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I've got a handy little Baikal .410 that was imported back in the 70s that I bought non-first hand at a gun shop (I can't tell you if the thing had 1 previous owner or 15). It had been shot enough to loosen up the action, but hadn't seen enough field work to mar the wood or the finish. Its a great little gun, and if the price of .410 shells wasn't so outrageous in my neck of the woods I'd use it more (I'm currently looking at using .444 Marlin brass and paper wads to reload). Its a dandy caliber for dove, quail, rabbit, squirrel and if the opportunity presents itself I've never turned down a shot at pheasant either. Out to 12 yards a moderately choked .410 is a better gun IMHO for wingshooting anything up to pheasant sized game than any other caliber in the book. They swing fast, have a narrow shot column and hit hard.
The only thing I dislike about the Baikal is that it makes me not want to carry my other guns into the field.
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