Bought a Baikal o/u ten years ago full choke and half choke barrels. Never had any issues shot clays, pigeons, rooks etc no issues with it. Not into gun snobbery, does what it should do.

I sold my Baikal S x S just over a year ago and regretted it more than selling my Beretta 692 Black. Fun to use and no worries about damaging it getting it wet and not cleaning it for a couple of weeks. As you say everyone's got to own one once.

I bought a Baikal OU in Scotland when I was stationed at RAF Edzell. I used it for 3 years. She never failed me.

My friend and I learned to shoot with his fathers baikal. We used to hit more clays at 15 or 16 then we would now with much more expensive guns. My dad had one, a single barrel, he shot more pheasants when he went out with that baikal then he ever did with a double barrel. Solid, reliable and sends pellets down the field. We all get caught up in the gun porn but if you can't shoot extra €€€ isn't going to improve your shot. All that said, they are ugly looking things so if you can get over asthetics then baikal might be the cheapest but not the worst things. When my own gun malfunctioned last year, I relied on a baikal for the rest of the season - never failed, and I shot equally as dreadful :)

Whilst quietly accumulating a gun room of Purdeys, H&H, Powells, Evans, and C&H, yesterday I bought a Baikal for £200.

Great review, great guns, i shoot an mp 153 and an ij27 in the north of the Netherlandd The mp153 is a real goosekiller with an EF Trulock aftermarket choke and Mirage T4 steelcartridge, shoot 1000 rounds a year, has never had any hickups, is cleaned max once a year and has no rust or corrosion, what a gun! The ij-27 once dropped of a driving car on the road, only a few scratches!! Love baikal (and lada)

I own 4 original USSR shotguns: O/U TOZ-34 EP , 12 gauge O/U TOZ-34 , 28 gauge SxS IZH-58 ME , 12 gauge O/U IZH-27 , 28 gauge I can say with no doubt that these shotguns are among the most reliable and durable shotguns have ever been made.

My daughters shot a Baikal, slip on recoil pad, comb adjusted using a bisley comb kit and a neoprene stock cover and it never lets us down. Id rather chuck tape and comb kits on a £150 gun for them to have some fun with (neither have a wish to be competition shots) and if they really get into the sport then I will invest a bit more. It does need to be anointed with vodka every once in a while though.

They were and still are quite popular hunting and low budget hobby sporting shotguns here in Hungary (as well the Tula Arms Plant TOZ shotguns, but they are not so many around as Baikal/IZH ones). Pros: + cheap and reliable shotguns + they do the job + usually you can choose between single or double trigger, extractor or ejector, fixed or multichoke variants + they still are made in the 16 gauge! Cons: - USSR made ones were way much better than post-Soviet Russian made ones. In the Soviet Union you could find yourself in some Siberian labor camp if you made reject especially in a firearms factory. Nowadays Russia rather have "capitalist industry". Buy it, use it for 3-4 years than buy a new one after it's got loose or broke. - ejectors tend to break but no worries, they still work as an extractor after that - fit and finish quite crude especially on the wood side - USSR made ones were much nicer

I ordered one used for $430 in the USA! 26 inch is a good parent and can shoot steel shots with open chocks for me. I have browning 30 inches(full chock is donger) and many others....

The ejector mechanism broke in the forend on mine , got another one and ejector works fine now

Nice to see unbiased honest reviews.

Nice vid 👍👍 I love the fact that you took the time and effort to review one of these old low end legends. Whilst I really enjoy the reviews of all the "shiny" guns that come through your door, its nice that the budget conscious and beginners haven't been forgotten 👌👌

Hello David, I own FOUR Baikal’s…..12 GA O/U, 20 GA O/U, 410 Bore O/U, 20 GA SxS…..they are built to shoot in almost any weather conditions. Of course they are intended to used in the field verses recreational shooting (Skeet, Trap, Sporting Clay’s). Here in the USA to find a Baikal for sale is virtually impossible because of the ban our government put in place of Russian firearms. I purchased all of mine several years ago and they ranged in price from $450 US to $600 US. These shotguns are not big on esthetics but to ‘go bang every time’ you pull the trigger!

