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Posted: 11/9/2013 1:35:26 PM EDT
I found this Brit proofed Soviet match rifle today. It was inspected in 1966 but I don't know when it was made. To be honest I can't find any info at all about it. The closest pic I've found is a '62 Vostok "Strela".
It was improrted into Britian before it ended-up here in the states. The Brits were not as "flighty" about buying commercial arms from the Soviets as the US was during the Cold War. As to the rifle it is serial number 197, has double set triggers, three-lug bolt, side mounted off-center sights, adjustable buttplate, and several rail attachments like a sling swivel, handstop, palm rest/stand, also various apatures/FS inserts, booklet, and a tool kit. Most anything that attaches to the rifle is serial numbered to it. Deep blued finish. 
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Posted: 11/9/2013 2:01:48 PM EDT
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Beautiful!
That's a hell'a chunk of steel receiver too. 
So how's it shoot? |
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Posted: 11/9/2013 2:08:14 PM EDT
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Thats a nice rifle. How much did it cost you?
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Posted: 11/9/2013 2:44:01 PM EDT
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Beautiful piece of art. Love it.
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Posted: 11/9/2013 2:46:06 PM EDT
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I gave $390.00 for it. It's a bit nicer than my Tula MU-12-2 (serial # 6) and I gave the same for it a couple years ago. I've really no idea of it's worth, I just liked it.
Figures, I walked in planning to buy a old $110.00 Marlin Model 80 DL and ended-up with a $390.00 Cold War era Soviet target rifle. That put a hole in my "gun money" stash. 
The odd part is I found all the sights and stuff that went with the rifle in a box months ago but no rifle. They "found" the rifle when they rearranged the store room. I bet I walked past it a dozen times. No idea how it shoots (it has a great bore) and as my range is also my hunting property it will be quite sometime before I get around to messing with it. |
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Posted: 11/10/2013 7:16:08 AM EDT
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Quoted: I guess I'm OK as long as nothing breaks, but hey...In Soviet Russia rifle breaks you.  I found this Brit proofed Soviet Vostok Taiga-2 match rifle yesterday. It was inspected in Britian 1966 but I don't know when it was made. To be honest I can't find any info at all about it. It was improrted into Britian before it ended-up here in the states. The Brits were not as "flighty" about buying commercial arms from the Soviets as the US was during the Cold War. As to the rifle it is serial #197, has double set triggers, three-lug bolt, side mounted off-center sights, adjustable buttplate, and several rail attachments like a sling swivel, handstop, palm rest/stand, also various apatures/FS inserts, booklet, and a tool kit. Most anything that attaches to the rifle is serial numbered to it. Deep blued finish. As it sits it's about 14.5 pounds. A out-dated rifle now I guess but the Soviets sure could build a nice rifle when they put their minds to it. (cross posted from the .22 sub-forum for GD enjoyment) http://oi39.tinypic.com/14v1ru1.jpg http://oi39.tinypic.com/33cyqsi.jpg http://oi44.tinypic.com/ng1ox3.jpg http://oi40.tinypic.com/2vwem4w.jpg http://oi40.tinypic.com/2jbp36f.jpg http://oi39.tinypic.com/acd40k.jpg http://oi43.tinypic.com/21ec5js.jpg old russian match rifles like you'd see used for Olympic Biathlons, matches (obliviously) and whatever. I believe they were made by Baikal, Taiga is just their brand name. Sorta like a Russian copy of an Anschutz. Do some searching for a Baikal or ?????? as it would be in Russian, I don't know what you'll find. Most of it would probably be in Russian. Simpson Ltd imported a ton of old Baikal shotguns recently, they may have someone who knows about these Russian guns. Not sure if I'm right with all this, but its a place to start I suppose. EDIT: looks like my browser- or maybe its arfcom I dunno- won't recognize the Cyrillic characters I posted. That is what the question marks are in my post above. Not sure how to fix that. |
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Posted: 11/10/2013 7:58:34 AM EDT
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Not that it will help much, but the Cyrillic engraving says "Tai-ga'" according to my Russian wife. She says it is the name of a Siberian forest & maker of competition, specifically Olympic style competition, arms. She thinks it was possibly a biathlon rifle.
ETA: just saw the post above, so my wife can confirm the supposition posed. She emigrated in 1977, and had friends at Moscow University who used rifles like this on their shooting teams. |
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Posted: 11/10/2013 9:38:36 AM EDT
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Not that it will help much, but the Cyrillic engraving says "Tai-ga'" according to my Russian wife. She says it is the name of a Siberian forest & maker of competition, specifically Olympic style competition, arms. She thinks it was possibly a biathlon rifle. ETA: just saw the post above, so my wife can confirm the supposition posed. She emigrated in 1977, and had friends at Moscow University who used rifles like this on their shooting teams. Interesting, thank your wife for me. 
All I "know" it's from "The Soviet firm "Vostok" according to it's certificate. I know Ivan would not lie....Bonjour.
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Posted: 11/10/2013 3:52:16 PM EDT
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Damn dude, you always find the coolest old .22 rifles.
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Posted: 11/10/2013 4:57:16 PM EDT
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Just a beautiful gun! I wonder what the original price was in USD back I the day?
I sure hope you go more than one mag for this thing or is it a single shot? |
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Posted: 11/10/2013 7:18:23 PM EDT
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Just a beautiful gun! I wonder what the original price was in USD back I the day? I sure hope you go more than one mag for this thing or is it a single shot? Single shot. They were never available in the US at the time of their production since the Soviets and the USA did not play well together. They were popular in Britian as a lower cost alternative to what was available to them at the time. Sadly most you find have been hacked on by some Brit to get it to suit him. LOL....Never put a Brit with hand tools close to a target rifle.
A close model (the Vostok Strela) was offered for 75 pounds in Britian in 1962. So far on the rimfire related forums I've posted it on nobody has heard of a Taiga-2. I suspect it was a rebranded/reconfigured Strela. Production numbers on the highy finished models were very low. I have a MU-12-2 (Tula made) with a serial number of 23. Counting a hacked example at my LGS there might be a half-dozen examples in the country. 
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Posted: 11/11/2013 5:19:53 AM EDT
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Damn dude, you always find the coolest old .22 rifles. Ha, that's what I said in his GD post. Considering how it got here it's in fantastic shape. |
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Posted: 11/11/2013 6:36:23 AM EDT
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OP, I hate you.
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Posted: 11/11/2013 5:07:51 PM EDT
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Damn dude, you always find the coolest old .22 rifles. No shit. I jelly. |
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