9ThreeXFifty7,

If Remington were to offer the 7.62x54R I would buy that as ammo would be cheap - there are huge numbers of $ 100 Mosins in use in Wisconsin, Indiana etc and this would be in keeping with the Baikal's status as a low price using gun. The 9.3x74R is a fine cartridge, no doubt, but then it suggests champagne class, not quite the cheap beer budget that, I think, most people would want to address with this rifle whenever/if it comes out.

In any case, yes, if Remington have an ear to the ground instead of having their collective heads buried there, they would know how much interest there really is in buying these rifles. Several forums have gotten tired of speculating on when or whether they would launch these rifles - since they do seem to have found time to launch them on sale in the UK, I hope that we would get them here soon enough. What I cannot understand, though, is their strategy in doing what theya re doing - the US is the world's largest market for guns and ammunition. You would think that they would try to address this first - somehow, they seem otherwise inclined.