Enjoyed the video. Thank you. I am a big fan of Baikal and have a 12 guage side by side which I regularly use for dove anD partridge shooting. Also have a 20 guage side by side, an MP 153 semi auto 12 guage and a recently acquired 12 guage O/U sporter. Super reliable stuff by Baikal

Hi there. I am from Kazakhstan which has been part of the USSR for many years, these Baikals MP27 are very common here. I had one and no issues with it even in -35 degrees ))) better to buy non-ejectors because some times people have problems with ejectors. Good gun for hunting in hard conditions. Thank you for the video. For me just a dream to buy Browning b525 or b425. Dear folks from the west I found one b425 waterfowl 89 for supermagnum as I understand for 1160£ is this a good gun for clay shooting, I want to buy as all round gun. Thank you in advance! Good program by the way. I wish I could go to the shooting school during my study in Oxford :) but unfortunately at that time I didn’t know about English shooting culture.

These guns are great eliminates the snobbery. Especially when your hitting the targets😁

I bought an IJ27 through an on-line sale which had a stipulation that the buyer had to pick it up. His stipulation of "pick up only" had scared off other buyers as he lived well away from any population centre. I paid and then communicated with the owner.....some 600 miles away. He had used the gun on an orchard to shoot birds for over 20 years. In that time he had never cleaned it as he did not know how to break the gun down!!! I sent him the instruction manual and he emailed back 20 minutes later "That was simple". I then for an extra $20 got him to package and send the gun to me once I had sent him the Police-required paperwork. I did strip it right back and washed out the accumulated crud...then lubricated it and the gun worked faultlessly... It was my second one...an earlier one also in great condition had gone to a friend who had a rural property and neded a shotgun right away....he still has it and still uses it 40 years later.....

I have a Baikal MP 18 12 guage single shot. Cut the 28 inch barrel down to 18.5 inches and it's my back pack gun. Purchased some adapters from Staight line and can shoot 20 guage down to 22lr. Such a versatile gun and tough as nails. It works great here in the mountains of Kentucky.

Yes

There's hardly a budget conscious shooter around who started out in the 1970's who hasn'tl owned a Baikal at some stage or other.

Love my S/S cal !6. Bougt it 30 years ago as a second hand. 50 euros and still going. Its 60 years old now so its like less than one euro a year ;). Some cracks in the wood but dosent matter. NEWER CLICKED and NEWER done a repair.

We have a yearly competition at my club called the baikal challenge where they use single barrel baikals they bought on auction for £5-£10. Its a lot of fun and I guess if you can't shoot the targets you can always just chuck the gun at them as a last resort...it'd still work after that 😅

I bought this as a Remington SPR 310 for my first introduction to Sporting clays with my three brothers some 10-12 years ago. It has served me well at a price of $310. My only gripe was the action was very stiff in the beginning but has since loosened up. I get tired of the snobbery among many shooters. I bring out my Ruger revolver and they whip out their Colt or SW at twice the price. Like a Mossberg 500 it’s affordable and just works every time.

My uncle in law had a Baikal SxS. Here we go out to sea and hunt birds on boats. Anyway, they hit a wave, and a bit of sea water splashed up into the boat, he checked the barrel and there was a miniscule water droplet, smaller than what comes out of an eye dropper, and when he went to shoot it, the barrels flew clean off into the sea. He's had much larger drops of water in other guns and had no issues of that type. But, now his daily driver is a Baikal O/U, don't know the specific model, and he's also got an MP-155 lying around, he absolutely adores shooting both of them.

I have two of them one over and under with cutted barrell at 61.5cm for woodcock hunting and one mp155 for duck hunting l will never change these guns not if someone gives me for gift another more expensive. They are very solid i have them for many wears and in the cold weather they shoot better than other guns and never break

Professionally presented...No bias, only facts--kudos.

already regrated for selling out my MP271C, used for game and clays for many years without any problem.

I have 2 Baikal guns. A side by side (two triggers) and an MP-155, its barrel is 70cm. I mount on the left shoulder, so the semi auto is a left handed. A gunsmith made a bespoke butt for my side by side, and I love them both. I hunt wild boars and birds. The side by side "makes" me opt to swing through birds, whereas the semi auto is something with which I hit more by maintaining lead. I want an O/U as well!

