MP151, the first semiauto by IzhMech (Baikal), is basically the Izh-81 pump with gas piston added. Only 100 of those were made, just to see if the concept works. , The most interesting feature of MP151 is that the gas piston can be regulated for lighter or heavier loads by turning a ring near the magazine cup. Further improvement of the design resulted in MP153.
All right, so what if this blog is at present mostly about Russian hunting whatever, that doesn’t mean I’m not interested in larger conversational issues – if only at the “hit the bloody repost button” level. So here goes:
Rob Yorke. Conversation Conflict: Ending the Conflict
Why am I reposting (all right, linking and commenting on) it?
April in Russia is invariably about black game and capercailzie leks, woodcock mating flights, geese calls and live decoys for duck hunting. Yes, to say the spring season is controversial would be an understatement, but… I’ll get back to this issue, and meanwhile check out two stories from Russian Hunting Magazine in my condensed translation.
From 1962 to 1987 Soviet citizens could not own rifles. Those who needed a rifle for work – professional trappers, reindeer herders and such – could have one issued by the organization that employed them, but the rifle would be the property of the organization. Private ownership of rifles (and handguns) was banned. Some Communists, however, were more equal than others…
The Sporting Bookworm's Hermitage 