My new/old Baikal MP654k...

[coburn]

http://www.co2airguns.net/Collection...arov/index.htm
http://www.co2airguns.net/Collection...arov/index.htm

It was because of these two reveiws on CO2 collection. I agree that construction wise the Baikal MAK is better. But for fun the Umarex pips it?

[Gilgamesh]

The Co2 Replica site is a very good resource, pretty comprehensive reviews on all Co2 pistols (that guy just loves his guns).

The Umarex pips the Baikal on FPS, and trigger pull, my Baikal is VERY heavy on the DA. Shoots well tho, lead bbs FTW

The realism of the Baikal is better due it being an (almost) direct conversion of the firearm. Slide racks with the force of a real mainspring, it fieldstrips and magazine use is just like the genuine article. This increases the fun factor for me, as I secretly like to pretend that I'm James Bond

I know that bond is famous for the PPK (a lower powered western equivalent of the Mak) and I also know (normally) that I am NOT James Bond.

@Johnbaz
Glad you got a pre 2009 version (mine is 1999) thought you said in an earlier post it was only 5 years old? Is the magazine very picky about BBS? I can get maybe one out of eight Gamo lead BBS to cooperate. I maybe need a new mag from RusMilitary, but at £78 a pop, its a bit steep.

I am the Norfolk Bond. Ooo Arr 7

[coburn]

Gilgamesh

Shame youre not from Essex then you could have been "Basildon Bond" sorry old joke.

Good to see its not just me thats got that Bond thing everytime I've got my MAK out!

[Hollowpoint]

Nice pistol Ive always wanted one of the original baikal maks but the prices just seem to keep creeping up and up and up. And thats if you can find one for sale.

[johnbaz]

The Co2 Replica site is a very good resource, pretty comprehensive reviews on all Co2 pistols (that guy just loves his guns).

The Umarex pips the Baikal on FPS, and trigger pull, my Baikal is VERY heavy on the DA. Shoots well tho, lead bbs FTW

The realism of the Baikal is better due it being an (almost) direct conversion of the firearm. Slide racks with the force of a real mainspring, it fieldstrips and magazine use is just like the genuine article. This increases the fun factor for me, as I secretly like to pretend that I'm James Bond

I know that bond is famous for the PPK (a lower powered western equivalent of the Mak) and I also know (normally) that I am NOT James Bond.

@Johnbaz
Glad you got a pre 2009 version (mine is 1999) thought you said in an earlier post it was only 5 years old? Is the magazine very picky about BBS? I can get maybe one out of eight Gamo lead BBS to cooperate. I maybe need a new mag from RusMilitary, but at £78 a pop, its a bit steep.

I am the Norfolk Bond. Ooo Arr 7

Hi Gilgamesh (Am I chatting to a god??)

The chap I got it from said it was five years old but I think he must have meant he had owned it for five years and had probably bought it s/h.
According to the first part of the serial# (T00), it's a 2000 model..

I still haven't tied the pistol yet, it looks like I only have one CO2 cart left

Ooof!!- £78 is a bit rich for a magazine


Cheers, John

[King of Dreams]

Ooof!!- £78 is a bit rich for a magazine

Yes, but bear in mind that 80% of the gun's firing mechanism is contained within the magazine and the price makes a bit more sense. It's not like how it is with regular firearms where the magazine is just a container and spring feed. With one of these it's that plus CO2 holding and piercing, valve and expansion chamber. Much more complicated than a regular magazine.

[jassi]

A similar magazine for an ASG CZ75 only costs about £25. Doesn't fit the Mak of course, but indicates that the Russian one is perhaps overpriced.

[King of Dreams]

True enough. But I guess maybe the mark up is so high on the mak because of the manufacturing and importation processes that go into it. After all, the mak itself is not a cheap gun for what it is.

[jassi]

When I got my Mak recently, the valve was leaking and required a complete dismantle. While it was in pieces, I took the opportunity to rub the BB compartment down with some fine emery paper and this seems to have made loading gamo rounds much easier. It could probably do with a bit more, but I'm reluctant to dismantle it again just at the moment.


Ian