My new/old Baikal MP654k...

[johnbaz]

Hi my Mak arrived yesterday, It's a 2000 model according to the serial# and so makes it one of the better quality ones

I still have yet to gas it up as i've not had time due to work but I think tomorrow will be good

Some pix...

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Can't wait 'til tomozz to play but i'm fairly sure I only have Co2 cart I'll have to nip over to NMP and buy a box


Cheers, John

[magicniner]

Got plenty of lead BB in stock then?
Lovely gun, good to hear it'll get used!
ATB,
Nick

[johnbaz]

Got plenty of lead BB in stock then?
Lovely gun, good to hear it'll get used!
ATB,
Nick

I've a load of 4.4mm leadshot that I bought for my Anschutz mod275, in the manual for the mak it says the calibre is 4.5mm, ammo used 4.4mm yet they give you steel 4.5mm shot with it

I read somewhere that if you use 4.5 steel shot, it will operate OK until the gas cart has run low, the shot then starts to jam in the barrel...



Cheers, John

[magicniner]

I've a load of 4.4mm leadshot that I bought for my Anschutz mod275, in the manual for the mak it says the calibre is 4.5mm, ammo used 4.4mm yet they give you steel 4.5mm shot with it

I read somewhere that if you use 4.5 steel shot, it will operate OK until the gas cart has run low, the shot then starts to jam in the barrel...



Cheers, John

John,
The bag of steel shot is still in the box with all Maks worth having, showing that the previous owners have ignored it and used lead bb in the rifled barrel
It's inadvisable to use steel BB in rifled barrels, accuracy will be far poorer than with lead and rifling damage is inevitable,
ATB,
Nick

[coburn]

Nice pistol, but Is'nt the Umarex MAK the better shooter?

[magicniner]

Nice pistol, but Is'nt the Umarex MAK the better shooter?

Put lead BB in the Baikal and because it has a rifled barrel the grouping is better

[johnbaz]

Nice pistol, but Is'nt the Umarex MAK the better shooter?

Hi Coburn

I was told that the Umarex version is cruddy zinc alloy (better known as monkey metal) whereas the Baikal is proper wearpons grade steel, the 9mm Makarov shares 90% of the parts with the airgun and is a really solid pistol that's made side by side with the real pistol in the Baikal factory in Russia..

Also, the Ruskie pistol can be stripped to carry out maintenance, ie, oil the trigger parts etc..


John