Makarov hammer movement with safety on. Is this normal?

[ttownthomas]

I have owned my East German Makarov for a few years. It has been very reliable. No problems. I recently bought my second gun. Its a colt repro WWI 1911. In researching and buying the 1911 I learned that one of the tests is to check that there is no hammer movement at all when you pull the trigger with the safety engaged. I bought the MAK on a whim and it was my first gun so I did no research first.

The reason for this post is that I ran the same test on the MAK with the following result:

With the Safety ON If I pull the trigger hard the hammer does move a little. Of course on the MAK the hammer is de-cocked once the safety is engaged. The movement is very small and there have not been any issues with the gun. I have detail stripped it many times and don't see anything that looks like it is worn out.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Chris Thomas
NC

 

[Mizar]

This is completely normal for Makarov - the safety disengages only the single action sear. You can not compare two different firearm systems - they operate in very different way.

Boris

 

[woad_yurt]

Yeah, what he said. It's normal.