can say is this gun is bloody awesome !
The seller said he'd shot Winchester 300gn HP ammo in it so I tried my 405gn Lee hard cast loads that I know shot the same through my Marlin. Lo and behold my first 2 shots freehand at 50m hit the 2" square with one barrel and just to the right with the other !
Then I decided to do a group test. Nothing super special but I got a nice 3-4" cluster from both barrels a bit low and to the right of target. A bit of adjustment and I was on. I tried some 300gn reloads but they shot crap so I'll use them in my Marlin.
Overall its a fairly plain gun and a little rough but its solid. The triggers are s**t but that really didn't seem to matter. Its really light and points bloody well. Feels like I'm carrying my Rossi 92 around. And its already blooded

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[darwindingo]

Good Sh!t mate... Can't complain about that for a first play date... .

Keep us updated



Jeff

[bigpete]

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[Wombat]

Looks really good. Do you know what range the barrels are regulated to?

[bigpete]

They're adjustable.

[darwindingo]

Nice pics Pete..

Looks to be in very good condition..

[Wm.Traynor]

They're adjustable.

I'll be blowed

[bigpete]

About to go out and test a few loads for accuracy.
First is 350gn hrbc blackhawkes over 44gn 2206h.
Second is 3x.457 rb over 25gn 2205.
Last is some 570gn cbe gas checked over 40gn of 2206h. Last time I tried these was in my Marlin sans gas check and they tumbled a bit. Hopefully this time they work.

[bigpete]

Well. 3 ball loads were awesome and I can definitely see them being very useful.
570s are only just being stabilised I reckon. Pity coz I reckon they woujd smash s**t.
The hrbc rounds seem like they'd have potential. Really need more shooting lol. But my shoulder is a bit sore now

[Oldbloke]

Found this thread by mistake. Lol
How have found the Baikal bigpete.
Made use of it on game yet?

[Jwad]

Hey Big Pete did you get that baikel would be interested in you loads , the triggers are really easy to fix , I borrowed a heap of castys and the best group was shot of a gas checked load with trail boss am looking for mor speed and to buy my own moulds , tried 300gr rem hollow p but it didn’t like em at all