Baikal 762X39 single shot and surplus ammo

About 10-20% require an additional hit to fire depending on the day in mine(rarely 3 strikes). Otherwise cleaning is a breeze as you only have to do the barrel really if you've oiled the internals(only the firing pin is exposed). Some people say they have few to no issues with surplus.

Really it's a cheap gun to shoot at the range and helps you with your flinching due to misfires :p

Just a note re-cocking is easy to do without opening the breech; just lift the cocking lever until it clicks.
 
I just bought the last one that Epps had on their site, only to find out theat Frontier had a better deal with free shipping...figures!

In any event, I plan on shooting surplus in mine but I doubt it`ll be corrosive ammo. That`s too much of a pain in the a$$ as far as I`m concerned. For the most part, I`ll be reloading for it as I`ve got plenty of bullets on hand to last me for many years to come.

Shooting cast boolits out of the 7.62x39mm would make shooting about as cheap as shooting pistol rounds.

Do you know what the rate of twist isÉ I didn`t think to even look. Considering the price tag, it wasn`t a deciding factor. I suspect 1:10``.
 
The one I have shoots surplus ammo quite well sub 2 MOA no misfires at all. Being a single shot its easy to neutralize the effects of corrosive ammo by spraying the bore out with Windex and a quick swab with gun oil of your choice. Little or no disassembly required.

RC
 
With mine the firing pin gets stuck in the primers. It seems the primers flow back around the firing pin which hangs it up and locks up the gun requiring force to break it open.....I wish mine worked more like RockChuckers.

You guys having weak ignition make sure you slam the gun shut with a bit of force! If the mechanism is not closed firmly it will hang up a bit on the firing pin and slow it down!
 
Can-down said:
It's been a while but I'm pretty sure you can use the cocking lever to decock while pulling the trigger.
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That's what I do with mine, as I don't like to store it cocked. Pull the cocking lever all the way up, pull the trigger and release the lever. Done deal. You know you were succesfull when the cocked indicator pin is in the down position.
 
saskgunowner101 said:
Sorry to hi-jack this thread, but do any owners of this rifle have issues with removing spent cartridges from the extractor holding on too tight??
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Nope no issues. Posted a detailed answer in the thread in general chat.

As for decocking just do it as described. Lift cocking lever, hold trigger, release. Dry firing shouldn't do much to these guns though as the firing pin is a glorified nail that is stopped by the receiver itself(big wide head on it).
 
Cammy7s said:
How accurate are they? Is there any other single shot 7.62 that would be more accurate or is ammo the real deciding factor?
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I would think the dirt cheap price of surplus 7.62 x 39 ammo would be only factor to pick up this rifle. And from that I am even thinking of picking one up as a range monkey to plink with.

Can anyone post actual photos of what these Russian beasts look like up close and personal? Is it scope mount ready?
 
For some dumb reason I can't get my photo to come up. I just bumped my thread, "A Long Time to Wait" with a picture of my Baikal with scope. The thread also shows close ups of the mount.
 
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