Any Russian guns lovers here?

Sportingbookworm · Rookie Member Joined: Oct 29, 2017 Posts: 1

Just asking' Wink

Elvis

yip love Bakail shotguns and break open rifles,my dream rifle is Bakail SxS in .45/70
for a bush stalking open sighted rifle,one barrel a slower big heavy cast load and 2nd barrel an accurate faster lad with something like a flexytip projectile incase a longer/more precise shot placement needed.

Gil Martin · Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2017 1:57 pm Post subject: Re: Any Russian guns lovers here?

Welcome to the Forum.

It depends. I have several Russian military rifles, a Bakail over/under 16 gauge shotgun and a few Winchester Wildcat .22 bolt action rifles. They are functional, tough as nails and get thee job done. On the other hand they probably would not win any beauty contests. So it depends. All the best...

Gil

Vince · Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:54 pm Post subject: Re: Any Russian guns lovers here?

Ah, Russian guns...built by the people, for the people, to shoot the people.

A mate had a Russian rifle in 7.62x54R that I used a fair bit and found to be a simple, no frills rifle that had pretty reasonable hunting accuracy using handloads, so long as the shooter did his bit.

Most Russian firearms look like they are produced in the same factories that build tractors, but what they lack in aesthetics they more than make up for in functionality and ability to do the job at a more than acceptable level.