Currently looking for Baikal Makarov pistols with the following prefixes to the serial number: 98, T01, T09, T21, T22
Prefer boxed or cased but will consider loose examples too.
Currently looking for Baikal Makarov pistols with the following prefixes to the serial number: 98, T01, T09, T21, T22
Prefer boxed or cased but will consider loose examples too.
Hi John,
Unfortunately, the friend I mention is no longer a member of the club I shoot at so I can't be sure of the actual nature of the contaminants he was talking about. He was a big air soft shooter and used lots of CO2 capsules in his skirmishing rifles and pistols. In general, he would only load Umarex capsules with regular use of maintenance capsules as a result of his experiments. I can't say I have experienced anything more than the expected seal failures using various makes of capsule over the years with minimum preventative maintenance. I bought one of the first Umarex CP88 pistols when they appeared many years ago and used a lot of different make capsules before storing it away until just recently. Having made the decision to move it on, I test fired it first and was pleasantly surprised that it still held gas and was as powerful as ever with the original seals still in place.
Brian
Thanks Brian,
I have had similar experiences and also bought a CP88 from this site's sponsor within days of them coming off ticket.
1 drop of Pellgun oil on the neck of every other cartridge is all the maintenance I carry out, although I some will say even that is too much oil. I rarely shoot more than 1 cartridge through a pistol at a time though, so it may be several months or longer between shooting sessions.
John
Currently looking for Baikal Makarov pistols with the following prefixes to the serial number: 98, T01, T09, T21, T22
Prefer boxed or cased but will consider loose examples too.