Bulgarian makarov markings1/1/2023 ![]() ![]() There is nothing better to start one's day before going to work, especially if you work in a socially rigorous, emotionally-taxing, stress inducing customer service environment like me, than popping off a few rounds at the target range just before getting in the office! Having never shot it before, having just bought it moments earlier, I managed to get all 8 hardball S&B target rounds in the magazine into the black, firing one-handed. Thus.one fine Saturday morning a couple of weeks later, just before going to work, I drove to a conservation department range. Shown with Russian military flap holster with attached cleaning rod. ![]() Stiff as a board, it deserved some serious "breaking-in" which I was happy to do. This particular one, while new in the box & complete with chrome-lined barrel and neato Russian surplus leather flap holster, looked like it had been in storage in some Eastern European army surplus warehouse for a few years and had some anti-rust gunk that needed removing. It was intended as a military sidearm so one knew it would perform well at the bench test. I was absolutely itching to shoot it as everything I've heard about the Makarov-or Pistolet Makarova as they are called in the Motherland, I'm told-was that they were a tough, accurate little gun, ideal for their intended purpose despite the fact that the gun is a 50 year old Soviet design. ![]() I've always wanted one of those, but when he mentioned the low price they were going for I decided to finally put my money where my mouth is.Ī couple of days later I had a permit in my hand to begin the purchasing process for my new pistol. In the course of our conversation the owner mentioned that he had in stock a pair of Makarov pistols. 380 AMT backup pistol that belonged to a manager friend of mine at the credit card company where I work. As always, click on the images below to see a larger one.Ī couple of weeks ago (at the time I wrote this, in around May 2000) I called my local gun shop to ask if he could do some repairs on a little. ![]()
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