I purchased one about 15 years ago when Remington was importing them under the Spartan label. It is the sporting model with 32 inch ported barrels. It is built like a truck. After putting about 3000 rounds thru it at the trap and skeet range I decided to have my local gunsmith put a softer recoil pad on it. I also refinished the stock and fore end with a darker stain and tung oil at that time. I also bought after market chokes as well and upgraded the bead. I have killed geese, ducks, and crows with it as well. The only issues I have had it that it is still a bit stiff to open and the right side rib started to separate slightly at the front of the barrel which my local gunsmith fixed. I paid around $400 for it back then and it was well worth it.

Hi Dave. I have got 2 of theese. One is 16 gauge, 37 years old, two trigger game gun with fixed chokes. Second is 12 gauge, fixed choke IŻ-27 Sporting, with porting in barrels. Many shooters in my origin country start theirs adventure in sport from that particullar one with succes. As you said, they are bulletproof. I have never had any problems with them. They maybe not so pretty like any italian or turkish guns, but they not afraid mud, rain, snow, and other bad conditions. Really, reliable, budget gun.

The information you gave it’s awesome thank you 🙏✅

Ive had 12 gauge and a 16 gauge...over under..also sxs 12 and 16..worked perfectly

Have two, 12ga and 28ga. Love them!

I have a Baikal 16 Bore Side by Side hammer gun I bought brand new 47 years ago out of the Shooting Times magazine the price then was £36 and I still use that gun today more than any other gun I own, its had thousands of cartridges through it and the barrels are still like new, they are chrome lined barrels.

The Baikal Tundra guns were the best shotguns I ever had. It does not need oil in the mechanics and shoots the second barrel even when you have a misfire in the first. If you do not clean it and use it 2, 3 years later it will work. for sure.

Purchased my first baikal Close to 30 years ago I have two 20s and a 12 gage I’ve shot 40 Grouse and well over 150 quail have easily put 2000 rounds through my first 20 gauge however now when I pull the single trigger off barrels fire I wore something out inside if I switch to the other barrel first only one barrel fires at a time. Found your video looking to learn how to fix my beloved gun. The 12 gauge has begun to act the same recently

I do like your videos Thanks for sharing just picking up a side by side one off these in 2 week's just waiting for permit to acquire to come in not the best gun but just fun for plinking around my sister farm but I did get a New boito 410 Under And over had that one for 3 week's now and love IT thanks again for your great video's from Michael in Australia

Just bought mine from a guy from work. Glad to have an o/u finally 🙌

Bought one with the two sets of barrels when I was a trainee GK loved it .

thanks here in Canada I found a Baikal IJ-12 O/U 12ga in great condition for $325 Cdn (190 pounds)

I am using Baikal over and under IJ E 27 since from 20 years it's so reliable and perfect,still no issues I love this gun

I have a Baikal MP-94, .410 bore over 22WMR. It is bulletproof and reliable. At 50 yards, I can put both a 3" 410 slug and a 22WMR through the same hole in a target without fiddling with the sights. However, it has never operated as the manual described. When you open the gun to load it, it cocks the mechanism for one barrel. In order to re-cock the gun for the other barrel, you either break it open or re-cock it using a separate trigger mechanism. If you re-cock it by breaking it open, then the barrel selector is functional. If you re-cock it using the trigger mechanism, then the barrel selector is not functional and will not change to the other barrel. A bit annoying, but I have had this gun for years and do not plan to part with it. Cheers!

I bought one in 1987, still have it today for really wet days in a hide, I’ve serviced it myself and it’s been no problem….still kills as well as my more expensive guns. Oh and don’t notice any issue with recoil even with 35g cartridges.

Many many years ago used to shoot a Baikal semi auto for the cadet clay shooting team, really rough round the edges gun but it was a workhorse. Same again when I joined the army and took up clay shooting. I'm applying for my license now and am considering a Baikal under-over for my first gun as I've nothing but positive memories using them

I saw an IZ 27, 20 gauge, brand new, in a used gun rack like 20+ years ago, for $175.00. I didn't think I could go wrong. While certainly not my 525 or Ceasar Summit, or an ancient Citori, it has performed very well. Never an issue, decent mechanical triggers, the upper barrel selection by pressing the trigger forward, I removed the auto-safety, and used for registered skeet a couple of times (96, 97), it has always gone bang. And it's cool to have something no one else has.

