brassneck 128 Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 hello all ,found this in a skip at work , very old looking 177 springer , it has VOSTOK written on it , the stock broken into 3 pieces and it was seized . plenty of wd4o and gun oil later cocks and fires . although its old and looking a bit sorry for its self looks like it was quality once . it also seems very powerful compared to other springers ive fired ? i will add pics later . Quote Link to post
Marksman 934 Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 chances are it is a Baikal IZH-38 Quote Link to post
marko 30 Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 yep would have to agree a very good and accurate russian rifle of very good craftmanship not very good on ft per pounds i would guess though,here is a coment i copied and pasted for you. Got mine as a hand-me-down from my pops back in 1980ish. He had it way before then though. SN# is E12235 which makes this REALLY old! Pops and I put thousands of .177 CAL pellets through this and it has never quit. Just rebuilt it a few days ago and just found out who made it at the same time (searching for specs). its so old that the Air Piston has plied and folded LEATHER seals which are greased up the wazoo. The grease used is really stinky and almost black so I replaced it with some new grease which makes this thing really smooth. can hit 2 inch groupings at 20 meters no sweat, and no wind of course. shooting .177 CALs by Milbro of Scotland. Quote Link to post
garfield 23 Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 sounds like another project build coming Quote Link to post
chameleon 26 Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Have you taken any photo's yet? Quote Link to post
brassneck 128 Posted June 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 I will post pics soon . its firing 177 bisley mags 50mm into a fence post at 5 meters - my hw100 is only doin 25mm at same distance and pellet ...mmm Quote Link to post
andyfr1968 772 Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 The power of WD40 in a springer.......... Quote Link to post
peeps_76 17 Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 i used to shoot rimfires at a small bore rifle club many years ago. they had "club guns" several of these were vostok. they were very accurate and well built! great find great project! regards P Quote Link to post
matt_hooks 188 Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 Might I suggest getting it chrono'd? Sounds like it might be running more than a little "hot". Why do I never find stuff like this in skips? Sounds like a good restoration project. Sort the stock, grease up all the internals and sort out the metalwork and you'll have a tool to be proud of. Can you put pics up, might be able to identify it properly for you! Quote Link to post
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