Russian Scatter gun...

[Xfuzz]

Baikal coach gun....."Bounty Hunter"
12 ga. Never had one before, seems pretty well made.
Little stiff likely never shot.
Any members have/shoot one ?

 

[Sam McCord]

I have one and have had it for some time. It shoots slugs so well I call it my "poor man's double rifle". At 50 yards slugs from each bbl hit point of aim and right next to one another. It does well with shot loads too. Nice shotgun.

 

[K Harris]

They are great! What they lack in elegance they make up for in toughness. That is a pretty good tradeoff in a coach gun. I have been casually looking for one myself. Yours looks to be in fantastic condition. Congratulations and enjoy!

 

[lrb1200]

How about one with hammers and 20" barrels.

Baikal TOZ-66 out of Tula.

Fun gun to shoot, and have hunted pheasant with it.

A bit crude, but built like a tank.

 

[H Richard]

Typical Russian, built like a tank, but not wasting any effort on the exterior.

 

[diyj98]

The Baikal shotguns generally hold up well enough for hunting or play, but I've seen several of them die on the skeet range. But then you can't expect them to hold up to the heavy duty use like a shotgun costing eight to ten times their cost.

 

[boykinlp]

Sounds like y'all are describing the AK-47 or Makarov of shotguns. They take a lickin' but keep on tickin'!
Larry

 

[6string]

The Baikal shotguns generally hold up well enough for hunting or play, but I've seen several of them die on the skeet range. But then you can't expect them to hold up to the heavy duty use like a shotgun costing eight to ten times their cost.

Yes. Baikal uses very soft steel, with haphazard heat treating at best. They look robust, but when they fail (and they do fail...often if used regularly) they are finished. The Baikal IZH-35 semi-auto target pistol is one such lemon. With ongoing competitive target use the slide batters the breechface if the barrel, eventually peening it beyond use. Oh, the barrel is permanently installed.

There's no free lunch, guys!

 

[max503]

Just for kicks I looked these up on Bud's website. There seems to be no shortage of shotguns on the market, unlike handguns.

 

[zeke]

Have several ruskies from when used shotguns more. On all of them rounded over the triggers and trigger guards, which were sharp. On some rounded over the top of stock at cheek weld, and all got recoil pads.

Never put enough rounds through them to check durability.

 

[inspcalahan]

Have the same one pictured up top. Haven't shot the tar out of it but, going on 20 years old, it's had enough slug, buck and bird through it to know that it'll work. It shows no signs of wear or issues. It's currently stuffed with 4buck, carrying a stock sleeve with 5 slugs and doing guard duty by the deck for any wandering bears.

 

[mckenney99]

Many years ago, I bought one of their 12Ga sxs hammer Coach Guns for my wife to use as a home defense gun. The wood was pretty plain but fit well enough and the case hardened coloration was thin but ok. When I first got it, the hammers and firing pins were very stiff and kind of rough in operation but after 50-75 rds of just low brass cheap shells through it, it really smoothed out nicely. I added on a lace-on butt pad with a 5 shell buttcuff, loaded it up with low recoil OO buck and turned my wife loose with it. The stock had a short length of pull but that was perfect. Still kicked the daylights out of the wife, but she was very comfortable having the hammers and she was satisfied she could conduct business if needed. When she left, one of my Cowboy Action Shooter customers bought it for what I had in it and he was happy.

 

[Buford57]

How about one with hammers and 20" barrels.

Baikal TOZ-66 out of Tula.

Fun gun to shoot, and have hunted pheasant with it.

A bit crude, but built like a tank.

Had one of those in the 70s. I agree on the ruggedness and fun but only ever used it on crows.

 

[LVSteve]

Then there were those Chinese coach guns in the early 2000s. I expect those were quite capable of getting any late night social work done. My buddy has a pair of Chinese short 870 or Mossberg clones that used to sell for under $200. I suppose if they last a practice session and a single encounter then cheap works.

 

[kaaskop49]

Interesting dichotomy here: built like a tank but dies on the skeet range. No wonder I don't see any tanks shooting skeet! However, price is not always a guarantor of quality. I've read that a CZ coach gun listing for something like $1600 is very thinly blued and is too susceptible to rust. Love my 311s and Fox Model B.

Kaaskop49
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