The Double Rifle: Share your experience.

Even the sabattis are coming up in price, and hopefully it seems all their quality issues have been fixed. Re. Ground muzzles for regulation.

But they are supposed come guaranteed regulation with Hornady ammo. Then again the barrels are now brazed on he sabattis not soldered so to re-regulate would be harder. I'm still open to the idea but need more time before jumping in. Decided to book a hunting trip instead of buying the double for now. But I'll find the right one someday.
 
AP said:
BRNO had at one time a very nice .375 H&H side x side in the 'vertical format' .. had lovely detachable sidelocks. Handled one at Pragotrade here in Toronto years ago and it was very impressive (as nice mechanically as anything I had seen in London!) .. and reasonably priced. I stupidly passed on it - and it was one of the last in Canada and they (Pragotrade) were closing down their firearms business ... I did take a few ZKK's they wanted to sell off -- one was a hand selected 308W with extraordinary wood, oh well!

(as near as I can tell - the only really well made firearms to come out of the UK are the Accuracy International 'AW' and anything made by RPA)
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I bought that 375 H&H you were looking at. A very nice rifle.

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Hey guys!

I was just at Canadian tire and guess what? My local store in Halifax had a baikal double rifle in 45-70 listed for 915, I talked the guy down to 849 + tax.

It is BNiB and he will hold it for me t'ill Friday. Is that a decent price and should I pull the trigger? I sadly don't have the funds right now to get into anything more expensive.

Any advise is greatly appreciated!!
 
First off, snap it up.......

Secondly, I applaud your CT for having a selection......... In spite of my urging, the local ct has nothing but entry level crap......

They are about to go through their "pro shop" opening...... And I see nothing but mossberg and their highest end gun is a Henry golden boy.......

Dissapointing to say the least......
 
Weird! I'll have to take a picture for you guys and post it, they have tuns of guns, I almost fell off my chair when I saw the double rifles in both 30-06 and 45-70.

I was telling a manager how I made an offer on a used Baikal mp221 for 850 and he said, if you're serious about it, I'll give you this one that's NIB for the same price.

The store manager said the doubles don't sell often and most people think they're .410 shotguns
 
Aside from checking for shims in the front of the gun, is there anything I should look out for in a new double rifle?

I tried opening the action and she is VERY tight, but felt like a tank.
 
If it's new it should have the regulation written in the book. It will be listed in cm not inches. I don't know what passes but mine stated 5 cm difference in height at what ever distance they sighted at. I believe it was 50 yards. The actions are stiff as are the triggers. Get some snap caps and open it close it and fire it over and over. It will slowly get smoother. For $850 that's a good deal. I don't think any Russian sporting guns are coming in anymore unless that recently changed.
I love mine.
 
The guy said it's been sitting on the shelf for awhile, he went to a trade show in 2014 and ordered the MP-221's shortly after.

I wish i had 850 dollars worth of canadian tire money lol
 
I NOW OWN MY FIRST RIFLE. New in the box, 849.99 + tax.

Jesus she's tight though, do these guns loosen up with age? I'll post some pics tonight!

How do i take care of the rubbed oil finish? Is there anything i can apply?
 
They loosen with shooting. Lots and lots of shooting. The triggers can be worked in with snap caps. The gun can be decocked but I forget how. As for the finish I just sprayed mine with formula A1 wax and put a stretchy slip over cartridge holder on the stock. Been that way for about 5-6 years now. The stock is actually still in great despite what the rifle has been out through.
Congrats btw
What does the manual give for regulation variance if you don't mind my asking? It should be written in in pen
 
Thanks! I'm quite excited to get to the range this weekend.

I looked through the manual last night and couldn't find anything about variance, all it gave was the bullet weight as well as the guy that did the test shots as well as the year of manufacture (2009).

I might have to dig through the box and see if there is a card with the regulation. What page was yours on?

What kind of cartridge holder do you have and where can i get one of these?
 
I have no clue where my manual is. I haven't unpacked really since I moved last year. It was the page with the testing date and bullet weight. Mine gave the measurements between poi. Several others I've looked at had the same page filled out.
 
The Baikal's fall under the embargo on the Ukraine issue, so, if you find a new one around somewhere, great. That is also why you don't see much of the Russian ammo and etc around anymore, and why you can't get one with a different cartridge in it, than what is already around the country.
 
Ganderite said:
I bought that 375 H&H you were looking at. A very nice rifle.

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VERY nice!!! And very strong action. I think the BRNO 'Super' Express you have is one of the nicest O/U. 375H&H rifles made. Some folks think this is like their interchangeable 'ZH' etc series. Not so. It is a separate rifle entirely along with very unique sidelocks for an O/U....actually pretty rare even on a SxS. Something for your great,great grandchildren!

(people use the phrase: "locks up like a bank vault!" based on what I have seen and having hung around some the 'olde, bespoke" gunshops in London...nothing made in the UK comes close to the 'Super Express' design for strength....in fact I think one or two of them use the BRNO sxs sidelock shotgun action as the basis of their SxS rifles...)
 
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