Anyone have experience with any of the Baikal Combi Guns?

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As the title suggests, I am looking into a Baikal combi gun as an inexpensive bush gun for hunting.

The .22/20ga looks about right for small game, or I was thinking about the308/12 ga for the bigger stuff.

I've heard the quality can be a little suspect since baretta stopped putting their name on them. Any stories?
 
My only experience with a Baikal combo was watching my buddy use a pocketknife to pry fired .22 cases out of the breech; the extractor was occasionally skipping under the case rim.
 
I have one in 22mag over 410. I love it. No problems and carries nice. As far as brass sticking and not extracting, no problems. I have had brass stick on other guns and the problem was cured by a good cleaning and a light polishing.
 
I have a 12/30-06 and use it regularly as it is handy for hunting big game and chickens at the same time. I scoped mine and use the scope for both barrels and they shoot the same for both barrels. I have never had a hic up with mine yet as it seems to be built good and is quite heavy with the scope.
 
keith mokry said:
I have a 12/30-06 and use it regularly as it is handy for hunting big game and chickens at the same time.
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Keith, you have pretty much hit it on the head. I went on my first big game hunting trip this past fall. Without knowing what to expect, I figured I would be carrying my .300 wsm all week. Brought my remington 12 ga just because my dad told me to, but was a little skeptical over the need. Ended up having way more fun catching the bush chickens on the side of the road, but the hassle of juggling the rifle and shot gun got old fast. Didn't want to miss a shot at a moose just because I was focusing on the birds. I think a combi gun solves this problem.

Are there any other options out there asides from the Baikals? Haven't really seen too many out there...
 
I have the 12/30-06 and I love it. The rifle is plenty accurate to take a moose under 200 yards and further if practiced. I wouldn't shoot farther than that with open sights, but that's just me. I've shot a few partridge with mine but no big game yet. I like the fact that it takes down nicely as well. I remove the forestock and barrels from the receiver and then clip the forestock back onto the barrels. I then slide the barrels and forestock up into the front of a soft guncase and the stock/receiver in the back section of the soft case. Then I fold it in half and it fits nicely in my duffle bag for transporting. I'm really pleased with this gun.
 
Sounds like exactly what I need. If you have a moment to slap a tape measure on it, I'd love to know exactly how long the longest part of the 12/30-06 is when folded down (i.e., could I discretely carry it in my 24" deep backpack when it's taken apart)?
 
the longest part is 23.5" which is the barrels. You might want to take a drill and drill the sling studs so that the common sling can be used as they are too small for our style.
 
another option would be a marlin 4570 as it can also shoot 21/2" 410 shells in it but the range is limit to 15y and the pattern is a dounut shape which will require a few shots to learn the pattern. I have used this option a lot also.
 
A buddy has a .410/.22 and the barrels aren't remotely regulated.The shotgun is a yard low at 20 yards! None for me same as the recent Savage 24's.The older ones were fine............Harold
 
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