Rare find? Baikal mp-153

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Picked this up last summer for a duck gun, did a quick bit of phone research just to make sure they weren't a dud (I'd never heard of it) but the name Izhevsk speaks for itself. They seemed happy just to get it off the rack, even threw in the soft case. Searching the name on CGN one of the 2 threads about them mostly talks about how hard they were getting to find, and that was from ten years ago. I can only imagine how uncommon they are in Canada today.

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They are not rare. A lot of them were imported in the early 2000's and later. The ban on Baikal and other Russian products has stopped the influx. They are excellent shotguns and very reliable. They were mostly purchased and used by guys who don't spend a lot of time talking about them on the inter webs. You are correct about getting to be hard to find. I assume they are so well liked no one wants to sell them.

Darryl
 
madtrapper143 said:
They are not rare. A lot of them were imported in the early 2000's and later. The ban on Baikal and other Russian products has stopped the influx. They are excellent shotguns and very reliable. They were mostly purchased and used by guys who don't spend a lot of time talking about them on the inter webs. You are correct about getting to be hard to find. I assume they are so well liked no one wants to sell them.

Darryl
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that wouldn't surprise me, I'm quite happy with it so far. takes a mild bit of tuning but absolutely worth it
 
Once the valve is tuned they run great. Something's the lil metal pin in the receiver works it's way down. With alot of shooting and tuning you can get them to run everything from 7/8oz to 2oz loads. Once set they run for ever. Parts will be hard to come by. I've had a couple and all were great. The reason I sold mine is I prefer my berettas.
 
I could not help but think that I have the opposite problem child here - is a "Weatherby" brand SA-08 gas operated semi-auto shotgun - made in Turkey - has chambers marked for both 2 3/4" and 3" - owners manual on-line says they came with two gas valves - one for "light loads" and one for "heavy loads". Apparently has the "light load" valve in there. The lug that connects the bolt to the action bar has been sheared off - still waiting for reply from Weatherby warranty centre regarding parts - but as if the action bar slammed that lug way too hard and finally sheared it off - matching gas pressure from the loads used, to the action, is a "real thing", I believe.
 
for sure, on the baikal it's a nut you torque down with a key over the recoil spring, honestly not sure how it works, perusing the manual I now see it says to run 1 1/4 oz loads or greater for the first 100 rounds, so I guess the range knowledge checks out.
 
Hopefully, the gas/choke wrench was included with the purchase. On mine, the difference between the 3 inch duck load setting and the light trap loads was about 2 turns of the gas sleeve.
 
The reason the store was happy to unload it was parts are near impossible to find. Baikal Canada can't get parts.
 
Play with the tuner and it will cycle light loads fine. All semis should run some heavy loads first just to blow out any grease or shavings out of the ports. However I've seen many get unboxed and go straight to the skeet field and run fine. Baikals are work horses.
 
mbogo3 said:
The reason the store was happy to unload it was parts are near impossible to find. Baikal Canada can't get parts.
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Didn't strike me as a place that would do repairs lol, it was a general store that happened to sell guns and other sporting stuff, I bought a pair of work boots there as well. the gun came with the original box and all, they'd probably been sitting on it since the 90s. Cool little store, Rob B's sports & industrial in Valleyview.
 
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