Originally Posted by
edbear2
I am sure (but may be wrong) that John's gun as per the links put above by Danny in post number 2 was made by a metalwork teacher, and he did more than one, I don't know when this was so may have been the source of the story you heard.
As I said it's been years since I held that gun and spoke to John, so may have that totally wrong, maybe he will see this and correct me hopefully.
ATB, Ed
Your memory is spot on Ed.
From what I was told, 6 models were converted in the 1970s including a No 4 or maybe more than one No 4. I don't know what happened to the others but wish my metalwork teachers had a similar interest back in the 1970s.
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.