Hello all! I know this is a traditional American revolver forum, but please bear with me!
I recently bought a Bulgarian Makarov PM pistol from J&G Sales. It came with a holster, cleaning rod, lanyard, two magazines, and a lot of grease! I have since cleaned the grease off, revealing a basically mint condition/unissued 1988 dated PM pistol:
It is an amazing gun for the very modest price I paid for it. The 9x18mm Makarov cartridge it fires is like a .380 with a little more velocity and potency behind it, and is pretty cheap to shoot. Not the most powerful round, but good enough for defense and also good enough for the entire Soviet Union from the early 1950's until today. Makarov pistols still see service in most nations that adopted them, alongside more modern guns.
These are well known to be extremely reliable. I can vouch for that. Why? Because in the past two weeks I've had the pistol, I've fired 1000 rounds through it with absolutely ZERO malfunctions of any kind. It is also very accurate with a J-frame-like double action pull, and a smooth single action pull. The fixed barrel also helps, as this is a simple blowback pistol based on the Walther PP operating system.
What a great gun... I couldn't be any more pleased with it. I understand some here are older and may not like "commie piece of junk guns" but you might rethink your feelings if you ever handle and shoot a Makarov PM.
Thanks for looking all!
I recently bought a Bulgarian Makarov PM pistol from J&G Sales. It came with a holster, cleaning rod, lanyard, two magazines, and a lot of grease! I have since cleaned the grease off, revealing a basically mint condition/unissued 1988 dated PM pistol:
It is an amazing gun for the very modest price I paid for it. The 9x18mm Makarov cartridge it fires is like a .380 with a little more velocity and potency behind it, and is pretty cheap to shoot. Not the most powerful round, but good enough for defense and also good enough for the entire Soviet Union from the early 1950's until today. Makarov pistols still see service in most nations that adopted them, alongside more modern guns.
These are well known to be extremely reliable. I can vouch for that. Why? Because in the past two weeks I've had the pistol, I've fired 1000 rounds through it with absolutely ZERO malfunctions of any kind. It is also very accurate with a J-frame-like double action pull, and a smooth single action pull. The fixed barrel also helps, as this is a simple blowback pistol based on the Walther PP operating system.
What a great gun... I couldn't be any more pleased with it. I understand some here are older and may not like "commie piece of junk guns" but you might rethink your feelings if you ever handle and shoot a Makarov PM.
Thanks for looking all!
