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I've been looking at the Remington SPR line of shotguns. I called Scheels yesterday to get a price and they said the decision was made at the corporate level to discontinue Baikal made shotguns which includes the Remington SPR line. He said there were too many problems with them.

I'm just a little bit surprised that Remington would even carry them if they were that troublesome.

Anyone have a Remington SPR? What has been your experience with it?

Thanks,
Dan

pgmrdan,
I have a Spartan Gunworks by Remington in 12ga. Side x Side. It is the SPR 220 Model all blued, 26" Barrell and double triggers. It is a perfect gun to rabbit hunt with. I have had no trouble with it and I bought it as soon as they came out. I am well pleased and even considering a .410 in this gun also.
Just my two cents worth. But I like them.
Eddie Ledford

I bought a Spartan This past Spring in 410 side xside, single trigger, new out of the box the shell would not go all the way down the left barrel, ejectors were mis aligned. Sent it back and it was repaired at no cost.

I've used it for the early rabbit season and have been pleased with the guns performance thus far.

A friend tried to buy one this summer in 20 ga. and had a heck of a time locating one He eventually did get and he is pleased with his.

The one draw back I have noticed is the forestock is too thin to safely mount a sling stud; and I do like a sling on my guns when handling hounds. I do use a leather shotgun sling with loops over the barel and stock with this gun.

Good luck with your decision and the best hunting to ya!!

had a spr 100 made in russia one of the best trap guns I ever shot, wish I hadn't traded it off for a truck.

I've got a 220 with 20" barrels, and cylinder bore chokes.
I got it as my match gun in Cowboy Action Shoots (I shoot black powder so that catagory requires a SxS).

It was rough when I got it.
Both triggers had quite a bit of creep, one was excessive.
The action was rough to open and close, you had to hold the action open while loading. Broke open the cocking levers press against the springs and it would stay half open, therefore you had to push against the cocking springs to break it all the way open to load or unload.

I shot it some and then went to work.
I pulled the extractor and ground the excess metal off where the rod connects to the extractor. I took apart the action and the straightened the spring bore. The end piece and receiver were mis matched by about 1/8". That took some time to straighten the bore and polish it.
I polished the sears, and cut the longer one so the triggers were matched.
I removed the automatic safety. The safety still works, but doesn't reset everytime I open it. I polished all the internal parts, hammers, inside frame.

Here is the biggest improvement I made. I bought "Papa Daves Cocking Levers". Papa Dave makes cocking levers with a different profile that gives you a mechanical advatage when opening. It now opens and cocks with a flick or the wrist and stays open. (The cocking lever is at the end of the reciever and the foreend pushes them down to cock the internal hammers).

I have won quite a few matches using this gun (along with my two pistols and rifle). I have won a couple speed shotgun matches, and placed or qualified in more.

I was very dissatisfied with this gun out of the box. I cussed it quite a bit.
After I went through it - it is just as slick as any gun out there.

I have had a Baikal 410 single shot for about 5 years now, never had any problem at all. For 69.00 bucks you can't beat it for rabbits.

I have been using a 20 guage Baikel for 3 yrs. Love it. lLght,not much to carry. Fits well and best of all it is hammerless. It has a cross safety like a Rem. 870.

timberdoodle wrote:

The one draw back I have noticed is the forestock is too thin to safely mount a sling stud; and I do like a sling on my guns when handling hounds. I do use a leather shotgun sling with loops over the barel and stock with this gun.

You can buy a mounting stud/swivel bracket that mounts on the underside of the barrel. They are easy to install and you won't have to drill into the forearm.

Hey Thanks I'll definitely look into that!!