Dave Markowitz
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This Labor Day weekend I went camping with some friends. One of our activities was a little informal clay shooting. I used my 12 gauge Baikal MP-310 O/U with black powder handloads in Magtech Brass Cases.
I had a couple different loads with me but most were 80 grains of 3Fg, a nitro card, fiber cushion wad, 1 1/8 oz. of No. 7 1/2 shot, and an over shot card. The wads and cards were bought from Ballistic Products.
It's been a few years since I did any wingshooting but I managed to hit 18 out of the 20 clays I shot at, including several doubles.
I've had my Baikal MP-310 for a few years and have used it for some upland hunting and a few rounds of sporting clays. I find that it fits me very well and I shoot better with it than most other shotguns I've tried. The stock supposedly has a little cast-off but not that I can tell. As you can see from the picture, I shoot left handed. A stock with cast-off would be backwards for me.
The MP-310 (also known as an Izshmash 27) is an over/under shotgun produced in Russia. Mine was imported by EAA but Remington also imported them for awhile. It's not a fancy gun. Rather, it's more akin to a working man's hunting gun much like the Savage 311 SxS was. Due to the embargo on Russian guns they are not currently imported, unfortunately
One nice feature of the MP-310 if you're going to shoot black powder through it is that it had chrome lined bores. So, if you cannot clean the gun that day it's unlikely the bores will be damaged (However, I cleaned it after shooting.)
I also put the shells in bucket of water overnight to get rid of most of the black powder residue. Today I ran them through my tumbler for about 45 minutes.
I had a couple different loads with me but most were 80 grains of 3Fg, a nitro card, fiber cushion wad, 1 1/8 oz. of No. 7 1/2 shot, and an over shot card. The wads and cards were bought from Ballistic Products.
It's been a few years since I did any wingshooting but I managed to hit 18 out of the 20 clays I shot at, including several doubles.
I've had my Baikal MP-310 for a few years and have used it for some upland hunting and a few rounds of sporting clays. I find that it fits me very well and I shoot better with it than most other shotguns I've tried. The stock supposedly has a little cast-off but not that I can tell. As you can see from the picture, I shoot left handed. A stock with cast-off would be backwards for me.
The MP-310 (also known as an Izshmash 27) is an over/under shotgun produced in Russia. Mine was imported by EAA but Remington also imported them for awhile. It's not a fancy gun. Rather, it's more akin to a working man's hunting gun much like the Savage 311 SxS was. Due to the embargo on Russian guns they are not currently imported, unfortunately
One nice feature of the MP-310 if you're going to shoot black powder through it is that it had chrome lined bores. So, if you cannot clean the gun that day it's unlikely the bores will be damaged (However, I cleaned it after shooting.)
I also put the shells in bucket of water overnight to get rid of most of the black powder residue. Today I ran them through my tumbler for about 45 minutes.