I have a later model Baikal O/U with 3" chamber, factory recoil pad, removable chokes, ejectors or extractors. It is bullet proof. I paid less than $450 Canadian for it. It shoots anything I put in it really well. I also have a S×S Baikal with fixed chokes, extractors, 2 triggers. It has served well over the years as a camp bear gun.

I Got my ij27 in 1981, and I have used it on every hunting trip since - It has always done the job, is simpel No ejector No chokes just working. Finn from Denmark

I have a Remington Spartan, which is the same gun, mines a 20ga “competition” easily put 7000 rounds a year through it for about 14 years, never ever a hiccup, it did start out very rough on the break open action, now it baby butt smooth, Some of my shooters in our old gun club, still ask me when they see me, to sell it to them, so it made a good impression!

I have Baikal 410 o/u. My only gripes are the barrels are perfectly regulated but they both shot too high. I fixed that with a M3x.5 machine screw as a taller front sight. And the chokes were too tight so I reamed them out slightly which made for more open and even patterns. It has the ejection/extraction selectors that I wish were on every break action gun.

Hi David, l fitted a quality recoil pad to my " Tractor " & it has improved the pull & the recoil is negligible now, it has done tremendous amount of work on the farm with minimal care.

This was my first O/U for $300 at a gun show seven (?) years ago when I started hunting quail with a friend and could not afford (nor find) a Ruger Red Label like my friend had. It came with a couple of threaded chokes, I bought many more since then. I have taken this out for quail, pheasant, chukar and even turkey with two turkey chokes installed. I took this out once with a friend and we both slipped on pea gravel 15 min after leaving his truck on a big smooth rock and both fell, I however dropped the gun and cracked the stock. I ended up cutting it off, and replaced the stock and mounting bolt, I have also installed a Limbsaver AirTech recoil pad, this helped with the fit as I have long arms and with the recoil. I love this gun, it was built in 1999 according to the ser# and I love shooting it and with it's 26" barrel it's an easy pointer. The only issue I had was with it not ejecting when set to and I put some parts in to fix that, but I don't really care about that as I hate looking around for my husks when the birds are flying and I see some damage to the upper bore when I probably didn't seat a shell or it was malformed (I get cheap, well what used to be ammo) and forcefully closed the breach. Its still shoots and patterns well at the range. I will never get rid of it. I take it with me, along with a Benelli Nova when I go on a hunt. I also wrapped the back of the oversized trigger guard with some black medical tape and it tends to slam into my fingers and this helps. I forgot something. I had also got a tristar O/U thinking it was an upgrade. I got it used, but it looked fine. I shot it a few time and then it started deforming my shells and would not close. I sent it back to TriStar and had to call them multiple times for an update for the repair, and they were rude AF on the phone (Sorry I am bothering your about my gun which you have had for two months). Got it back, sold it for cheap and never looked back.

I owned a Baikal and the ejector ejected with the cartridge,but it was a cheap fix and I would love to get another one.

I was leant one once for a local farmers shoot day, I didn’t seem to miss anything that day shot my best ever left and right Teal 🤟👌👍 if it works it works.

The only thing that I expect from a gun to be reliable and durable for weather.

I've owned both SxS (IJ-58) and O/U (IJ-27) USSR guns. They are solid as a rock, although problems with the O/U are common such as misfiring, happened to me and to other guys I know. The firing pins in the O/U are spring loaded and these go bad from time to time. Got mine rectified by replacing the springs. The SxS on the other hand is a wonderful gun, NO PROBLEMS AT ALL!!. Sold my O/U last week.

My first gun was a Baikal non ejector dbl trigger cost about £100 and mail ordered in the 80s.

I use MP 27 12/76.... Cheap, robust. The tank of shotguns. What you can't hit, you can beat to death with it. It is also excellent for rowing in an emergency. Flawless at -22 degrees and at +44 degrees. It does not require the fine gun oil. It's fine even with the cheapest one. And it is designed for a pressure of 1350 bar. You can shoot anything with it...

I have two Baikal's a12g, and a 410. Both over/under. I love them both. I also have a Browning 12g and 20g O/U. I accually have had some trigger issues with the Brownings.

