Thread: Crazy idea #213 :-)

VC, light pills was more a 310 thing, only really get 123gr

Maybe 308 pills will be ok, but I'm guessing minute of barn door

With 311, the projectile choice is a bit wider - 150 to 180, with some nice 174 hpbt sierras available.

Recoil with anything more than 7.62x39 is going to be interesting, coz it is effectively a shotgun style stock.

Yep and there are some modern pills available for it

So far so good.

I've discussed reaming it to 303 with 3 smiths, and got good response from 2 of them.

Baikal has 1:10.twist, so that is same as 303

Max pressure for both 7.62x39 and 303 are around 50k, very similar. 308 is 62k

No major concerns about using 311 heads...

So definitely looks like an option. Be pretty cool to hunt with a cartridge that has such an iconic place in kiwi hunting history.

There is always room for just one more in the cabinet.
Wouldn't mind trying a hunt with a 303




VC - is that a dishwasher in the background?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Full length sized in lyman dies lapua brass.

Yep

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Originally Posted by huntsika

Why not simply rechamber to 303 British - which will be moreorless the correct bore size (.310 v .311) and, I expect, be better with a modified Baikal extractor (given it is a rimmed case you will not need the silly little spring loaded pin that is on the 7.62x39?).

Or buy a whole new gun as others have said for the purposes of swapping barrels (but would still pay to check head space and I am not sure Baikal engineering is sufficiently accurate to allow fore-end/attachment etc to swap straight over?)

You might be plesently surprised with the Baikals Huntsika.

I have two, one in .222 and the other.223, Barrels and forends are interchangeable without any noticable difference.

But @ $399 I'd just buy a new Baikal in the calibre I wanted and sell the one I didn't want to keep.

Resale on these Baikals is around the $250-$300 mark

Cheers
Pete

Originally Posted by P38

You might be plesently surprised with the Baikals Huntsika.

I have two, one in .222 and the other.223, Barrels and forends are interchangeable without any noticable difference.

But @ $399 I'd just buy a new Baikal in the calibre I wanted and sell the one I didn't want to keep.

Resale on these Baikals is around the $250-$300 mark

Cheers
Pete

Pete, are both your baikals wood ?

Not sure of the synthetic stock and wood bits are interchangeable. reloaders only have the plastic 308, and my 7.62x39 is wood.

If you ever need someone to work on the triggers, I can highly recommend Scott @ SSRNZ in Featherston, he did a brilliant job on mine.

If you go with the 303 options you can eps improve it and gain a heap of performance and brass life


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Gunworks in Christchurch rechambered one to .303 brit, that would be my choice or stay russian with 7.62x54

Originally Posted by gimp

Can't imagine there'll be much resale on a .311" bore .308 rifle.

the rifle is only worth a couple of hundred dollars so why worrie about the resale value

Couple of hundred > zero

its going to be a bit of a laugh when all the dust settles to see how much you have over capitalised on a dirty old bikal
It reminds me of some people on trademe
Rifle $399
rail $140
Rings $150
suppressor $500
cleaning kit $150
nikko sterling POS scope $400
shortening and threading $100
trigger work $75
40 bodgy hand loads $50

total value 1,964.00

But ill sell it to you for 1200 saving you OVER $700............

actual value of rifle? $400 max, trying to recoup your moron purchases........ PRICELESS.


I laugh when I look back at my past projects(ar15) and how much they have creaped up and cost me.

buy another 308 bikal assemble it with the x39 barrel and sell it. reaming to get a standard caliber that is freely avialble is foolishness

Exactly

Originally Posted by Bill999

buy another 308 bikal assemble it with the x39 barrel and sell it.

Hey Bill, the thread title DOES say "Crazy idea"

Yup, slowly heading to 3 x 308: omark for target, 788 for general, shorty russian with open sights for bush. Only need one set of dies, haha

you could just sell the russian and use the 788 for a do all, that way skill with that rifle for snap shooting will increase

for bush ranges there will be little in it between the 308 and x39