Parabola the stock on the Baikal is the original a very poor piece of Manchurian Walnut. The gun it's self was at the back of my gun cabinet for many years until freight took a hand in things this being Arthritis in my right shoulder so at the time I required a heavier gun for trap shooting, so out it came for a full face lift. Now I did post a how it was done over a couple of weeks under the heading of "A heavier gun required" but that posting has been allowed to slip into the past with my other how to do it postings I do not understand Dave Webber he would not recognise a jewel if it was handed to him in a silk lined box, so why the hell did he start DIY gunsmithing page if it was not going to turn into some sort of reference for folks.
I must say here that I worked as a ghost worker in the local trade specialising in all sorts of stock work case restoration and replacement case turnscrews amongst other things that all had high viewing numbers each in the thousands. So luckily for you one has been kept in the FAQ section under "Damascuses Traditional oil stock finish" It shows the same Baikal stock you see in this post being re finished. Today this post has 83,407 hits to date that being good spreading information, the down side the people who did the conversion to another host only had one form of punctuation a question mark though Webber's and the rest of the offerings are all perfectly punctuated. Is it Me? well may be but one thing I will say is that I would not pay them in washers! Rant over!!!!
Memories of those cheap Russian cartridges and another maker called Sellier & bellot where another eastern block maker we purchased if funds where low in the 60's and 70,s, they earned the name in our group as "Shit sticks" because it left the bores looking like a coal mine and took ages to get the rubbish out of the barrels even after just a couple of shots, though looking back now it is a memory with a smile.
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