Reconditioned Baikal IZH M18 Report

[Patrick]

Well it's been two weeks since getting my cast off from breaking my right wrist, so I decided I wanted to op test my Baikal. She shot perfectly, with no issues, both the ejection (modes if you will) worked. I shot it with and without a Limbsaver Recoil Pad. I will in the future be always using the limbsaver. The plastic butt stock was rough on the shoulder with even 7/8 & one ounce loads. I tested my 2 1/2 cheddite paper and 2 3/4 Win AAHS hulls. I use a Athlon Rangecraft Crono.

My loads:

Win AAHS
W-209
CB1118
15.5 Gr Perfect Pattern
#4 Buck 18 Pellets - 7/8 OZ
Avg FPS 1193.3

Cheddite Paper
CX2000
12C1
17.5 Gr Red Dot
#00 Buck 8 Pellets - 1 Oz
Avg FPS 1110.4

Cheddite Paper
CX2000
CB1138
20 gauge Nitro card
18.5 Gr Green Dot
#1 Buck 12 Pellets - 1 Oz
Avg FPS 1201.4

 

[Racer88]

How did you break your wrist? I broke my ankle 6 weeks ago.

 

[Patrick]

How did you break your wrist? I broke my ankle 6 weeks ago.

We were digging for gold in Yuma, and I was moving some rocks and came face to face with a rattler. I jumped back and tripped over some other rocks and put my hand out to try and catch myself. SNAP

 

[Racer88]

We were digging for gold in Yuma, and I was moving some rocks and came face to face with a rattler. I jumped back and tripped over some other rocks and put my hand out to try and catch myself. SNAP

I was very lucky I didn't also break an arm, wrist, shoulder... or my face / skull. When my fibula snapped, I hit the concrete driveway face first... HARD. Broke my fall with my left hand and bounced onto my left shoulder.