I have a baikal, and it has an issue!!! Sometimes, the second barrel won’t go off when pulling the trigger. Feels like the hammer hasn’t been set when opening the barrels

owned a 606 model for bout 30 years shot loads of 1 1/2 oz homeloads through it traded it in after all that time and got more than i paid for it new.

I had a side by side 40 years ago, great memories, no problems with it.

My first shotgun! I have had Baikal IJ-27EM-1C since 2005 ish ...some problems with lower tube ejector back in the day... I managed to remove the stuck shell all those times in seconds though, with my trusty Jaegers knife. Along the years I found out it was just the fault of me not "racking the gun" not fast enough (sorry, but english is not my first language)

A solid base where you can put extra 400 hundred Euros and you can have a very honest gun my gundmith did some repairs on it ( IJ 27) Larger cones The stock made in prince whales style Remove medium stripe Pad pahmayer decelarator Sight from fiber optic Total weight 3 kilos at the end The gun has double triggers and simple ejectors

Nobody who I hunt with uses a slip with the baikal because its worth more than the baikal.

I used to use the Baikal cartridge many years ago, bugger me, they went BANG, it certainly used to get the pigeons up from around my area. A j Smith, champion clay shooter back in the day, said to me , " Steve,if you could shoot half as good as the worse cartridge ever made, you'd be a brilliant shot. Ahhh, great ole days.

Problems I've had with Baikal is firing both over and under barrels at the same time as well as not being able to open the action without bumping the stock numerous times A friend of mine had the same issues that i did and another friend of our never had any problems with his Baikal

I have one 15 years old and it’s still stiff to open BUT it’s very accurate

I had one. Years ago. Super. Chrome. Barrels. I was impressed.

I had a single barrel Baikal as a teenager with a 4 /10 adapter it was brilliant for rabbit shooting

Much more fair and practical review that the other snotty British review I saw earlier. You Brits have no clue the kind of environment these guns are made for….and yes they’re made to be cheap because the people who use them aren’t rich enough to pay 150 pounds more than something is worth, just because it has some fancy engraving. It’s a gun to shoot, and live it’s life in some wood cabin. If one of those guys tested one of your guns for a couple years, he’d probably give one crappy review when it broke while he was trying to feed himself.

I have the single barrel IJ18 absolutely love it

I've seen a couple of Baikal Over/Unders with cracked forend wood but apart from that for the money a good solid gun if you can get on with one

Had my one second hand 22 years ago for £60 used it daily as my work gun it's had a hard life out in all weather had nothing more than a wipe over with a bit of gun oil never failed to work

I know an acclaimed craftsman. I had trouble assembling my Baikal Remington. He said it’s rough and needs a little sanding. But the steel is fantastic. In 12 minutes he said here, it’s as good as a British shotgun.

Show me the patterns at 20 yards - that both barrels are on track to converge 60/40 at appropriate distance. Then I'll believe it's a good buy. I bought a Yildiz from Academy Sports because of your recommendation. It's at Briley, the USA warranty center because it shoots 60/40 upper, 40/60 lower. You have to aim high on the clay to hit anything with the bottom barrel. Doug, do you think a low-cost gun should be properly regulated? Next time you talk to the yildiz rep, show him this post. And please, do us all the favor of taking your test guns to the pattern board: 3 shots, each barrel, off a rest, 13 or 20 yards. Same sight picture for each shot. At 20 yards, my Citori 725 nails 60/40 perfectly when I figure 8 the beads. I guess you can show the Browning rep this post too :)

If you think the guns are good, the old Baikal cartridges were even better. “Kills at both ends” I think was their motto. 5’s muzzle flashed like a 88 and nearly as loud.

Still have (and use) a Baikal DB (hammer) 16 Bore bought new in 1963 totally reliable. Also have a 25 year old single shot Baikal IZH 18 Rifle in .308 which has a spirally fluted barrell etc and shoots better than I do.

I have a izh27 take the ejector springs and cut a coiloff. Go slowly. Reinstall and function check. The ejector springs are soooo strong that the guns are tough to close. Makes them feel a lot nicer if you take some out of the ejector.

