Page 2 - IZH-Baikal MP-514K Reviews

Very coolitious. Nice handling, good shooting gun. Hard hitting, but slow enough to use in my back yard. Pretty solid unit.

Rear sight is not the greatest. Although the gun shoots where you point it, with the rather vague picture provided by the rear peep sight there is a fair amount of uncertainty as to where exactly you are aiming. Practice helps. A round counter or auto empty clip eject would be nice, as it is easy to lose track of the number of shots remaining. How about a spare magazine? Are they available?

This gun looks like Captain Nemo's mythical submarine "Nautilus"...but thats just me.

this is an update from my origanal post. i really dont like red dot sights. they are hard to center to get any accuracy. i tried a few scopes and they all shot high. i bought a hammerli storm combo and it came with a rws 350 4x scope that is 7 1/4 in long. it is useless on a full lenth gun so i tried it on the bullpup. it is great. it shoots very consistant and is very accurate. if you cant figure out how many shots are left it is real simple to figure out. as your cocking the gun you can see the mag rotate. once you get to the last pellet that is visual in the mag you have 3 shots left. that easy. im sure everyone can count to 3

this gun feel great in your hands.cocking is easy.with the bullpup desighn you can hold gun on target very long.very fun to shoot.i am left handed and it still is very comfortable left handed.magazine system is awsome to load/unload.very good manual,extra spring included.

completely horable sights.why would they put such crumy sights on such a cool gun?rear "peep" sight is complety useless.cannot use any pointed pellets,they lock up the magazine.pellets fall out if not tilted down.i found beemen domed pellets will stay in magazine,i gues any domed pellet will,you need to try differant ones.safty needs a "detent"it kind of flops around

i could not figure how to take rear sight off,so i removed the spring and tightend it all the way down and installed a red dot,10 yards supper acurate,pretty good penatration,have not killed anything with it yet,but havent tried,the reason i give it high points is because it is a very cool gun to shoot,it is a lot of fun,will do balistics test in future

the futuristic look is great. the recoil is something both to contend with as well as enjoy. it makes the gun seem that much more like a firearm. this thing is pretty powerful and relatively accurate, though it take a bit to get used to the sights.

the magazine should be metal instead of plastic. the sights need to be better made and with better, more accurate adjustments.

hefty feel, accurate, price, 8 shots amd decent power

rear sight is usless. i put a barska red dot on it and it shoots great. i wish the 61 would not keep getting pushed back.

i use crosman light domed and they shoot fine. throw away the rear sight and get something else.

It feels great and looks awesome. It's surprisingly accurate once you get used to the sights. I'm shooting .25" groups at 10M. The reverse trigger mechanism for the safety is cool.

The screw-type windage adjustment is poor. It should have a dial adjustment like it has for the elevation. Also, it could use better sights.

This does not shoot BB's, as advertsied on some other websites. Also, you have to cock ALL the way to rotate the pellet clip. Oherwise, the gun is cocked but there will be no pellet. I've dry-fired the gun several times before I realized this.

Very solid, heavier than I thought it would be (that's good, though). Great trigger. Styling is great. Barrel is very chunky (hammer forged?) and very deeply blued - even though it is hidden inside the gun. Baikal could have skimped on this detail, and didn't. Best manual I have ever received with a new gun!

Rear sight assembly is pretty weak, and should be replaced. I am going to mount an M16/M4 style weaver mount rear sight on mine (~ $30 at paintball retailers) or a Weaver-mount red dot. Magazines need an index mark - like a white line, maybe - to help show when time to reload (but we can all count to 8 right?)

Really, crazy accurate. I covered 8 shots with a nickel at 10 meters, offhand, using RWS Superdomes. Magazine likes pellets with larger head/skirt diamters. Recoil is not harsh, firing is not rough. Hold it lightly in your shoulder, rest on off-hand, and hold pistol-grip lightly and this puppy performs.

Bull-pup design. Decent power, "weaver rail", excellent trigger, cool engineering & nicely working repeater - stellar IZH quality

Open sights seem cheap. maybe some mounts for a sling.. and a flashlight.. would make an excellent rat zapper

keep track of your shots because dry-firing this gun is easy to do by accident. Choose good pellets because they affect how it cycles. Bull-pups are weird guns to shoot due to their arrangement - sounds weird, but sighting one with a red dot might be easier to do offhand rather than bench-rested. They don't like to be rested.

Bull-pup design. Impeccable engineering. Fun to shoot. Nice to look at and excellent heft. The accuracy is decent - though not nearly as precise as an IZH 61. Great buy.

Maybe some sort of empty magazine warning or safety.. Sling attachments as it is easy to hold, but accidentally dropping it doesn't seem out of the question.

Bull-pups are not all that accurate, despite the full length barrels. I've shot some firearm versions, and they were pretty disappointing. This gun is cool, fun to shoot, and a must for fans of IZH airguns.

Compact bullpup design, appears fairly sturdy, hefty, easy to cock, cycles well when pellets of snug fit are properly seated/set in mag, functional sights, decent accuracy with right pellet, P1/HW45 .177 power level ( 5ish FPE ) ain't bad.

I would jump on a magnum version that produced 8-9ish FPE or so. A .22 offering/option would be swell too.

I mounted a Millet SP-1 red-dot with Weaver style high rings - works quite well. No pressing your cheek on upper reciever/barrel/cocking over-lever as that will change point of impact. No biggie - light touch, hold and smooth trigger squeeze often rewards.