Not exactly the most precision weapon ever made, my pair have tooling marks in all unimportant places.
Too, there is the firing pin problem, and the decocker shouldn't be used, so far as I'm concerned.
The weapon fits my hand, is more narrow than my .40 USPc, and about the same height, though, of course, longer in the barrel. In hand, seems to run about the same weight, too.
The issue sights suck.
The 7.62x25 appears, from most sources, to be good on soft armor, but not on stopping power. But the sources don't really consider reloads, speciality bullets, and so forth.
As for me, I'm a convert to the weapon.
I've no problem with a 1911 type SA, but I do not like the loading sequence for "cocked and locked": you always end up with the safety off, a live round in the chamber, and weapon handling going on. Always seemed to me to be a prescription for an "accident" to happen, so the ability to load the CZ with the safety ON seems important to me.
The decock I ignore, 'cause what's the point of the function in an SA?
I also like the round.
Anti armor capability can't hurt, and I'm reasonable sure I can come up with a bound shot round to cover the unarmored situation. And, look at the energy figures! This'll be a fun one to play with. After all is said and done, for one bullet, you can get penetration through armor, or expansion and stopping power, but not both. Again, look at the numbers.
S&B has factory ammo all over the web, so ammo isn't a problem.
To be sure, I don't think much of it, for no reason I can explain, and'll start my harder reloads with Starline brass, although I'll use up the S&B for "practice" ammo, if there is such at 1.6K FPS.
Buy one ASAP!
They're fun, and cheap right now, but, with any history at all, you have to understand that they soon won't be.
As for the firing portion, I normally fire in my back yard, with (old) headphones, and didn't notice anything in particular while shooting the weapons. Although I've only a couple of hundred rounds through the pair, I don't expect I'll have to deal with anything unusual in that venue.
I may bring one south to MD, where I'm currently on assignment, and that'd mean a public range, in a populated area, which'd be, as they say, a new experience,.
I bought both pistols from AIM, and I'd say buy the cheaper, since that is by far the weapon in the best shape of the pair I own.
True, the finish of the more expensive is black, rather than gray, but both are, in essence, pristene, and the older gray lacks the rear sight "ding" of the black refinish.
To make it quick:
Like the round for now, I'll see what can be done with it.
Like the weapon's feel, but hate the heel mag release.
I also think that an ejection port opening is in order.
Replacing the firing pin, via the Makarov site, brings the trigger weight within reason
Do it, it's fun, and it's not far from being outlawed as anti armor.
