Been playing with my $50 Russian break-barrel springer .22 carbine -
the IZH MP512M. Cut the barrel down to 10.75" - now OAL is a tad over
34". Loves Beeman Silver Bear HPs (12.6-12.9 gr) and shoots them at
580ish fps MV delivering about 9.5 FPE. Soon I'll go inside to do
some performance tuning and figure I can squeeze another FPE or so
out of it without making it user unfriendly. Have a Millet SP1 red-
dot mounted on top and soon will add a Beeman ported muzzle weight.

IMO beats a hopped up Cr 1322 pumper carbine and Benji/'dan pumper
carbine - while they're pumping I'm lining up the second squirrel

I see this gun as the next step up or next size 'hammer' up from my
Chinese .177 mini-carbines. Next up after it is my Webley Xocet .22
carbine. After that back into Russian - my IZH MP513M .22 carbine
delivering 19 FPE.

I get a big kick out of cheap springers - one cocking stroke and
some ammo and it hasn't and isn't costing me an arm and a leg to
enjoy the air! LOL

Done waded through all the gassers, pumpers, classy springers and
played a bit with blow up guns - so much for "all that"! Useful
learning experience.

Heck I can always grab a real gun if I want/need more of this and that!
I'm living in the USA so it's no hassle, no problem

Herb

Just got mine today. Boy, it is creaky and "skroinchy" to cock the first few times. Part of that is the ratchet anti beartrap mechanism, they say. I am getting one ragged hole at 27 feet with .22 Hobbys. Seems to have decent power, went through both sides of a tin (not aluminum) can in the backyard from 30 feet. The sights are coarse like pistol sights, but get the job done. May disassemble for a lube and try to cut down on some of the grating noises. But for $50 seems like a solid little gun. would make a good go-fishing gun to pop stuff when the catfish are slow to bite.

Due to the low price and found it to be pretty crunchy on cocking as well.
Probably the heaviest trigger and safety I have ever encountered!
It is very easy to pull apart and I have done so a few times while making some improvements. I managed to cut the trigger weight more than half and improved the safety a bit. Smoothed it out a little but did nothing for velocity so the numbers remain in the mid 500 range with standard weight pellets.
Accuracy was good at 10 yards but the loose breach pivot prevented it from being too impressive. Made some pivot shims out of a pellet tin lid and that took care of that. Strong lock-up on this one, I'll give them that.

Hoping the daughter gets a few squirrels with it when hunting season comes around.

Russ S.

Well, collectives were Russian, come to think of it. Make sure she gets a Red squirrel.

Why is it that Russians are known for crude, indestructible guns like the Moisin Nagant, good shooting but ugly, crude, and clunky action compared to a Mauser. British make best grade side by side shotguns, Italians make sexy Over Unders, Russians make AKs from stamped sheet metal that shoot forever. Even Russian women seem to come in two varieties, 200 lb farm women who can bench press 300 lbs and rebuild a tractor engine, and supermodels.