looking at ammo websites and seeing 95gr for both 9x18 and .380 but the 9x19 is 115-147.My question is since the mak bullets have a slightly larger diameter than normal 9mm why are they so light? I still don't fully understand bullet weights.
Your joking the lgs here makes me pay 25 for 50. I hear everyone talk about how things were like 10 years ago makes me upset my dad wasn't into guns might have actually got to enjoy some of the low prices.Think of it as a fat .380. IIRC the original military ammo was 107 grains. Back in the days of cheap Mak ammo right after the USSR collapsed you could get piles of surplus ammo for silly-cheap but it was noticably hotter than what you find nowadays. Ah, those halcyon days when you could get 1k rounds for less than $90.
How I wish I could live in those times. Funny how as the Russians discover the wonders of capitalism quality decreases and price skyrockets. Nothing could make me happier than having stockpiles of Russian ammo and arms. I long for the day they alter the 922r and allow me my un-altered Russian ak47Sobel, my brother, in the mid/late '90s you could get commie gun calibers for prices that would make you weep today. That was before the Russians discovered marketing so it all came in plain, thin cardboard boxes. All of the Makarov ammo was copper-washed and steel cased. The 7.62x39 was all laquer coated. I remember being irritated that with shipping a thousand rounds came all the way up to $94. There was no such thing as choice but it was cheap.