The 9x19 Luger is often criticized as too much for any pocket carry gun and the 19x17 as too little for the job.
The 9x19 is too much for a pocket pistol.
All the gun channels that I trust advise against the 9mm Luger in the light weight pistol pocket form factor because they’re just to unpleasant to shoot to put many rounds down range in practice.
I have a Polish P-64 chambered in 9x18 and it’ll bruise your palm. I use weight lifting gloves when at the range shooting it. But it is a blowback design. Maybe a locked-breech design for the Makarov would result in something less painful?The problem with most pistols chambered in 9x18 is that they are blowback and do have a bit more recoil than the same pistol in 380.
What about the ballistics of the 3 rounds which is always a function of the load used for that round: bullet weight, design (HP or jacketed Ball or hard cast or etc), powder and weight of charge, ...
Where does the 9 Makarov fit in? Half way in between the 380 and the Luger? Closer to one than the other?What about it?
Are they chambered in 380 or 9mm Luger?
Based on personal experience only (no actual chronograph testing, just how it feels), Mak is hotter than .380 by a fair margin, but is closer to that than to Parabellum.Where does the 9 Makarov fit in? Half way in between the 380 and the Luger? Closer to one than the other?
I know that the Russians still use high pressure, armor piercing 9mm Makarov rounds.
Where does the 9 Makarov fit in? Half way in between the 380 and the Luger? Closer to one than the other?
I know that the Russians still use high pressure, armor piercing 9mm Makarov rounds.
Following that train of reasoning, an idea pocket pistol would be chambered in 7.65 x 17mm (.32ACP). The best example of this would be the Seecamp LWS 32 which is very pleasant to shoot and very accurate. If you buy into the bigger is better, there is the LWS 380...it actually isn't horrible to shoot as it isn't a straight blowback action.The Lucky Gunner has me convinced that the ideal pocket pistol wheelgun is the 32 H&R Magnum but we’re talking about autoloaders here.