My IZH-27 bought in 2002 was a single trigger and choke tube O/U. Very soon after purchase it would pop both ejectors even if only one round was fired, and one of the choke tubes 'swelled' after some firing to the point that it was hard to remove. Only lead shot was used, so it seems a material defect. The top rib was bowed right to left, and very soon after purchase the fore end developed a small longitudinal crack near the receiver iron. Despite all of this I shot it well and it pointed well.

Hi have 2 bikikals one double trigger none ejector and single trigger ejector. Would never part with them great guns. Only thing I've had is the would spilts on the stock but apart from that brilliant guns.

I'm stick with this brand since 1995 to till date 100% satisfied contender 👍

I have a pair of twin trigger mid 80s over and under 12 bore Baikals. They're hardly broken in and regularly used in sporting clays, just a bit over choked (full and half) for my preference but my mate loves shooting them.

Baikal,that's a trusted name, I have a single shot and also the sxs, no problems at all, solid as hell.

When I bought my baikal OU ejected with 2 sets of barrels for 80 quid!!!! I weighed off the fact I don't shoot as often as I would like to and didn't want 500 quid Sat in my cabinet not being used.

I have four Baikal guns. The stack barrel {over and under}410. The side X side 12. The single shot trap gun in 12 and a single in 20. They all hunt and shoot. They are snobs out there that will not speak well of the Baikal and speak poorly of a man that hunts one. They are tanks. Poor trigger? Yes. Clangy lock up? Yes. Ruff wood and poor checkering? Yes. Shoot straight and kill game? Hell yes! We have a school shooting team here. I loan out the trap gun to a kid I sponsor when needed. That Baikal has made four junior state collegiate trap champions in the last seven years. One of them shoots on the U.S. Marine trap and skeet team. Yep, cheap gun.

Cracking vid can't understand why people look down on them. Have a Tula Toz66 hammer gun (down has a Baikal on my ticket) love shooting it and always gets admiring glances🤣 like it more than my Brownings

I have a Baikal MP27(I think) , made in 2014, multi choke, beautiful piece of wood. I got it for £120 from a bloke who'd lost his license and was paying an RFD to store it. It fits me well and I doubt I'd shoot any better with a Berretta or Browning. I'm still very much a novice and only shoot occasionally and the Baikal suits me fine. I won't be upgrading any time soon. My son has an old single barrel 12g Baikal and he does ok with it, just a bit stiff to break

That's the best laugh I've had in a long time the subtitles cracked me up Paul Paul Paul

I've been shooting the same Baikal in Cowboy Action for 15 years and I am NOT easy on that gun. I broke 3 stoeger's in my first 18 months. The Baikal is built like a tank. I bought an O/U as a backup to my browning because of it.

I have a Baikal d/t o/u 12 bore . I paid a £100 33 years ago. It's never failed me.

Ive had mine for 20 years .... its never let me down .... im no crack shot and it gets me out and about with the guys ....

I used to own a side by side Baikal, hunted grouse with it in Iceland for 2 years, would not hesitate recommending it for anyone starting out. Most likely you will give it to your kids or grandkids.

Keep it up Dave

Nice video...! Could yoy please test and do a review on Baikal MP27 EM 1C Sporting ? the one for competition, would realy appreciate it.

Best video you’ve done. Most underrated shotgun in the shooting world. You should do a video on the newest version. Smashes the Turkish guns. And for £500 new!!

Can you please make a shot pattern comparison video between Baikal and any other popular higher priced shotgun?

With regard to the strong triggers. Can they be ajusted? As for recoil, there must be many to reduce it? Great video.

It is fun when you hit same amount of targets just like expensive dudes. I have iz27 with 2 triggers. Full top (1.0) and mod choke (0.5) at the bottom. Works nice with fiotchi ttwo 24gram trap #7.5 and 24gram skeet #9. Works better woth fblack trap 28gram and f3 28gram skeet.

Quite a funny story actually one of the guys I shoot with fairly regularly was saying to me he doesn’t understand people that clean their guns after every use he cleans his maybe once a month- so there we are all cleaning our barrels etc I’m helping my friend with his Webley 700 and I see this guy just stuffing his baikal back into the slip after a cursory wipe haha but why would you probably cheaper to get another gun than replace some stuff, particularly as he got it for free