Baikal 40 - Pellet Pistol Repair?

[khemfusion]

Hello everyone, I was playing with my dad's old pellet pistol, the make is a Baikal and the print on top says some weird russian characters and then dash 40. It's a break barrel pellet pistol, older model, made in the U.S.S.R

I was shooting some pellets today and noticed it had almost no power, from 20 ft away it almost didn't penetrate a pop can. The pellets I was using were Crosman hollowpoint and on some shots the pellet actually got stuck about halfway (or less than) down the barrel.

Is there any maitenance or repair I can perform on this pellet pistol to get it functioning nicely again. I can't even seem to find the model referenced anywhere on the net anymore, all the ones I find are for newer models. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[dixda]

That old pellet gun probably has leather seals that are dried out.
Soaking the piston seal in Neetsfoot oil will bring back some of the power. KD

 

[mbogo3]

A new mainspring wouldn't hurt either................Harold

 

[khemfusion]

Does anyone have a good resource for dissambley, I'm not sure how it comes apart. Maybe I should just stick with my newer crosman pellet rifle