I had an E. German Mak that slipped through my grasp (Rule #1: buy, never sell ), but I picked up a Polish P-64 a few years back that I have decided to carry after some "torture" testing this past weekend. Last fall I shot it for only the second time since getting it and it jammed a couple of times (not FTF/E: jammed). I brought it home, cleaned the snot out of it, lubed it very well with Tetra Lube & Grease, and this weekend it ate all 100 rounds of 2 different brands of Russian fodder without a hiccup, slow & rapid fire (six round mag). Recoil is smart, of course, less so with the new Brown Bear 94 gr versus the white box Russian 109 gr I bought from J&G ~ ten years ago. Accuracy was remarkably good for such a little gun, and the Brown Bear printed about 2-3" higher, but accuracy for both was about 3-4" at 15 yds with aimed fire. Center mass was no problem with either. I put a Hogue Handall Jr. on it & it really helps: if you've a notion to use the pistol, I highly recommend it or one of its cousins. All in all, it is a very well finished and made pistol, and it is pure Mak in its innards, down to the 347.6 lb double-action trigger pull but 3 lb single action pull. Talk about contrasts... I thought about selling it & getting something more exotic, but, Rule #1 asserted itself and I came back to earth. Good pistol, very well put together and the only drawback I can see is weight, being all-steel (and not cheesy steel, either). I recommend it.