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I have just bought my first Semi. Nothing fancy, just a Baikal...
Thought I would strip it down and check it out. It was unreal. Clogged with crap in every place imaginable... I bought it sight unseen so to be expected I guess. I have given it a thorough clean and it's now just normally filthy

It will need stripping again for another going over before I actually shoot it. Anyway I got it for £100 in a sealed bid and they seem to be for sale for closer to £300 elsewhere so I cant argue too much. But god some people just dont clean them I guess.... ever!

Would it be worth getting it professionally cleaned/serviced? What sort of cost am I looking at for that? Being a cheap gun it's not worth spending a lot on but i do like my guns clean so might be worth it.

clean it yourself, nothing lets you get better aquainted with a gun

kennyc + 1

Congrats on your new Baikal. There are only two things that can survive a nuclear explosion ........ cockroaches and Baikals.

I love shotguns! I love semi shotguns! If you ever shoot it out, Baikals can be banged into the ground and used as fence posts! And at 100 quid, outstanding!

We have just had a Mossberg 920 S/A come in with the occasional fail to fire. It is lovely on the outside, never been fully stripped as the owner felt it would be too complicated.

kennyc wrote:clean it yourself, nothing lets you get better aquainted with a gun

I have stripped it and cleaned it, and it is a million times better. I'm just wondering if it could still benefit from some professional care!

Ovenpaa wrote:We have just had a Mossberg 920 S/A come in with the occasional fail to fire. It is lovely on the outside, never been fully stripped as the owner felt it would be too complicated.

Having just done my first one on Friday, I can understand their reservations... but frankly it was very straightforward.

Les wrote:Congrats on your new Baikal. There are only two things that can survive a nuclear explosion ........ cockroaches and Baikals.

That goes for pretty much anything that comes out of Izhevsk.......or Tula!.

Ground dug in Kurland, bit of oil and a bore brush and it'll be good as new!........

Sorry I thought was new just out of the Arsenal.