baikal m153

N

nroberts

New member
Rating - 100%
2   0   0
I am looking at buying a semi auto shotgun. The beretta, benelli, and brownings are all quite expensive. I have been reading about the baikal m153 and have seen nothing but good reviews. I saw the video that was posted here but was wondering if anyone has any personal experience with this shotgun? Is it that reliable a shotgun? If it is, why would I buy a more expensive one to drag around the marsh to chase ducks and geese?

Thanks, nick
 
I've only had my MP153 a couple of weeks but I've put about 350 rounds thru it so far. I'm quite pleased with it so far. As expected it took a little breaking in to get it running with lighter shells, now it works with 1-1/8 oz 2-3/4 dram target shells. At the current rate of 200 to 250 shells a week I will be giving it a good test before fall hunting. A friend of mine bought one last year and shot ducks and geese with it last fall, he speakes highly of his MP153.

For the money you can't go wrong with this gun. There are prettier guns and better finished guns out there but they cost two to three times as much.
 
I have 2 of them (walnut and synthetic stocks).

Very happy with these autoloaders. They cycle anything from light target to heavy turkey loads.
They are solid shotguns with moderate recoil, good balance and lots of features for the money.

Here are a few short video clips of a test done in Italy during 2004 with the Baikal MP-153.
They fired 10,000 rounds in 20 hours :

http://www.primarmi.com/eproducts/video_mp153/mp-153_2.wmv

http://www.primarmi.com/eproducts/video_mp153/mp-153_4.wmv

http://www.primarmi.com/eproducts/video_mp153/mp-153_8.wmv

Also an interesting way of cooling the barrels during that high rate of fire :

http://www.primarmi.com/eproducts/video_mp153/mp-153_1.wmv

Here are a few pics of my synthetic one:

mp_153_001.jpg


mp_153_002.jpg


mp_153_004.jpg
 
Last edited:
baikal 153

looks like they will shoot dirty, I am not a big fan of cleaning shotguns. I assume these are gas shotguns?

nick
 
I looked at one of these recently, but ended up going with a Beretta, Pintail ES100 (they are no longer imported to Canada).

The Beretta is recoil operated (not gas), so has a little bit of a kick, but will shoot as fast as you can squeeze it off, like a semi pistol...neat.

I shot a couple of rounds of trap last weekend and it was sweet to point and shoot.

I'd like to know how the 153 works out though.
 
Last edited:
I have the MP-153 with the wood furniture. Great shotgun. You can't go wrong at that price. Some day I will get myself one of the nicer Benellis but for the moment the MP-153 does what it is supposed to do and it does it quite well.

I went shooting clays with it and was hitting everything that I pointed it at. I found that it was well balanced (for me anyways, I'm 6'1"). I was amazed at how little recoil this shotgun has.

I will be enjoying this gun for a long time I am sure.

Good luck with your shopping. Let us know what you end up buying.



BT
 
nroberts said:
looks like they will shoot dirty, I am not a big fan of cleaning shotguns. I assume these are gas shotguns?

nick
Click to expand...

Yes, the Baikal MP-153 is gas operated.

Compared to break-action models, autoloaders take a little longer to clean. But you get used to it after cleaning it a few times.
 
BT said:
I was amazed at how little recoil this shotgun has.
BT
Click to expand...

Ditto. All my hunting guns up until this fall had been doubles. I've only started to break in my MP153, but I had to try some 3-1/2" #4 buckshot - I was very surprised at the lack of recoil.
 
Got a 12 gauge 28 barrel with synthetic stock and shootapprox 250 various rounds last season, the gun is faulless so far and shows new and smart design. I like it.

Some questions marks on durability of black finish, time will tell, but again this is not a display gun, it's a practical one.

You have to strip down to bits and clean it good at the beginning, the gun is full of prezervation gunk. I have also removed some sharp edges and did a little bit of polishing on certain sliding surfaces, they were just a little bit too rough to my liking.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom