Baikal IJ-22 Air Rifle Disassembly & Reassembly Notes, Part 3

Almost done…


The piston seal screw has seen better days and is a replacement. The seal looks good.


Piston face.


That screw is wrong, I’m surprised it even held on at all.


Seal parts.


The breech seal is ok.


Notice the barrel is a rifled brass liner.

I found a good candidate for a replacement screw, but it needs a shorter head.


Chucked in an arbor.


Faced flat.


A replacement spring, two less coils, same diameter wire, a lot less curvature… Then reassembly just as disassembly, in reverse. I lubed everything, lightly.


Again, note the need to rotate the trigger block when assembling.


Closed.


Just for posterity.


The butt plate. Note it says IZh (in Cyrillic) rather than Baikal. I wonder why we call it an IJ-22? Just a Blue Book oddity, or some romanization of Cyrillic?

The rifle shoots! Quite powerful for its size although it may be dieseling a little due to the fresh lubes. I still need to sort out an issue with the rear sight, chrony it and check accuracy. I may lightly refinish the stock, or just re-oil it, not sure yet. I really love this rifle. More to come, later on.

Baikal IJ-22 Air Rifle Disassembly, Part 2

On I go…

The action in the spring compressor.


Punching out the rear pin.


The trigger block rotates to clear the detent.


Removed.


Think the spring is just a little canted?


The cast piston.


Cocking lug and sear.


Leather seal.


Barrel latch.


I love seeing a lockscrew on the pivot screw.


The latch.


Spring loaded!


Latch parts.


You can see the top of the trigger through a hole in the block.


Trigger unit.


One spring not to lose.


Trigger spring.


One pin pushed out. The pins are tight but not too tight. Light raps of a 4 oz. ball peen hammer did the trick.


Parts.


Trigger pivot pin.


Careful not to lose that spring!


A simple trigger, but robust! There was no lubrication anywhere.

More to come…

Baikal IJ-22 Air Rifle Disassembly, Part 1

Derrick sent me one of the rifles on my wish list, the IZh Baikal IJ 22.
The rifle wouldn’t shoot a pellet out the barrel. Although it’s an IJ 22, the rifle is .177 caliber.
Here is a Russian Airgun Forum thread on the rifle, with pics of the manual.


The rifle. Unique stock styling.


I love the stock detail at the wrist.


The other side.


The plastic medallion. Mine has the odd black streak on both sides.
”MADE IN USSR”! The rifle dates from the 1970’s and was produced for export, although I believe it was also sold internally.


The barrel has a release latch which I generally prefer to the spring loaded detent found on most modern spring piston air rifles.


The front sight has a great profile.


Let’s get started! The stock front screws.


With screw cups! That’s quality.


The front side stock screws.


I thought the rear screw on the trigger guard would be the rear action screw, but it’s just a wood screw. The front trigger guard screw was the action screw.


Butt plate and cap, with white spacers. Not sure what plastic they are made of.


The trigger block. Retained by a pin.


An anti-beartrap mechanism.


Cocking linkage.


More detail of the anti-beartrap (or perhaps trigger cutoff is a better description).

More to come…