"Borachon
Yeah, 9x19 won't work in my gun. If TSHTF then the stores will be out of it. When my stock runs out, I'll be SOL for finding ammo. Note to self: Remember to take the other guy's 9x19 pistol and ammo after I shoot him. Okay...problem solved."
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I did a lot of tourture testing a new Bulgarian Mak and it's even more reliable than most people immagine.
Actually the 9x19 will fire in the Makarov. It is too long to load in the Mak magazine so it's a single shoot pistol.
Not something you normally want to do but it's nice to know if TSHTF.
I tried different .357 and .355 bullets loaded for the Mak and in a pinch a 110gr .357 bullet works fine.
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"bcochran No one can beat this story!
I had a friend who had to buy everything new on the market, shoot it, and then sell it. He had problems making the guns function. After a while I tired of telling him to degrease every gun he bought before shooting it for the first time. Sure enough he bought a new Ruger Mark I and it repeatedly jammed on him. I bought it new, for $35, degreased it, and it still runs smoothly years later. It works with every promotional .22 lr ammo on the market "
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bcochran,
Actually I can.
A friend bought a Glock 17. He had so much trouble with it that he tried to give it to me.
I wouldn't take it.
Glock is on my short list of guns I don't want even if they are free.