After three years, it's good to see this thread still going. I'm still having fun with mine and plan on using it yet again this year in the field. Are they getting easier to get now or, was the wait a long one, as is was with mine. I waited about three years after I first saw then advertised to get mine.
A lot of good reports about the gun. I have a Baikal IZH-94 O/U 12 gauge/.308 Win and it's a good gun and the rifle barrel is very accurate.
I have 2 Guide Guns, a Pedersoli 86/71 and a NEF single shot in .45-70 GVT so unless the Baikal S/S I see is pretty cheap I think I'll pass.
Like I said before - too heavy. I do a lot of walking where I hunt & I can't see myself lugging that big hunk of iron 10 miles over my shoulder.
